BILL NUMBER: AB 1914	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 26, 2010
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 12, 2010
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 5, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Davis

                        FEBRUARY 16, 2010

   An act to add Section 18914.1 to the Welfare and Institutions
Code, relating to public social services.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1914, as amended, Davis. Public social services: food stamp
benefits.
   Existing law provides for the federal Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program (SNAP), under which food stamps are allocated to
the state by the federal government and are distributed to eligible
households by each county.  Existing law requires, to the
extent provided by federal law, that food stamp benefits be provided
on an expedited basis to households determined to be in immediate
need of food assistance. 
   Existing law provides for the payment of unemployment compensation
benefits to eligible individuals who are unemployed through no fault
of their own.
   This bill would require a county to take into consideration
unemployment compensation benefits of an applicant or recipient of
food stamp benefits for the purposes of determining eligibility and
the benefit amount only if the county obtains a specified report from
the Employment Development Department containing specified
information relating to that applicant's unemployment compensation
benefits. The bill would also require the county to provide a copy of
the report to the applicant or recipient if the county takes any
action based on the information in the report.
   To the extent that it would increase the duties of counties in
administering the SNAP program, this bill would impose a
state-mandated local program.
   The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 18914.1 is added to the Welfare and
Institutions Code, to read:
   18914.1.  A county shall take into consideration any unemployment
compensation benefit income of an applicant or recipient under this
chapter for the purposes of determining eligibility and the amount of
benefits only if the county obtains a written  or electronic
 report from the Employment Development Department pursuant to
Section 10606.1 showing the exact amount of the unemployment
compensation benefits and the date that the applicant or recipient
will receive the unemployment compensation benefits. The county shall
provide the applicant or recipient with a copy of the report
obtained from the department pursuant to Section 10606.1 if the
county takes any action based on the information in the report.
  SEC. 2.  If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this
act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local
agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant
to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of
the Government Code.