BILL NUMBER: AB 1359	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  468
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 23, 2012
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 23, 2012
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 28, 2012
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 29, 2012
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 24, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 4, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 25, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Skinner

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

   An act to amend Section 18914 of the Welfare and Institutions
Code, relating to public social services.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1359, Skinner. Public social services: CalFresh.
   Existing law requires a county welfare department, to the extent
provided by federal law, to provide CalFresh benefits on an expedited
basis to certain households.
   This bill would revise these provisions to require that, in
accordance with, and to the extent provided by, federal law, the
county human services agency provide CalFresh benefits on an
expedited basis to certain households.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 18914 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, as
amended by Section 88 of Chapter 227 of the Statutes of 2011, is
amended to read:
   18914.  (a) In accordance with, and to the extent provided by,
federal law, the county human services agency shall provide CalFresh
benefits on an expedited basis as provided in subdivision (b) to
households determined to be in immediate need of food assistance.
   (b) Pursuant to the federal requirements of Section 273.2(i)(2) of
Title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulations, the county human
services agency shall screen all CalFresh applications for
entitlement to expedited service. Applicants who meet the federal
criteria for expedited service as defined in Section 273.2(i)(1) of
Title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulations shall receive either a
manual authorization to participate or automated card or the
immediate issuance of CalFresh benefits no later than the third day
following the date the application was filed. To the maximum extent
permitted by federal law, the amount of income to be received from
any source shall be deemed to be uncertain and exempt from
consideration in the determination of entitlement for expedited
service. For purposes of this subdivision, a weekend shall be
considered one calendar day.
   (c) The State Department of Social Services shall develop and
implement for expedited issuance a uniform procedure for verifying
information required of an applicant.