BILL NUMBER: SB 465	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 7, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Wright

                        FEBRUARY 16, 2011

    An act to amend Section 10618.5 of the Welfare and
Institutions Code, relating to public social services.  
An act to amend Sections 26150 and 26155 of the Penal Code, relating
to firearms. 



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 465, as amended, Wright.  Public social services:
CalFresh, Medi-Cal, and Healthy Families.   Firearms:
concealed firearm license.  
   Existing law provides that when a person applies for a license to
carry a pistol, revolver, or other firearm capable of being concealed
upon the person, the sheriff of a county or the chief or other head
of a municipal police department of any city or city and county may
issue a license to that person upon proof of certain requirements,
including that good cause exists for the issuance of the license.
 
   This bill would provide that the good cause requirement would be
deemed met for any applicant who is a member of Congress, a statewide
elected official, or a Member of the Legislature, for purposes of
protection or self-defense, and that those persons would be required
to comply with all other requirements for obtaining or renewing the
license, as specified.  
   Existing federal law provides for the federal Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), known in California as the
CalFresh Program, formerly the Food Stamp Program, under which food
stamps allocated to the state by the federal government are
distributed to eligible individuals by each county. Existing law
establishes the Medi-Cal program, administered by the State
Department of Health Care Services, under which basic health care
services are provided to qualified low-income persons. Existing law
creates the Healthy Families Program, administered by the Managed
Risk Medical Insurance Board, to arrange for the provision of health,
dental, and vision benefits to eligible children pursuant to the
federal Children's Health Insurance Program.  
   Existing law requires a county welfare department to send any food
stamp applicant who is determined to be eligible for CalFresh and
who does not indicate on his or her application an interest in
enrolling in the Medi-Cal program a copy of a specified notice
developed by the county to inform CalFresh recipients with
information regarding the Medi-Cal program and the Healthy Families
Program.  
   This bill would require the notice provided by the county to be
made within 90 days of the determination of CalFresh eligibility. By
imposing a higher level of service on county welfare departments in
connection with administering CalFresh, this bill would create a
state-mandated local program.  
   This bill also would make various nonsubstantive, technical
changes.  
   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
  no  . State-mandated local program:  yes
  no  .


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

   SECTION 1.    Section 26150 of the   Penal
Code   is amended to read: 
   26150.  (a) When a person applies for a license to carry a pistol,
revolver, or other firearm capable of being concealed upon the
person, the sheriff of a county may issue a license to that person
upon proof of all of the following:
   (1) The applicant is of good moral character.
   (2) Good cause exists for issuance of the license.  The good
cause requirement shall be deemed met for any applicant who is a
member of Congress, a statewide elected official, or a Member of the
Legislature, for purposes of protection or self-defense, and these
persons shall comply with all other requirements for obtaining or
renewing a license pursuant to this article. 
   (3) The applicant is a resident of the county or a city within the
county, or the applicant's principal place of employment or business
is in the county or a city within the county and the applicant
spends a substantial period of time in that place of employment or
business.
   (4) The applicant has completed a course of training as described
in Section 26165.
   (b) The sheriff may issue a license under subdivision (a) in
either of the following formats:
   (1) A license to carry concealed a pistol, revolver, or other
firearm capable of being concealed upon the person.
   (2) Where the population of the county is less than 200,000
persons according to the most recent federal decennial census, a
license to carry loaded and exposed in only that county a pistol,
revolver, or other firearm capable of being concealed upon the
person.
   SEC. 2.    Section 26155 of the   Penal Code
  is amended to read: 
   26155.  (a) When a person applies for a license to carry a pistol,
revolver, or other firearm capable of being concealed upon the
person, the chief or other head of a municipal police department of
any city or city and county may issue a license to that person upon
proof of all of the following:
   (1) The applicant is of good moral character.
   (2) Good cause exists for issuance of the license.  The good
cause requirement shall be deemed met for any applicant who is a
member of Congress, a statewide elected official, or a Member of the
Legislature, for purposes of protection or self-defense, and these
persons shall comply with all other requirements for obtaining or
renewing a license pursuant to this article. 
   (3) The applicant is a resident of that city.
   (4) The applicant has completed a course of training as described
in Section 26165.
   (b) The chief or other head of a municipal police department may
issue a license under subdivision (a) in either of the following
formats:
   (1) A license to carry concealed a pistol, revolver, or other
firearm capable of being concealed upon the person.
   (2) Where the population of the county in which the city is
located is less than 200,000 persons according to the most recent
federal decennial census, a license to carry loaded and exposed in
only that county a pistol, revolver, or other firearm capable of
being concealed upon the person.
   (c) Nothing in this chapter shall preclude the chief or other head
of a municipal police department of any city from entering an
agreement with the sheriff of the county in which the city is located
for the sheriff to process all applications for licenses, renewals
of licenses, and amendments to licenses, pursuant to this chapter.

  SECTION 1.    Section 10618.5 of the Welfare and
Institutions Code is amended to read:
   10618.5.  (a) The county welfare department shall send any
CalFresh applicant who is determined to be eligible for CalFresh and
who does not indicate on his or her application an interest in
enrolling in the Medi-Cal program a copy of the notice developed
pursuant to subdivision (b), within 90 days of the determination of
eligibility.
   (b) (1) Each county welfare department shall develop a notice
informing individuals identified pursuant to subdivision (a) that
they may be entitled to receive Medi-Cal benefits and requesting
their permission to use the information in the CalFresh recipient's
case file to make a determination of eligibility for the Medi-Cal
program.
   (2) The notice shall also include a request for permission to
forward the information in the CalFresh recipient's case file to the
Healthy Families Program administrator for eligibility determination
if the individual is determined to be eligible to participate in the
Medi-Cal program with a share of cost, or is determined to be
ineligible for Medi-Cal.
   (3) To apply for medical assistance under the Medi-Cal program,
the CalFresh recipient shall sign, date, and return the notice
requesting that an eligibility determination be made.
   (4) Upon receipt of the notice, the county welfare department
shall make an eligibility determination by utilizing the information
in the CalFresh recipient's case file or paper application. The
Medi-Cal application date shall be the date the notice is received by
the county welfare department.
   (5) If the CalFresh case file does not include sufficient
information to establish Medi-Cal program eligibility, the county
welfare department shall request, either orally or in writing,
additional information from the CalFresh recipient.
   (6) The notice shall be written in culturally and linguistically
appropriate language and at an appropriate literacy level. The notice
shall include information on the Medi-Cal program and the Healthy
Families Program, a telephone number that CalFresh recipients may
call for additional information, and a prepaid means of returning the
notice to the county welfare department to begin the eligibility
determination process.
   (c) If an individual identified in subdivision (a) or (b) is
determined to be eligible to participate in the Medi-Cal program with
a share of cost, or is determined to be ineligible for Medi-Cal,
information pertinent to the CalFresh recipient's eligibility for the
Healthy Families Program shall be forwarded by the county welfare
department to the Healthy Families Program statewide administrator
for immediate processing. If there is insufficient information to
establish Healthy Families Program eligibility, the administrator
shall request, either orally or in writing, additional information
from the CalFresh recipient.
   (d) Counties shall include the cost of implementing this section
in their annual administrative budget requests to the State
Department of Health Care Services.  
  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.