BILL NUMBER: SB 659	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Wright

                        FEBRUARY 24, 1999

   An act to add Division 13 (commencing with Section 22020) to the
Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to human services.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 659, as introduced, Wright.  Family reunification task force.
   Existing law provides that a person convicted of specified
felonies related to controlled substances shall be ineligible for aid
under the CalWORKs program, and also for nonhealthcare general
assistance benefits.
   This bill would require the State Department of Social Services to
convene a task force to evaluate the impact of these provisions on
the children of individuals who have been incarcerated for felony
drug convictions, and to evaluate specifically the effect of those
provisions on family reunification efforts, and on the county foster
care system.
   Vote:  majority.  Appropriation:  no.  Fiscal committee:  yes.
State-mandated local program:  no.


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


  SECTION 1.  Division 13 (commencing with Section 22020) is added to
the Welfare and Institutions Code, to read:

      DIVISION 13.  FAMILY REUNIFICATION TASK FORCE

   22020.  The State Department of Social Services shall convene a
task force to evaluate the impact of Sections 11251.3 and 17012.5, as
added by Chapter 284 of the Statutes of 1997, on the children of
individuals who have been incarcerated for felony drug convictions.
The task force shall evaluate the effect of these provisions on
family reunification efforts, and on the county foster care system.