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7,184 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 785 — (a) Where a minor is a ward of the juvenile court, the wardship did not result in the minor’s commitment to the Youth Authority, and the minor is found not to be a fit and proper subject to be dealt w
• § 786 — (a) If a person who has been alleged or found to be a ward of the juvenile court satisfactorily completes (1) an informal program of supervision pursuant to Section 654.
• § 786.5 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the probation department shall seal the citation, arrest, and other records in its custody relating to a juvenile’s arrest and referral and participation in a divers
• § 787 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a record sealed pursuant to Section 781, 786, 786.
• § 788 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 781, of this code or Section 1203.
• § 790 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 654 or 654.
• § 791 — (a) The prosecuting attorney’s written notification to the minor shall also include all of the following: (1) A full description of the procedures for deferred entry of judgment.
• § 792 — The judge shall issue a citation directing any custodial parent, guardian, or foster parent of the minor to appear at the time and place set for the hearing, and directing any person having custody or
• § 793 — (a) If it appears to the prosecuting attorney, the court, or the probation department that the minor is not performing satisfactorily in the assigned program or is not complying with the terms of the
• § 794 — When a minor is permitted to participate in a deferred entry of judgment procedure, the judge shall impose, as a condition of probation, the requirement that the minor be subject to warrantless search
• § 795 — The county probation officer or a person designated by the county probation officer shall serve in each county as the program administrator for juveniles granted deferred entry of judgment and shall b
• § 8 — Writing includes any form of recorded message capable of comprehension by ordinary visual means.
• § 800 — (a) (1) A judgment in a proceeding under Section 601 or 602 may be appealed from, by the minor, in the same manner as any final judgment, and any subsequent order may be appealed from, by the minor, a
• § 801 — (a) An order transferring a minor from the juvenile court to a court of criminal jurisdiction shall be subject to immediate appellate review if a notice of appeal is filed within 30 days of the order
• § 8050 — The State Department of State Hospitals shall plan, conduct, and cause to be conducted scientific research into sex crimes against children and into methods of identifying those who commit sexual offe
• § 8051 — Upon the recommendation of the superintendent of the Langley Porter Clinic, the State Department of State Hospitals may enter into contracts with the Regents of the University of California for the co
• § 8052 — Each state agency shall cooperate with the superintendent of the Langley Porter Clinic, or with the University of California, as the case may be, to the fullest extent that its facilities will permit
• § 8053 — The State Department of State Hospitals with the approval of the Director of Finance may accept gifts or grants from any source for the accomplishment of the objects and purposes of this chapter.
• § 8100 — (a) A person shall not have in his or her possession or under his or her custody or control, or purchase or receive, or attempt to purchase or receive, any firearms whatsoever or any other deadly weap
• § 8101 — (a) Any person who shall knowingly supply, sell, give, or allow possession or control of a deadly weapon to any person described in Section 8100 or 8103 shall be punishable by imprisonment pursuant to
• § 8102 — (a) Whenever a person, who has been detained or apprehended for examination of his or her mental condition or who is a person described in Section 8100 or 8103, is found to own, have in his or her pos
• § 8103 — (a) (1) A person who after October 1, 1955, has been adjudicated by a court of any state to be a danger to others as a result of a mental disorder or mental illness, or who has been adjudicated to be
• § 8104 — The State Department of State Hospitals shall maintain in a convenient central location and shall make available to the Department of Justice those records that the State Department of State Hospitals
• § 8105 — (a) The Department of Justice shall request each public and private mental hospital, sanitarium, and institution to submit to the department information the department deems necessary to identify thos
• § 8106 — Individual data required to be reported to the Department of Justice pursuant to this chapter related to prohibition of ownership and possession of a firearm and ammunition shall be available to resea
• § 8108 — Mental hospitals, health facilities, or other institutions, or treating health professionals or psychotherapists who provide reports subject to this chapter shall be civilly immune for making any repo
• § 8152 — (a) (1) A Golden State Stimulus payment made by the Controller pursuant to Section 8150 or 8150.
• § 8160 — This chapter is known and may be cited as the “Better for Families Act.
• § 8161 — (a) The Franchise Tax Board shall, as soon as possible, make a one-time payment in the applicable amount to each qualified recipient.
• § 8162 — (a) There is hereby created in the State Treasury the Better for Families Tax Refund Fund.
• § 8163 — Notwithstanding any other law, the state may contract with a third-party vendor for services relating to the distribution of payments made pursuant to this chapter in the form and manner best determin
• § 8164 — (a) (1) A Better for Families Tax Refund payment made pursuant to Section 8161 shall be automatically exempt from a garnishment order.
• § 8165 — This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2027, and as of that date is repealed.
• § 8200 — If provision is made by law of the United States for the administration by public agencies of this state of federal appropriations for the welfare of the Indians in this state, such state agencies may
• § 8201 — If the law of the United States requires the submission of budgets to the Secretary of the Interior or to any other federal agency before federal funds may be expended the state agencies may prepare b
• § 8225 — If the Attorney General of this state is authorized by any law of the United States to institute suits in the court of claims in behalf of the Indians of this state, and if the law of the United State
• § 825 — The order and findings of the superior court in each case under the provisions of this chapter shall be entered in a suitable book or other form of written record which shall be kept for that purpose
• § 825.5 — (a) The clerk of the superior court shall maintain court files and records concerning a minor dependent parent or a nonminor dependent parent of a child who is the subject of a dependency petition sep
• § 8250 — There is hereby created in the Health and Welfare Agency an Office of Special Services under the control of an executive officer appointed by and holding office at the pleasure of the Governor.
• § 8251 — The Office of Special Services may enter into agreements and contracts with any person, agency, corporation or other legal entity and take such other action as is necessary to carry out the purposes o
• § 8252 — The Office of Special Services may accept and expend grants, gifts and legacies of money, and with the consent of the Department of Finance, may accept, manage, and expend grants, gifts, and legacies
• § 8255 — For purposes of this chapter: (a) “Council” means the California Interagency Council on Homelessness, formerly known as the Homeless Coordinating and Financing Council established pursuant to Section
• § 8256 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), agencies and departments administering state programs created on or after July 1, 2017, shall collaborate with the California Interagency Council on Homeless
• § 8257 — (a) The Governor shall create an Interagency Council on Homelessness.
• § 8257.01 — (a) Consistent with the authority provided in subdivision (l) of Section 8257, the council shall leverage the programmatic and administrative expertise of relevant state departments and agencies.
• § 8257.1 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to obtain trustworthy information to connect funding allocated to prevent and end homelessness with established sheltering and housing resources and to provide
• § 8257.2 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, for purposes of designing, collecting data for, and approving the assessment described in Section 8257.
• § 8257.3 — (a) The council shall coordinate with representatives from LGBTQ+ communities, including, but not limited to, housing providers, nonprofit organizations, advocates, and researchers, to do all of the f
• § 8259 — The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) Runaway and homeless youth are young people 12 to 24 years of age, inclusive, who have the least access to essential opportunities and supports.
• § 826 — (a) After five years from the date on which the jurisdiction of the juvenile court over a minor is terminated, the probation officer may destroy all records and papers in the proceedings concerning th
• § 826.5 — (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 826, at any time before a person reaches the age when his or her records are required to be destroyed, the judge or clerk of the juvenile court or the pro
• § 826.6 — (a) Any minor who is the subject of a petition that has been filed in juvenile court to adjudge the minor a dependent child or a ward of the court shall be given written notice by the clerk of the cou
• § 826.7 — Juvenile case files that pertain to a child who died as the result of abuse or neglect shall be released by the custodian of records of the county welfare department or agency to the public pursuant t
• § 826.8 — Notwithstanding Section 827 and in order to assist with establishing eligibility for programs or services, the State Department of Social Services may provide to a person who was previously adjudged a
• § 826.9 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 827 and in order to support a person who is or was previously adjudged a dependent or ward of the juvenile court, placed in foster care or on probation, or taken into the c
• § 8260 — The following definitions apply for purposes of this chapter: (a) “Act” means the Homeless Youth Act of 2018 enacted by this chapter.
• § 8261 — (a) The council shall set and measure progress towards goals to prevent and end homelessness among youth in California by doing both of the following: (1) Setting specific, measurable goals aimed at p
• § 8262 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Research has found that women and men who experienced food and housing insecurity in the past 12 months reported a significantly higher 12-
• § 8263 — The following definitions apply for purposes of this chapter: (a) “Continuum of care” has the same meaning as defined in Section 578.
• § 8264 — (a) Cities, counties, and continuums of care receiving state funding to address homelessness on or after January 1, 2024, shall include families, including women with children; people fleeing or attem
• § 8265 — For purposes of improving the quality and accuracy of data about the homeless population, both of the following shall apply: (a) In accordance with federal policies, victim service providers shall not
• § 8266 — (a) The Interagency Council on Homelessness shall set and measure progress toward goals to prevent and end homelessness among women with children, domestic violence survivors and their children, and u
• § 827 — (a) (1) Except as provided in Section 828, a case file may be inspected only by the following: (A) Court personnel.
• § 827.1 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a city, county, or city and county may establish a computerized data base system within that city, county, or city and county that permits the probation
• § 827.10 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 827, the child welfare agency is authorized to permit its files and records relating to a minor, who is the subject of either a family law or a probate guardianship case in
• § 827.11 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) It is the intent of the Legislature to ensure quality care for children and youth who are placed in the continuum of foster care settin
• § 827.12 — (a) (1) Records contained in a juvenile delinquency case file may be accessed by a law enforcement agency, probation department, court, the Department of Justice, or other state or local agency that h
• § 827.14 — Notwithstanding Section 827, a county welfare or probation department may disseminate information from the juvenile case file to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children as necessary for
• § 827.15 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 827, whenever the juvenile court of a county has made a determination pursuant to subdivision (a), (b), or (f) of Section 305.
• § 827.2 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 827 or any other provision of law, written notice that a minor has been found by a court of competent jurisdiction to have committed any felony pursuant to Section 602 shal
• § 827.5 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law except Sections 389 and 781 of this code and Section 1203.
• § 827.6 — A law enforcement agency may release the name, description, and the alleged offense of any minor alleged to have committed a violent offense, as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 667.
• § 827.7 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 827 or any other provision of law, written notice that a minor has been found by a court of competent jurisdiction to have committed any felony pursuant to Section 602 shal
• § 827.9 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to reaffirm its belief that records or information gathered by law enforcement agencies relating to the taking of a minor into custody, temporary custody, or de
• § 827.95 — (a) (1) Notwithstanding Section 827.
• § 828 — (a) (1) Except as provided in Sections 389, 781, 786, 827.
• § 828.1 — (a) While the Legislature reaffirms its belief that juvenile criminal records, in general, should be confidential, it is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this section to provide for a limited
• § 828.3 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, information relating to the taking of a minor into custody on the basis that he or she has committed a crime against the property, students, or personnel of
• § 829 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Board of Prison Terms, in order to evaluate the suitability for release of a person before the board, shall be entitled to review juvenile court records
• § 830 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, members of a multidisciplinary personnel team engaged in the prevention, identification, management, or treatment of child abuse or neglect may disclose
• § 830.1 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, members of a juvenile justice multidisciplinary team engaged in the prevention, identification, and control of crime, including, but not limited to, crimina
• § 831 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this section to clarify that juvenile court records should remain confidential regardless of the juvenile’s immigration status.
• § 832 — (a) (1) To promote more effective communication needed for the development of a plan to address the needs of the child or youth and family, a person designated as a member of a child and family team a
• § 840 — There shall be in each county probation department a program of home supervision to which minors described by Section 628.
• § 841 — The duties of a deputy probation officer, or a probation aide, a community worker or a volunteer under the supervision of a deputy probation officer, assigned to home supervision are to assure the min
• § 842 — A probation volunteer is a person who donates personal services to the probation department and probationers without compensation.
• § 850 — The board of supervisors in every county shall provide and maintain, at the expense of the county, in a location approved by the judge of the juvenile court or in counties having more than one judge o
• § 851 — Except as provided in Section 207.
• § 851.1 — (a) (1) Minors detained in or committed to a juvenile hall shall be provided with access to computer technology and the Internet for the purposes of education.
• § 852 — The juvenile hall shall be under the management and control of the probation officer.
• § 853 — The board of supervisors shall provide for a suitable superintendent to have charge of the juvenile hall, and for such other employees as may be needed for its efficient management, and shall provide
• § 854 — The superintendent and other employees of the juvenile hall shall be appointed by the probation officer, pursuant to a civil service or merit system, and may be removed, for cause, pursuant to such sy
• § 855 — The probation officer shall keep a classified list of expenses for the operation of the juvenile hall and shall file a duplicate copy with the county board of supervisors.
• § 856 — The board of supervisors may provide for the establishment of a public elementary school and of a public secondary school in connection with any juvenile hall, juvenile house, day center, juvenile ran
• § 857 — Whenever a minor is incarcerated in a juvenile hall or other county juvenile facility for a period of at least 30 consecutive days, the facility may inform the State Department of Social Services of t
• § 858 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that juveniles with a high school diploma or California high school equivalency certificate who are detained in, or committed to, a juvenile hall shall have acc
• § 862 — In addition to those juveniles specified in Section 850, the probation officer may receive and detain in the county juvenile hall any juvenile committed thereto by process or order issued under the au
• § 870 — Two or more counties may, pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 6500) of Chapter 5 of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code, establish and operate a joint juvenile hall.
• § 871 — (a) Any person under the custody of a probation officer or any peace officer in a county juvenile hall, or committed to a county juvenile ranch, camp, forestry camp, or regional facility, who escapes
• § 871.5 — (a) Except as authorized by law, or when authorized by the person in charge of any county juvenile hall, ranch, camp, or forestry camp, or by an officer of any juvenile hall or camp empowered by the p
• § 872 — Where there is no juvenile hall in the county of residence of minors, or when the juvenile hall becomes unfit or unsafe for detention of minors, the presiding or sole juvenile court judge may, with th
• § 873 — (a) Upon approval of the board of supervisors of a county, the chief probation officer of the county may establish, maintain, and operate a store in connection with the juvenile hall or other county j
• § 875 — (a) In addition to the types of treatment specified in Sections 727 and 730, commencing July 1, 2021, the court may order that a ward who is 14 years of age or older be committed to a secure youth tre
• § 875.5 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to apply Article 6 (commencing with Section 1800) of Chapter 1 of Division 2.
• § 876 — (a) If a probation department determines that the discharge of a person confined in a secure youth treatment facility from the control of the court at the time required by Section 875 would be physica
• § 880 — In order to provide appropriate facilities for the housing of wards of the juvenile court in the counties of their residence or in adjacent counties so that those wards may be kept under direct superv
• § 881 — The board of supervisors of any county may, by ordinance, establish juvenile ranches, camps, or forestry camps, within or without the county, to which persons made wards of the court on the ground of
• § 881.5 — (a) (1) If a county receives funds pursuant to Section 17602, the county reduces the capacity of its juvenile ranches, camps, or forestry camps below the capacity for those facilities during the 1990–
• § 883 — The wards committed to ranches, camps, or forestry camps may be required to labor on the buildings and grounds thereof, on the making of forest roads for fire prevention or firefighting, on forestatio
• § 884 — The board of supervisors may provide for the payment of wages and pay such wages from the treasury of such county to the wards for the work they do, the sums earned to be paid in reparation, or to the
• § 885 — (a) The Board of State and Community Corrections shall adopt and prescribe the minimum standards of construction, operation, programs of education and training, and qualifications of personnel for juv
• § 886 — Except as provided in Section 886.
• § 886.5 — (a) A juvenile home, ranch, camp, or forestry camp may receive or contain a maximum of 125 children at any one time if the county has determined that there is a consistent need for juvenile home, ranc
• § 888 — Any county establishing a juvenile ranch or camp under the provisions of this article may, by mutual agreement, accept children committed to that ranch or camp by the juvenile court of another county
• § 889 — The board of education shall provide for the administration and operation of public schools in any juvenile hall, day center, ranch, camp, regional youth educational facility, or Orange County youth c
• § 889.1 — (a) (1) Minors detained in or committed to a juvenile ranch, camp, or forestry camp shall be provided with access to computer technology and the Internet for the purposes of education.
• § 889.2 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that juveniles with a high school diploma or California high school equivalency certificate who are detained in, or committed to, a secure youth treatment facil
• § 891 — (a) From any state moneys made available to it for that purpose, the Youth Authority shall share in the cost pursuant to this article of the construction of juvenile ranch camps or forestry camps esta
• § 892 — (a) From any state moneys made available to it for that purpose, the Youth Authority shall provide state assistance pursuant to this section to defray, in whole or part, the cost of construction of bo
• § 893 — (a) The board of supervisors of any county with a population of five million or more may provide and maintain a school or schools at a juvenile ranch or camp or residential or nonresidential boot camp
• § 894 — In order to provide a sentencing alternative for the juvenile courts, one or more pilot regional youth educational facilities shall be established as short-term intensive residential programs to which
• § 895 — (a) From any state moneys made available to it for that purpose, the Youth Authority shall assist counties in the establishment of pilot regional youth educational facilities.
• § 896 — (a) The Board of State and Community Corrections shall establish minimum performance standards for programs of education and training and for qualifications of personnel for all youth educational faci
• § 897 — The capacity of each regional youth educational facility shall be established pursuant to Sections 886 and 886.
• § 898 — The participating counties shall appoint a citizens advisory committee with a membership drawn from law enforcement, judiciary, probation, education, corrections, business, and the general public, who
• § 9 — Whenever any reference is made to any portion of this code or of any other law of this State, such reference shall apply to all amendments and additions thereto now or hereafter made.
• § 900 — (a) If it is necessary that provision be made for the expense of support and maintenance of a dependent child of the juvenile court or of a minor person concerning whom a petition has been filed to de
• § 9000 — This division shall be known, and may be cited, as the Mello-Granlund Older Californians Act, that reflects the policy mandates and directives of the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended, and sets
• § 9001 — The Legislature hereby finds and recognizes all of the following: (a) Older adults constitute a fundamental resource of the state that previously has been undervalued and poorly utilized, and ways mus
• § 9002 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Programs shall be initiated, promoted, and developed through all of the following: (1) Volunteers and volunteer groups.
• § 9002.5 — The deliverables identified in Section 9002 shall be informed by data from validated sources, which may include, but shall not be limited to, the following: (a) The United States Census.
• § 9003 — (a) If any section of this code relating to aging cannot be given effect without causing this state’s plan to be out of conformity with federal requirements, the section shall become inoperative to th
• § 9004 — Unless the context otherwise indicates, the definitions of the terms set forth in this chapter apply for purposes of this division.
• § 9004.5 — “Adult day health care” means an organized day program of therapeutic, social, and health activities and services provided pursuant to this division to elderly persons with functional impairments, eit
• § 9005 — “Advisory council” means a specific representative body of laypersons and service providers that represent the interests of older individuals within the boundaries of a planning and service area and t
• § 9006 — “Area agency on aging” means a private nonprofit or public agency designated by the department that works for the interests of older Californians within a planning and service area, and engages in com
• § 9007 — “Care or case management services” means: (a) Client assessment, in conjunction with the development of a service plan with the participant and appropriate others, to provide for needs identified by t
• § 9008 — “Commission” means the California Commission on Aging.
• § 9009 — (a) “Elder Economic Security Standard Index” means an index, available on the Internet, that quantifies the costs in the private market for meeting the basic needs of elders, including, but not limite
• § 901 — No order for payment shall be made in a sum in excess of the actual cost of supporting and maintaining the ward, dependent child or other minor person.
• § 9010 — “Comprehensive and coordinated system” means a program of interrelated social and nutrition services designed to meet the needs of older individuals in a planning and service area.
• § 9011 — “Department” means the California Department of Aging.
• § 9012 — “Director” means the Director of the California Department of Aging.
• § 9013 — “Frail elderly” means a person having those chronic physical or mental limitations that restrict individual ability to carry out normal activities of daily living and that threaten an individual’s cap
• § 9014 — “Greatest economic need” means the need resulting from an income level at or below the poverty threshold established by the Bureau of the Census.
• § 9015 — “Greatest social need” means the need caused by noneconomic factors that restrict an individual’s ability to perform normal daily tasks or that threaten an individual’s capacity to live independently.
• § 9016 — “Long-term care” means a coordinated continuum of preventive, diagnostic, therapeutic, rehabilitative, supportive, and maintenance services that address the health, social, and personal needs of indiv
• § 9017 — “Older Americans Act” means Chapter 35 (commencing with Section 3001) of Title 42 of the United States Code.
• § 9018 — “Older individual” or “elderly” means a person 60 years of age or older, except where this provision is inconsistent with federal requirements.
• § 9019 — “Personal and community support networks” means families, friends, neighbors, church groups and community organizations to which the elderly turn naturally to for assistance.
• § 902 — (a) If it is found that the maximum amount established by the board of supervisors of the county is insufficient to pay the whole expense of support and maintenance of a dependent child or other minor
• § 9020 — “Planning and service area” means an area specified by the department as directed by the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended.
• § 9021 — “Preventive services” means services that avoid dependency and assist older persons in maintaining their good health, well-being, and growth.
• § 9022 — “Supportive services” means services that maintain individuals in home environments and avoid institutional care.
• § 9023 — “Systems of home and community based services” means an integrated continuum of service options available locally to older individuals and functionally impaired adults, through programs administered b
• § 903 — (a) The father, mother, spouse, or other person liable for the support of a minor, the estate of that person, and the estate of the minor, shall be liable for the reasonable costs of support of the mi
• § 903.1 — (a) (1) (A) The father, mother, spouse, or other person liable for the support of a minor, the estate of that person, and the estate of the minor, shall be liable for the cost to the county or the cou
• § 903.2 — (a) The juvenile court may require that the father, mother, spouse, or other person liable for the support of a minor, the estate of that person, and the estate of the minor shall be liable for the co
• § 903.25 — (a) In addition to the liability established by any other law, a parent or guardian of a minor who has been delivered to the custody of the probation department, or who has been placed into a children
• § 903.4 — (a) (1) The Legislature finds that even though Section 903 establishes parental liability for the cost of the care, support, and maintenance of a child in a county institution or other place in which
• § 903.41 — (a) It is the intention of the Legislature that the family law departments and juvenile departments of each superior court coordinate determinations of parentage and the setting of support to ensure t
• § 903.45 — (a) The board of supervisors may designate a county financial evaluation officer pursuant to Section 27750 of the Government Code to make financial evaluations of liability for reimbursement pursuant
• § 903.47 — (a) The Judicial Council shall establish a program to collect reimbursements from the person liable for the costs of counsel appointed to represent parents or minors pursuant to Section 903.
• § 903.5 — (a) In addition to the requirements of Section 903.
• § 903.6 — Funds collected pursuant to Sections 903, 903.
• § 903.7 — (a) There is in the State Treasury the Foster Children and Parent Training Fund.
• § 903.8 — (a) Beginning January 1, 1994, the State Department of Social Services shall develop and implement an enhanced statewide basic foster parent training program.
• § 904 — (a) The monthly or daily charge, not to exceed cost, for care, support, and maintenance of minor persons placed or detained in or committed to any institution by order of a juvenile court, the cost of
• § 9100 — (a) There is in the California Health and Human Services Agency, the California Department of Aging.
• § 9101 — (a) The department shall consist of a director, and any staff as may be necessary for proper administration.
• § 9101.1 — In developing the Master Plan for Aging pursuant to Executive Order N-14-19, the Secretary of California Health and Human Services shall consider applying, on behalf of the State of California, to joi
• § 9102 — The duties and powers of the department shall be as follows: (a) To administer all programs under the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended, and this division, including providing leadership and tec
• § 9103 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Recent studies have shown that lifelong experiences of marginalization place lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) older adults at
• § 9103.1 — (a) The department shall ensure all older adults have equal access to programs and services provided through the Older Americans Act and under this division in each planning and services area, regardl
• § 9104 — (a) Subject to an appropriation of funds for this purpose in the annual Budget Act, the California Department of Aging shall administer the Access to Technology Program for older adults and adults wit
• § 9105 — The department may adopt and promulgate regulations for the purpose of carrying out this division.
• § 9105.1 — The department, in partnership with the area agencies on aging, the Department of Rehabilitation, any independent living centers, any contractor selected to implement the federal Assistive Technology
• § 9106 — (a) The department shall administer the administrative cost limitation, as defined in applicable federal law or regulation on a statewide basis.
• § 9107 — The department may accept gifts and grants from any source, public or private, to assist it in the performance of its functions, and these gifts and grants shall operate to augment any appropriation m
• § 9108 — In addition to any nutrition programs conducted under the McCarthy-Kennick Nutrition Program for the Elderly Act of 1972 (Chapter 5.
• § 9109 — The department shall, in consultation with nutrition site directors and area agencies on aging, develop policies and guidelines for senior nutrition sites that ensure food safety and that maximize the
• § 911 — No order for payment from the county treasury of the expense of support and maintenance of a ward or dependent child of the juvenile court shall be effective for more than 12 months, and no order for
• § 9110 — (a) The department may make available state funds to fund senior nutrition programs that complement programs implemented pursuant to Title III of the federal Older Americans Act (42 U.
• § 9111 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that there is a great disparity in the method by which the federal Older Americans Act (42 U.
• § 9112 — (a) The department shall implement an intrastate funding formula in accordance with all federal regulations.
• § 9114 — The department may, where necessary to ensure the continued provision of services or program operation, advance available state funds to an area agency on aging in an amount up to one-sixth of the ann
• § 9115 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) According to a 2015 analysis of federal and state poverty data under the Supplemental Poverty Measure, 45 percent of adults over 65 years o
• § 9116 — The Director of the California Department of Aging shall appoint all necessary staff to carry out the provisions of this article.
• § 9117 — Implementation of this article shall be subject to an appropriation in the annual Budget Act.
• § 9118 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The talents of our older adults will prove to be vital to the prosperity and well-being of California.
• § 912 — (a) A county from which a person is committed to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Facilities, shall pay to the state an annual rate of twenty-four thousand dollar
• § 9120 — (a) There is hereby established an Aging and Disability Resource Connection (ADRC) program to provide information to consumers and their families on available long-term services and supports (LTSS) pr
• § 9121 — (a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature for this purpose, the California Department of Aging shall administer the Aging and Disability Resource Connection (ADRC) Infrastructure Grants Program for th
• § 9122 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the No Wrong Door System described in Section 9121 serve seniors and individuals with disabilities by doing all of the following: (1) Providing consumers a
• § 9123 — (a) The State Department of Health Care Services, in consultation with the California Department of Aging, shall determine if the Medicaid administrative claiming process may be used to fund the No Wr
• § 913 — When any person has been adjudged to be a ward or dependent child of the juvenile court, and the court has made an order committing such person to the care of any association, society, or corporation,
• § 914 — As used in this article, “expense for support and maintenance” includes the reasonable value of any medical services furnished to the ward or dependent child at the county hospital or at any other cou
• § 9156 — The Legislature finds all of the following: (a) Across California, approximately 4,500,000 family caregivers support adult loved ones who seek to remain at home and avoid institutionalization.
• § 9157 — As used in this chapter: (a) “Caregiver” means any unpaid family member or individual who assumes responsibility for the care of a cognitively impaired adult with chronic and debilitating health condi
• § 9158 — The department shall administer this chapter and establish standards and procedures as the director deems necessary in carrying out the provisions of this chapter.