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Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC

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• § 12302.2 — (a) (1) If the state or a county makes or provides for direct payment to a provider chosen by a recipient or to the recipient for the purchase of in-home supportive services, the department shall perf
• § 12302.21 — (a) For purposes of providing cost-efficient workers’ compensation coverage for in-home supportive services providers under this article, the department shall assume responsibility for providing worke
• § 12302.25 — (a) On or before January 1, 2003, each county shall act as, or establish, an employer for in-home supportive service providers under Section 12302.
• § 12302.3 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, and in a manner consistent with the powers available to public authorities created under this article, the City and County of San Francisco may
• § 12302.4 — A county, in receiving bids for a contract pursuant to Sections 12302, 12302.
• § 12302.5 — (a) Counties may establish entities or agents to act on behalf of the employers for those recipients who are designated as the employer of the in-home supportive services worker and who elect not to,
• § 12303 — A contract pursuant to Section 12302 shall include the following provisions: (a) The cost of the service shall not exceed by more than 10 percent the allowable cost of the service as determined by the
• § 12303.4 — (a) Any aged, blind, or disabled individual who is eligible for assistance under this chapter or Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 12500), and who is not described in Section 12304, shall receive ser
• § 12303.6 — (a) No adjustment shall be made under this article for the 1990–91 fiscal year to reflect any change in the cost of living.
• § 12303.7 — Any aged, or disabled applicant or recipient who is eligible for assistance under this article, whose disabilities prevent the use of cooking facilities at home, shall be given the option to receive a
• § 12304 — (a) An individual who is eligible for services subject to the maximum amount specified in subdivision (b) of Section 12303.
• § 12304.1 — In the selection of providers to perform services pursuant to this article, preference shall be given to any qualified individual provider who is chosen by any recipient of personal care services as d
• § 12304.2 — (a) A recipient who receives services under this article through either a contract or managed care provider may, subject to program requirements, select any qualified person to provide care under this
• § 12304.3 — Any recipient of services under this article who has received benefits under this article for at least one year, and who hires and pays his or her own service providers, as permitted under subdivision
• § 12304.4 — (a) The department shall establish a program of direct deposit by electronic transfer for payments to in-home supportive services providers.
• § 12304.41 — If a natural disaster has resulted in a declared state of emergency, affected counties shall use a void and reissue warrant process for any provider who lost or had damaged an uncashed warrant because
• § 12304.5 — Any aged, blind, or disabled individual who would be eligible for assistance under this chapter or under Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 12500), except for his excess income, is eligible to receive
• § 12304.6 — The county welfare department shall provide to each visually impaired applicant or recipient of benefits under this article, upon determination or redetermination of eligibility for benefits under thi
• § 12304.7 — Between January 1 and April 15 of each year, the Controller shall include a notice on, and insert an informational flyer which shall be prepared by the department, with, all payroll warrants issued to
• § 12305 — Any aged, blind, or disabled individual who would be eligible for assistance under this chapter or Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 12500), except for his excess income, and who receives services un
• § 12305.1 — (a) (1) Any aged, blind, or disabled individual who received Medi-Cal personal care services pursuant to subdivision (p) of Section 14132.
• § 12305.5 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, any person who: (1) Was once determined to be disabled in accordance with Section 1614 of Part A of Title XVI of the Social Security Act (Secti
• § 12305.6 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person specified in subdivision (b) shall be eligible for in-home supportive services under this chapter.
• § 12305.7 — The department shall perform all of the following activities: (a) Beginning in the 2004–05 fiscal year, and in each subsequent fiscal year, the department in consultation with the State Department of
• § 12305.71 — (a) Counties shall perform the following quality assurance activities: (1) Establish a dedicated, specialized unit or function to ensure quality assurance and program integrity, including fraud detect
• § 12305.72 — The department shall convene periodic meetings in which supportive services recipients, providers, advocates, IHSS provider representatives, organizations representing recipients, counties, public aut
• § 12305.8 — The following definitions apply for purposes of this article: (a) “Fraud” means the intentional deception or misrepresentation made by a person with the knowledge that the deception could result in so
• § 12305.81 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a person shall not be eligible to provide or receive payment for providing supportive services for 10 years following a conviction for, or incarceration following a
• § 12305.82 — (a) In addition to its existing authority under the Medi-Cal program, the State Department of Health Care Services shall have the authority to investigate fraud in the provision or receipt of in-home
• § 12305.83 — (a) When it has been determined that a provider of supportive services participating under this chapter has received an overpayment that is a debt due and owing, as defined in subdivision (g) of Secti
• § 12305.84 — (a) Upon enactment of this section, the department shall convene a stakeholder group and begin a process with this group to develop and issue a report evaluating the implementation of the quality assu
• § 12305.86 — (a) Effective October 1, 2009, a county shall investigate the background of a person who seeks to become a supportive services provider and who is not listed on the registry of a public authority or n
• § 12305.87 — (a) (1) Commencing 90 days following the effective date of the act that adds this section, a person specified in paragraph (2) shall be subject to the criminal conviction exclusions provided for in th
• § 12306 — (a) When enacted, 1991 Realignment Legislation implemented changes to the state and county cost-sharing ratios for services provided under this article.
• § 12306.1 — (a) When any increase in provider wages or benefits is locally negotiated, mediated, or imposed by a county, public authority, or nonprofit consortium, or any increase in provider wages or benefits is
• § 12306.16 — (a) Commencing July 1, 2017, all counties shall have a County IHSS Maintenance of Effort (MOE).
• § 12306.17 — (a) A portion of IHSS costs that are the counties’ responsibility shall be offset using a combination of General Fund moneys appropriated in the annual Budget Act and redirected 1991 Realignment Vehic
• § 12306.18 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the Director of Finance may authorize a loan from the General Fund to any county in an amount not to exceed the net cost to the county resulting from the County’s IH
• § 12306.19 — (a) The department shall review the budgeting methodology used to determine the annual funding for county administration of the IHSS program and examine the ongoing workload and administrative costs t
• § 12306.2 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the 2000–01 fiscal year, the state shall pay 65 percent and each county shall pay 35 percent of the nonfederal share of any increase to individual p
• § 12306.21 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the 2001–02 fiscal year, the state shall pay 65 percent and each county shall pay 35 percent of the nonfederal share of any increase to individual p
• § 12306.3 — In consultation with stakeholder organizations, including, but not limited to, the California State Association of Counties and employee organizations representing in-home supportive service workers,
• § 12306.5 — (a) Any public or private agency, including a contractor under Section 12302.
• § 12306.6 — (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning on the date for which the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services authorizes commencement of the implementation of this section
• § 12307 — The amendments to Sections 12302, 12303 and 12304 of, and the addition of Sections 12303.
• § 12308 — Funding of this article is subject to the provisions of Part 1.
• § 12309 — (a) In order to assure that in-home supportive services are delivered in all counties in a uniform manner, the department shall develop a uniform needs assessment tool.
• § 12309.1 — (a) As a condition of receiving services under this article, or Section 14132.
• § 12310 — It is the intent of the Legislature that the department conduct special pilot projects to test appropriate methods for assuring equity and efficiency in reducing program costs necessary to remain with
• § 12311 — The director is authorized to grant such waivers from the provisions of this article as are necessary to carry out the purposes and intent of this section, however, the county must provide services wi
• § 12312 — A county, including a city and county, shall, upon the next update to its emergency plan, integrate and require the assessment and provision of supportive services to in-home supportive services (IHSS
• § 12314 — It is the intent of the Legislature that the department conduct a pilot program, of not less than three years’ duration, to comprehensively assess the comparative cost effectiveness and quality of car
• § 12315 — (a) (1) Commencing January 1, 2009, a pilot project shall be established in five consenting counties that provides severely impaired recipients who receive in-home supportive services under this artic
• § 12316 — (a) The City and County of San Francisco may implement a pilot project of not less than three years’ duration to implement the provision of pooled services under this article through a modified delive
• § 12316.1 — (a) (1) The department shall administer the Career Pathways Program for providers of in-home supportive services under this article, or Section 14132.
• § 12316.9 — (a) The State Department of Social Services may contract for payrolling or related functions, as necessary, including, but not limited to, the deductions from the wages of providers that are authorize
• § 12317 — (a) The State Department of Social Services shall be responsible for procuring and implementing a new Case Management Information and Payroll System (CMIPS) for the In-Home Supportive Services Program
• § 12317.1 — The department may enter into interagency agreements with the State Department of Health Services to administer approved federal waivers authorized pursuant to Section 14132.
• § 12317.2 — (a) Except as set forth in subdivision (b), in the event of a conflict between the terms of the waiver approved pursuant to Section 14132.
• § 12318 — (a) The State Department of Social Services shall, in consultation with interested stakeholders, develop, or otherwise identify, both of the following: (1) Standard educational material about sexual h
• § 12350 — No relative shall be held legally liable to support or to contribute to the support of any applicant for or recipient of aid under this chapter.
• § 12351 — In order to conserve state enforcement funds and because of hardships under past law on the operative date of this act there is hereby released, rescinded, canceled, and otherwise nullified in whole,
• § 12400 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person receiving benefits under Section 12200 on December 14, 1999, and who meets the requirements of subdivision (b) shall be eligible to receive b
• § 1250 — There is hereby established an institution for the confinement of males under the custody of the Director of Corrections and the Youth Authority to be known as the Heman G.
• § 12500 — (a) The purpose of this chapter is to provide payment to meet the needs of recipients under Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 12000), under emergency or special circumstances in the event that the fe
• § 12501 — (a) To the extent permitted by federal law, payments made pursuant to this chapter for special circumstances shall be excluded in determining the income of an individual for the purposes of the federa
• § 12502 — There shall not be additional income and resource limits for the program provided for under this chapter other than those applicable to the categorical program mentioned in Section 12500 that provides
• § 1251 — The Heman G.
• § 1252 — There may be transferred to and confined in the Heman G.
• § 1253 — The Youth Authority shall make rules and regulations for the government of the Heman G.
• § 1254 — The Youth Authority shall appoint, subject to civil service, a superintendent for the Heman G.
• § 1255 — The Youth Authority shall construct and equip, in accordance with law, suitable buildings, structures, and facilities for the Heman G.
• § 12550 — (a) For the purposes of this article, “special circumstances” means those which are not common to all recipients and which arise out of need for certain goods or services, and physical infirmities or
• § 12550.1 — (a) Effective July 1, 2001, and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the following benefits shall be provided under this article: (1) The maximum amount for purchase, repair, or modification of
• § 12551 — Special circumstances shall also include special needs as provided in Sections 11023 and 11023.
• § 12552 — The county shall verify that a special circumstance does exist and shall issue a warrant for payment within the guidelines provided by the department.
• § 12552.1 — (a) A county may transfer funds received for the implementation of this chapter from its administrative allocation to its benefit allocation for the purposes of providing additional benefits to client
• § 12553 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 12552, special circumstances shall also include the administration and payment by the department pursuant to this section of a recurring special need allowance to every eli
• § 12554 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 12552, special circumstances shall also include the administration and payment by the department pursuant to this section of a recurring special need allowance to every eli
• § 1256 — The Youth Authority shall have the same powers, duties, and responsibilities in respect to the Heman G.
• § 1258 — The Director of the Youth Authority, in connection with industrial training at the Heman G.
• § 12600 — The department shall reimburse the counties for the cost of actual payments made pursuant to this chapter and for the administrative costs actually attributable to such payments.
• § 12601 — Funds for the costs and administration of Articles 2 (commencing with Section 12525) and 3 (commencing with Section 12550) of this chapter shall be limited to the amounts and controls set forth in the
• § 12700 — There is in the State Treasury a permanent revolving fund, in the amount of one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000), to be known as the Revolving Loan Fund, and to be administered by the departm
• § 13 — The singular number includes the plural, and the plural number includes the singular.
• § 13000 — The purpose of this chapter is to set forth those policies and procedures as are necessary to accommodate reductions in federal funds provided under Title XX of the federal Social Security Act as amen
• § 13001 — Funding for social services programs administered by county welfare departments shall include but not be limited to federal funds received under Titles IV, XIX, and XX of the federal Social Security A
• § 13002 — From the funds described in Section 13001 each county shall receive three allocations.
• § 13003 — County allocations may be used to provide necessary training and shall be used to provide social services which meet the following five federal goals of Title XX of the federal Social Security Act.
• § 13004 — Counties, in expending the County Services Block Grant allocation shall provide protective services for adults pursuant to Section 12251.
• § 13005 — Counties, after expending the County Services Block Grant allocation for the priorities specified in Section 13004 may expend any remaining funds for other services directed at the five goals specifie
• § 13006 — Regulations promulgated by the department relating to protective services for adults shall provide counties with maximum flexibility in determining the type and level of services and use of funds for
• § 13007 — Each county shall report to the State Department of Social Services all necessary information in order to comply with federal and state requirements for the social services block grant.
• § 13008 — Federal funds for Refugee Social Services that are allocated to county welfare departments for Title XX social services shall be allocated to each county in the same proportion that refugees on aid in
• § 13265 — (a) Subject to an appropriation of funds for this purpose in the annual Budget Act, the State Department of Social Services shall administer, in collaboration with the State Department of Education, t
• § 13275 — For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Eligible county” means a county or city and county designated as impacted using a formula developed by the depar
• § 13276 — (a) (1) After setting aside the necessary state administrative funds, the department shall allocate appropriated federal funds for refugee social services programs to each eligible county and, if the
• § 13277 — (a) The department shall notify each eligible county’s board of supervisors of the availability of funds described in subdivision (a) of Section 13276.
• § 13278 — Commencing October 1, 1990, a county shall, to the extent permitted by federal law, utilize funds as described in Section 13276 to pay for the costs of any services provided to, or activity performed
• § 13279 — Refugee social services programs shall be available to recipients of refugee cash assistance and refugees receiving county general assistance in eligible counties.
• § 13280 — (a) (1) In counties receiving federal refugee social services funding, the county welfare department shall include in its CalWORKs plan a section that specifically addresses the provision of services
• § 13282 — The requirements established by this chapter shall be applicable only so long as federal funds are available for its purposes.
• § 13283 — Notwithstanding any other law, the department shall ensure that noncitizen victims of trafficking, domestic violence, and other serious crimes, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 18945, have acc
• § 13284 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, and to the extent permitted by federal law, the department may, in its discretion, contract with, or issue grants to, service providers for the purpose of administer
• § 13285 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, contracts or grants awarded by the department to a qualified service provider pursuant to this chapter shall be exempt from both of the following: (1) The personal s
• § 13286 — A refugee shall not be denied resettlement anywhere in California based on any criterion, method of administration, or practice that has the purpose or effect of discriminating on the basis of race, r
• § 13300 — (a) Subject to the availability of funding in the act that added this chapter or the annual Budget Act, the department shall contract, as described in Section 13301, with qualified nonprofit legal ser
• § 13300.5 — (a) (1) Subject to the availability of state funding, the state shall provide legal counsel to every immigrant youth in the State of California.
• § 13301 — Contracts awarded pursuant to Section 13300 shall fulfill all of the following: (a) Be executed only with nonprofit legal services organizations that meet all of the following requirements: (1) Have a
• § 13302 — Notwithstanding any other law: (a) Contracts or grants awarded pursuant to this chapter shall be exempt from the personal services contracting requirements of Article 4 (commencing with Section 19130)
• § 13303 — (a) Subject to the availability of funding in the act that added this section or the annual Budget Act, the department shall provide grants, as described in subdivision (b), to organizations qualified
• § 13304 — (a) Any grant awarded pursuant to Section 13303 shall fulfill all of the following: (1) Be executed only with a nonprofit organization that meets the requirements set forth either in Section 501(c)(3)
• § 13305 — (a) Subject to the availability of funding in the act that added this section or the annual Budget Act, the department shall provide grants to organizations qualified under Section 13306 to provide fr
• § 13306 — (a) Grants awarded pursuant to Section 13305 shall be provided only to nonprofit organizations that meet the requirements set forth either in Section 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(5) of the Internal Revenue Cod
• § 13307 — The department may transfer funds appropriated for the purposes of this chapter among services described in this chapter in response to the results of requests for applications received or to changing
• § 13308 — The provisions of this chapter are severable.
• § 13310 — A county shall make its best efforts to provide an undocumented minor or nonminor dependent in foster care under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court with access to immigration legal services.
• § 13400 — The State Department of Social Services shall administer a rapid response program to award grants or contracts to entities that provide critical assistance to immigrants during times of need.
• § 13401 — (a) Grants or contracts awarded by the State Department of Social Services pursuant to this chapter shall comply with all of the following: (1) May be executed with entities, including, but not limite
• § 13402 — The State Department of Social Services shall provide an update to the Legislature in the course of the annual budget process regarding any entity receiving funds pursuant to this chapter.
• § 13403 — The Legislature finds and declares that this chapter is a state law that provides assistance and services for undocumented persons within the meaning of Section 1621(d) of Title 8 of the United States
• § 13404 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, funding awarded pursuant to this chapter shall be exempt from the personal services contracting requirements of Article 4 (commencing with Section 19130) of Chapter
• § 13405 — Notwithstanding any other law, any personally identifiable information, including name, birth date, and destination address, as well as shelter location, shall be subject to the requirements of Sectio
• § 13406 — The state shall be immune from any liability resulting from the implementation of this chapter.
• § 13407 — Notwithstanding the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.
• § 13408 — The provisions of this chapter are severable.
• § 13600 — (a) The State Department of Social Services may provide state supplemental grants to meet disaster-related necessary expenses or serious needs of individuals and households adversely affected by any d
• § 13601 — There is hereby created in the State Treasury the California Individual and Family Supplemental Grant Fund.
• § 13650 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) Vulnerable noncitizens, asylees, and refugees are important to the fabric of our society.
• § 13651 — (a) The program shall provide culturally appropriate and responsive case management services for asylees and vulnerable noncitizens for up to 90 days within the first year following the grant of asylu
• § 13652 — Notwithstanding any other law: (a) Contracts or grants awarded pursuant to this chapter shall be exempt from the personal services contracting requirements of Article 4 (commencing with Section 19130)
• § 13653 — The Legislature finds and declares that this chapter is a state law that may provide assistance and services for undocumented persons within the meaning of subsection (d) of Section 1621 of Title 8 of
• § 13654 — This chapter shall be implemented only to the extent that funds are appropriated for this purpose in the annual Budget Act.
• § 13700 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) There are homeless minors living on the streets of major urban centers in this state without adequate food, shelter, health care, or financ
• § 13700.5 — For purposes of this chapter, “office” means the Office of Criminal Justice Planning.
• § 13701 — Each homeless youth project established under this chapter shall provide services which shall include, but are not limited to, all of the following: (a) Food and access to an overnight shelter.
• § 13703 — (a) One homeless youth emergency service project shall be established in the County of Los Angeles and one shall be established in the City and County of San Francisco.
• § 13750 — This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Foster Care Social Security and Supplemental Security Income Assistance Program.
• § 13752 — The State Department of Social Services shall convene a workgroup comprised of the County Welfare Directors Association, county welfare directors, child advocacy organizations, current and former fost
• § 13753 — (a) When a foster youth is receiving payments from the federal Social Security Administration, the county shall do all of the following at least six months before the youth’s 18th birthday: (1) Provid
• § 13754 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that this section shall not be interpreted to preclude a nonminor dependent from accessing the same benefits, services, and supports, and exercise the same choi
• § 13756 — (a) The Legislature finds that the State of California has utilized federal benefits administered by the federal Social Security Administration to offset the cost of foster care placement and that the
• § 13757 — (a) (1) Subject to paragraph (2), every youth over 16 years of age who is in foster care under the supervision of the county child welfare department, juvenile probation department, or tribal organiza
• § 13900 — The object and purpose of this chapter is to provide a coordinated, comprehensive approach to providing assistance and out-of-home care in nonmedical care facilities for recipients of public assistanc
• § 13901 — It is further the purpose of this chapter to give recognition to the fact that persons who require provision of an out-of-home living arrangement present a common set of personal problems, whether the
• § 13902 — Insofar as practicable and consistent with the best interest of the recipients, the provisions of this chapter shall be administered as a separate program which provides the aged, blind or disabled pe
• § 13910 — The purpose of this article is to provide out-of-home care to those recipients of public assistance for whom care in their own homes is impractical; however, the provisions of this article shall not d
• § 13911 — The director shall, by regulation, establish standards for specialized out-of-home care.
• § 13912 — In the establishment of the rate schedules for out-of-home care, the director shall consider and reflect in the rate schedule annually, in addition to any other factors he deems to be relevant, the av
• § 13913 — The director shall submit an annual report to the Legislature by March 1 of each year setting forth pertinent facts on the operation of the program established by this chapter and its significance in
• § 13920 — For a person living in a nonmedical out-of-home care facility the department may establish varying allowances for room, board and care, provided that the minimum allowance shall not be less than five
• § 13921 — The department shall establish a range of amounts for the personal and incidental needs of recipients in out-of-home care under this chapter provided that the minimum amount for personal and incidenta
• § 13922 — The sum of the allowances established in Sections 13920 and 13921 shall not be less than five hundred ten dollars ($510) and shall be the sum for purposes of subdivision (g) of Section 12200.
• § 14 — “County” includes “city and county.
• § 1400 — THE INTERSTATE COMPACT FOR JUVENILES ARTICLE I PURPOSE The compacting states to this Interstate Compact recognize that each state is responsible for the proper supervision or return of juveniles, deli
• § 14000 — The purpose of this chapter is to afford to qualifying individuals health care and related remedial or preventive services, including related social services that are necessary for those receiving hea
• § 14000.01 — The department shall seek federal approval, if necessary, and shall issue all-plan letters or similar instructions to implement subdivision (d) of Section 1367.
• § 14000.03 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that Section 1396a(a)(11)(A) of Title 42 of the United States Code provides that California’s state plan for medical assistance under the Medicaid program must “
• § 14000.05 — The State Department of Health Services shall consider the special needs and requirements of rural hospitals in California that are financially distressed and in danger of closure.
• § 14000.1 — It is the intent of the Legislature that health care services available under this chapter shall be at least equivalent to the level provided in 1970–71.
• § 14000.2 — During the time this chapter is effective and notwithstanding other provisions of the Welfare and Institutions Code and Health and Safety Code, the board of supervisors of each county may prescribe ru
• § 14000.3 — To the extent permitted by federal law, the director may enter into contracts with the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to obtain or provide fiscal intermediary services for all persons who
• § 14000.4 — This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Medi-Cal Act.
• § 14000.5 — On a regional pilot project basis, to the extent authorized by law, the director may enter into contracts with one or more nonprofit organizations to perform the functions of the department’s Office o
• § 14000.6 — (a) The Office of Medicare Innovation and Integration is hereby established within the department.
• § 14000.7 — (a) The department shall provide assistance to any applicant or beneficiary that requests help with the application or redetermination process to the extent required by federal law.
• § 14000.8 — (a) (1) Commencing on January 1, 2026, and each month thereafter, a county with a call center for Medi-Cal applicants or beneficiaries applying for, renewing, or requesting help in obtaining or mainta
• § 14001 — Health care as administered under this chapter shall be considered a component of public social services.
• § 14001.1 — It is the intention of the Legislature, whenever feasible, that the needs of categorically needy persons for health care and related remedial or preventive services be met under the provisions of this
• § 14001.11 — (a) The department shall implement the federal requirements described in Section 1396u-5 of Title 42 of the United States Code.
• § 14002 — Health care granted under the provisions of this chapter is held subject to the provisions of any law hereafter enacted amending, repealing, or supplementing in whole or in part the provisions of this
• § 14002.5 — For the purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Annuity” means a contract that names an annuitant and gives a person or entity the right to receive periodic payments of a
• § 14003 — The Governor may enter into and execute in behalf of the state all necessary agreements in connection with this chapter as may be required by the United States government.
• § 14004 — If any individual in good faith adheres to the teachings of any bona fide church, sect, denomination, or organization, and in accordance with its principles depends for healing entirely upon prayer or
• § 14005 — (a) The health care benefits and services specified in this chapter, to the extent that such services are neither provided under any other federal or state law nor provided nor available under other c
• § 14005.1 — Except for adults receiving aid pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11200) and for whom federal financial participation would not be obtainable for their medical costs under Title XIX of th
• § 14005.10 — For purposes of facilitating arrangements for health care through prepaid health plans, the department may set standards for determining monthly income, for purposes of eligibility, on the person’s av
• § 14005.11 — (a) To the extent required by federal law for qualified beneficiaries enrolled in the federal Medicare Program, the department shall pay the premiums, deductibles, and coinsurance for elderly and disa
• § 14005.12 — (a) For the purposes of Sections 14005.
• § 14005.13 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 14005.
• § 14005.14 — (a) In addition to the income exemptions specified in subdivision (a) of Section 14005.
• § 14005.15 — Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 14005, Medi-Cal beneficiaries shall obtain family planning services through the Medi-Cal program to the extent they are available through such program.
• § 14005.16 — (a) In determining the eligibility of a married individual pursuant to Section 14005.
• § 14005.17 — (a) In determining the eligibility of an institutionalized spouse pursuant to Section 14005.
• § 14005.18 — (a) (1) An individual is eligible, to the extent required by federal law, as though the individual was pregnant, for all pregnancy-related and postpartum services for a 60-day period beginning on the
• § 14005.185 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 15840, the income eligibility requirements specified in Section 15832, and the annual redetermination requirements described in Section 14005.
• § 14005.19 — The receipt of respite care, as defined in Section 1418.
• § 14005.2 — Unless otherwise specified in this chapter, the eligibility of a person eligible under the Cuban-Haitian Entrant Program or the Refugee Resettlement Program for health care services under Section 1400
• § 14005.20 — (a) The department shall adopt the option made available under Section 1902(a)(10)(A)(ii)(XII) of Title XIX of the federal Social Security Act (42 U.
• § 14005.21 — (a) Any medically needy aged, blind, or disabled person who was categorically needy under this chapter on the basis of eligibility under Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 12000) or Subchapter 16 (com
• § 14005.22 — (a) A pregnant individual is eligible for full-scope Medi-Cal benefits under Section 435.
• § 14005.23 — To the extent federal financial participation is available, the department shall, when determining eligibility for children under Section 1396a( l )(1)(D) of Title 42 of the United States Code, design
• § 14005.24 — The department shall instruct counties, by means of an all county letter or similar instruction, as to the process that is to be used to ensure that each child, physical custody of whom has been volun
• § 14005.25 — (a) To the extent federal financial participation is available, the department shall exercise the option under Section 1902(e)(12) of the federal Social Security Act (42 U.
• § 14005.255 — (a) (1) Notwithstanding Section 14005.