California Welfare and Institutions Code ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties

  • Section 10600.
    It is hereby declared that provision for public social services in this code is a matter of statewide concern. The department is hereby designated as...
  • Section 10600.1.
    (a) The State Department of Social Services succeeds to and is vested with the duties, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction exercised by the State Department of Health...
  • Section 10600.2.
    The State Department of Social Services shall have possession and control of all records, papers, offices, equipment, supplies, moneys, funds, appropriations, land, and other property...
  • Section 10600.3.
    All officers and employees of the Director of Health or the Director of Benefit Payments who, on the operative date of the statute amending this...
  • Section 10601.
    The department may expend, in accordance with law, all moneys made available for its use or for the administration of any statute administered by it.(Added...
  • Section 10601.2.
    (a) The State Department of Social Services shall establish, by April 1, 2003, the California Child and Family Service Review System, in order to review all...
  • Section 10602.
    The department shall investigate, examine and make reports upon:(a) The charitable institutions of the state and of the counties and cities of the state, other than...
  • Section 10602.4.
    The Employment Development Department shall investigate, examine, and make reports upon the public officers who are in any way responsible for the administration of public...
  • Section 10603.
    The department shall advise public officers regarding the administration of public social services by public agencies throughout the state, and shall supervise the administration of...
  • Section 10604.
    In administering any funds appropriated or made available for disbursement through the counties for welfare purposes, the department shall:(a) Require as a condition for receiving such...
  • Section 10604.5.
    (a) (1) Commencing July 1, 1992, the department shall pay only those county welfare department claims for federal or state reimbursement of administration and services under this...
  • Section 10604.6.
    (a) The department shall pay only those assistance claims for federal or state reimbursement under this division that are filed with the department within 18 months...
  • Section 10605.
    (a) If the director believes that a county is substantially failing to comply with any provision of this code or any regulation pertaining to any program...
  • Section 10605.1.
    (a) If a federal disallowance or other financial penalty is imposed on the state based on the results of the federal Children and Family Services Review...
  • Section 10605.2.
    If the director believes that a county probation department is substantially failing to comply with any provision of this code or any regulation pertaining to...
  • Section 10605.5.
    (a) (1) The department, in consultation with counties and labor organizations, shall establish, no later than January 1, 2016, a process to receive voluntary disclosures from social...
  • Section 10606.
    The department shall cause to be published and made available, at no cost to the public, all of its rules and regulations relating to:(a) The government...
  • Section 10606.1.
    (a) The department and county welfare departments shall have access to computer information maintained in the files of the Employment Development Department pursuant to Sections 1094...
  • Section 10606.2.
    (a) Notwithstanding the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of...
  • Section 10607.
    Where the department causes to be published for public distribution informational pamphlets and related materials relating to public assistance programs administered or supervised by the...
  • Section 10607.5.
    (a) In order to better inform the public as to the range of social services available to aid children and their families, and to provide a...
  • Section 10608.
    Copies of all laws relating to any form of public social service for which state aid is granted to counties, and over the administration of...
  • Section 10609.
    The department may act as the agent or representative of or cooperate with the federal government in any matters within the scope of the functions...
  • Section 10609.3.
    (a) By January 1, 1995, the State Department of Social Services shall complete, in consultation with county Independent Living Program administrators, placement agencies, providers, advocacy groups,...
  • Section 10609.4.
    (a) On or before July 1, 2000, the State Department of Social Services, in consultation with county and state representatives, foster youth, and advocates, shall do...
  • Section 10609.45.
    (a) Subject to subdivision (b), and notwithstanding any other provision of law, services available under the Independent Living Program, established pursuant to the federal Consolidated Omnibus...
  • Section 10609.5.
    (a) The department shall contract with an appropriate and qualified entity to conduct an evaluation of the adequacy of the current child welfare services budgeting methodology...
  • Section 10609.6.
    (a) The department, in consultation with the seven member task force specified in subdivision (b), shall develop a plan to implement the recommendations of the evaluation...
  • Section 10609.7.
    (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(1) The department has convened the Child Welfare Services Stakeholders Group for the purpose of making recommendations to...
  • Section 10609.8.
    On an annual basis, at the time of budget hearings, the State Department of Social Services shall provide information to the budget committees of the...
  • Section 10609.9.
    (a) (1) Funds designated for child welfare services outcome improvements shall be flexible and may be spent on local priorities identified in the county’s system improvement plan,...
  • Section 10609.95.
    (a) The State Department of Social Services shall provide guidance on best practices and facilitate an exchange of information and best practices among counties on an...
  • Section 10609.97.
    (a) The State Department of Social Services shall provide guidance on best practices and facilitate an exchange of information and best practices among counties on an...
  • Section 10610.
    The department may join associations of social welfare agencies having as their purpose the interchanging or supplying of information relating to the technique of social...
  • Section 10611.
    All plans for the use of existing buildings or for new buildings, parts of buildings, or additions to or alterations in buildings, for any public...
  • Section 10612.
    Two months prior to each annual session of the Legislature, the department shall make a full and complete report to the Governor of all its...
  • Section 10612.5.
    (a) The department shall consult with the County Welfare Directors Association of California and any interested county welfare agencies to determine which counties may be involved...
  • Section 10613.
    The functions of the department may include the administration and the supervision of the administration of public social services, except health care services and medical...
  • Section 10614.
    (a) The department shall annually submit by September 10 of each year and March 1 of the following year, to the Department of Finance for its...
  • Section 10614.5.
    Upon the request of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, the Department of Finance shall post on its Internet Web site data on monthly caseloads and...
  • Section 10615.
    California’s 58 counties vary greatly in their welfare problems, and therefore they should not be treated alike in the supervision of welfare programs. The Legislature...
  • Section 10616.
    The department shall formulate plans for the recruitment, utilization, and training of volunteers to assist in performing services and other duties for the county public...
  • Section 10617.
    In fixing rates for out-of-home care in nonmedical facilities authorized to provide care for recipients of public assistance, the department shall establish a rate plan...
  • Section 10618.
    Funding of Section 10617 is subject to the provisions of Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 10100) of this division.(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 1235. Note:...
  • Section 10618.5.
    (a) The county welfare department shall send any CalFresh applicant who is determined to be eligible for CalFresh benefits and who does not indicate on his...
  • Section 10618.6.
    (a) (1) When a child in a foster care placement reaches his or her 14th birthday, and each year thereafter, while the child is under the jurisdiction...
  • Section 10619.
    A public agency shall, in implementing programs affected by the act adding this section to the Welfare and Institutions Code, perform program functions exclusively through...

Last modified: October 22, 2018