California Welfare and Institutions Code ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties

  • Section 10740.
    It is hereby declared that provision for health care services and medical assistance in this code is a matter of statewide concern. The State Department...
  • Section 10741.
    The department shall investigate, examine and make reports upon the public officers who are in any way responsible for the administration of public funds used...
  • Section 10742.
    The department shall advise public officers regarding the administration of health care services and medical assistance by public agencies throughout the state, and shall supervise...
  • Section 10743.
    In administering any funds appropriated or made available to the department for disbursement through the counties for welfare purposes, the department shall establish regulations, not...
  • Section 10743.5.
    It is the intent of the Legislature that, if the department seeks a waiver for any experimental, pilot, or demonstration project in the 1995–96 fiscal...
  • Section 10744.
    If the director considers a county director to be failing, in a substantial manner, to comply with any provision of this code or any regulation...
  • Section 10745.
    The department shall cause to be published and made available for sale to the public, at the cost of publishing, all of its rules and...
  • Section 10746.
    When 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 10747.
    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 10748.
    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 10749.
    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 10750.
    The functions of the department may include the administration and the supervision of the administration of health care services and medical assistance within this state...
  • Section 10751.
    The department, with the cooperation of the State Department of Social Services and the Employment Development Department, shall develop a homemaker and home health aid...
  • Section 10752.
    The department shall, by March 1, 2017, in coordination with the Department of Finance, notify the Legislature of the fiscal impact on the Medi-Cal program...

Last modified: October 22, 2018