California Welfare and Institutions Code CHAPTER 5 - Records

• Section 10850.
  (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, all applications and records concerning any individual made or kept by any public officer or agency in connection...
• Section 10850.1.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for purposes of Section 10850, the activities of a multidisciplinary personnel team engaged in the prevention, identification, management, or...
• Section 10850.2.
  Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 10850, factual information relating to eligibility provided solely by the public assistance recipient contained in applications and records made or...
• Section 10850.3.
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 10850, an authorized employee of a county welfare department may disclose confidential information concerning a public social services applicant or recipient to any...
• Section 10850.31.
  (a) For the CalWORKs program and CalFresh only, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the address, social security number, and, if available, photograph of any applicant...
• Section 10850.4.
  (a) Within five business days of learning that a child fatality has occurred in the county and that there is a reasonable suspicion that the fatality...
• Section 10850.45.
  (a) Within 10 business days of learning that a child near fatality that has been determined to have been caused by abuse or neglect, as described...
• Section 10850.5.
  A county welfare department may, without the need to provide written documentation that consent has been obtained from a client, provide information to a housing...
• Section 10850.7.
  (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 10850, an authorized employee of a county welfare department may disclose confidential information concerning a public social services applicant or...
• Section 10850.9.
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 10850, an authorized employee of a county social services department may disclose the name and residential address of elderly or disabled clients to...
• Section 10851.
  (a) Each county shall establish and maintain a case record for each public social services case and shall retain the record for a period of three...
• Section 10851.5.
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 10851, each county shall retain all records that are necessary to determine the number of months each adult recipient has received aid subject...
• Section 10852.
  All persons who are subject to investigation or supervision by the department, or who are connected with any institution subject to such investigation or supervision,...
• Section 10853.
  In order to secure accuracy, uniformity, and completeness in such statistics and information, the department, by regulation, may prescribe forms of report and records to...

Last modified: October 22, 2018