Note: * Denotes Urgency or Tax Levy Legislation.
Developmental Services
SB 137 (Emmerson-R) Developmental services: regional centers
Requires that specified information about vendor rates and payments to nonprofit housing corporations be posted on each regional center's Internet Web site, alongside other existing information.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 163 (Hueso-D) Developmental services: health insurance payments
Requires regional centers to pay any co-payment, co-insurance, or deductible required under a health plan or health insurance policy that provides coverage for services included in a regional center consumer's Individual Program Plan or Individualized Family Service Plan.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 319 (Price-D) Developmental services: regional centers: data compilation
Requires the Department of Developmental Services to ensure that regional centers report certain information on the services they provide in a uniform manner. Requires the regional centers to report on whether there are disparities in the provision of services, and their plans to reduce such disparities.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 321 (Price-D) Developmental services: regional centers
Requires the Department of Developmental Services to establish contract performance guidelines for regional centers, relating to cultural and linguistic competency.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 349 (Walters-R) Home- and community-based services waivers
Requires a provider of sheltered work under a specified home-and-community-based services waiver to demonstrate that it is transitioning at least 20% of its clients annually into integrated, individualized employment settings, with or without support, in order to get reimbursed under the waiver.
(Died in Senate Human Services Committee)
SB 577 (Pavley-D) Autism and other developmental disabilities: employment
Requires the Department of Developmental Services, contingent upon receiving federal financial participation, to conduct a four-year demonstration project to determine whether community-based vocational development services will increase employment outcomes for consumers and reduce purchase of service costs for working age adults. Establishes an hourly rate for community-based vocational development services for all services identified and provided in the plan. Requires the Department to publish a notice on its Internet Web site when the demonstration project has been implemented, and to make determinations and notify the Legislature concerning the project's effectiveness at the project's conclusion.
Chapter 431, Statutes of 2014
SB 579 (Berryhill-R) Commission on Oversight Efficiency and Quality Enhancement
Establishes the Commission on Oversight Efficiency and Quality Enhancement Models to investigate methods of implementing a unified and consistent oversight and quality enhancement process that ensures the welfare, community participation, health, and safety of individuals with developmental disabilities who are served in programs licensed by the Community Care Licensing Division of the Department of Social Services.
(Died in Assembly Human Services Committee)
SB 856 (Senate Budget And Fiscal Review Committee) Budget Act of 2014: Developmental Services Trailer Bill
Provides for various statutory changes necessary to implement provisions in the Budget Act of 2014 related to services to persons with developmental disabilities.
Chapter 30, Statutes of 2014
SB 1093 (Liu-D) Regional centers: culturally competent services
Requires regional centers to provide independent living skills services to an adult consumer, as specified. Requires regional centers to hold the annual stakeholder meetings regarding data that includes residency type, race or ethnicity, and primary language, separately from any meetings of its board of directors and to schedule the meetings at times and locations designed to result in a high turnout by the public and underserved communities, as specified. Also requires each regional center to annually report to the Department of Social Services specified information regarding its implementation of these provisions and requires the reports to be posted on the Department's and each regional center's Internet Web site by August 31 of each year.
Chapter 402, Statutes of 2014
SB 1123 (Liu-D) Child care and development services
Establishes new services under General Child Care and Development Programs for infants and toddlers and makes changes to eligibility, adult- and teacher-to-child ratios, and staffing requirements in classrooms.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 1127 (Torres-D) Individuals with developmental disabilities
Adds individuals who are developmentally disabled or cognitively impaired to the list of people who may be the subject of a Silver Alert and deletes the existing sunset date, thereby extending the operation of these provisions indefinitely.
Chapter 440, Statutes of 2014
SB 1160 (Beall-D) Developmental services: employment
Adjusts the allowable job coach-to-consumer ratio for group supported employment services provided to individuals with developmental disabilities.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 1178 (Correa-D) Developmental disabilities: housing
Dedicates projected savings from redirecting persons with developmental disabilities from institutional care to community placement and from leasing developmental center facilities to support the development of affordable housing for persons with developmental disabilities.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 1344 (Evans-D) Developmental services: Sonoma Developmental Center
Designates the Sonoma Developmental Center as the center of last resort for Northern California. Requires the Department of Developmental Services to develop a detailed action plan for the Sonoma Developmental Center.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 1445 (Evans-D) Regional centers: individual program plans: telehealth
Includes telehealth services and supports among the services and supports authorized to be included as part of an individual program plan.
Chapter 260, Statutes of 2014
AB 485 (Gomez-D) In-home supportive services
Requires the new statewide California In-Home Supportive Services Authority (Statewide Authority) to assume responsibility for bargaining with recognized employee organizations representing in-home supportive services providers effective 1/1/15, and de-links the Statewide Authority from implementation of the Coordinated Care Initiative so that the Statewide Authority is permanent regardless of what happens with the Coordinated Care Initiative.
(Died on the Assembly Floor)
AB 518 (Yamada-D) Community-based adult services: adult day health care center
Continues Community Based Adult Services as a Medi-Cal benefit and included as a covered service in contracts with all Medi-Cal managed health care plans following the expiration of a legal settlement and a Medicaid waiver in effect until August 2014, establishes eligibility criteria for Community Based Adult Services, requires an Adult Day Health Center to meet specified staffing standards, and establishes requirements for Community Based Adult Services providers, including a requirement that the Department of Health Care Services certify and enroll as new Community Based Adult Services providers, only those providers that are exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the federal Internal Revenue Code, commencing 7/1/15.
(Died in Senate Health Committee)
AB 954 (Maienschein-R) Developmental services: habilitation
Increases the rates and fees paid to supported employment services providers for regional center consumers.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1454 (Ian Calderon-D) Care facilities: regulatory visits
Requires the Department of Social Services to increase the frequency of unannounced licensing visits of community care facilities, residential care facilities for the elderly, child day care centers, and family day care homes incrementally so that by 7/1/17, every facility shall be visited annually. Permits the Department the discretion of completing a prelicensure survey for a new licensee of a currently licensed residential care facility for the elderly for which there will be no material change to management or operations when the license changes hands.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 1461 (Assembly Budget Committee) Budget Act of 2014: Developmental Services Trailer Bill
Provides for various statutory changes necessary to implement provisions in the Budget Act of 2014 related to services to persons with developmental disabilities.
(Died on Senate Inactive File)
AB 1595 (Chesbro-D) State Council on Developmental Disabilities
Broadly rewrites the statutory responsibilities of the State Council on Developmental Disabilities (SCDD), including restructuring the role and scope of the state's 13 area boards, to comply with the requirements of the federal Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, which has designated the SCDD as being at high risk and limited access to its $6.5 million grant. Revises the authorization for the Department of Developmental Services to contract with SCDD for advocacy services within its state developmental centers and makes other conforming changes.
Chapter 409, Statutes of 2014
AB 1626 (Maienschein-R) Developmental services: habilitation
Increases the hourly rate paid to providers of individualized and group-supported employment services from $30.82 to $34.24, and increases the fees paid to interim program providers from $360 to $400 and $720 to $800, respectively.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 1687 (Conway-R) Persons with Developmental Disabilities Bill of Rights
Recasts statutory rights that currently exist in the Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act as the "Persons with Developmental Disabilities Bill of Rights." Adds to those rights the right to a prompt investigation of any alleged abuse.
Chapter 178, Statutes of 2014
AB 1703 (Hall-D) Reading services for blind and visually impaired recipients
Includes assistance in reading and completing financial and other documents which are essential to activities of daily living for a recipient of the In-Home Supportive Services Program who is blind or visually impaired, or who has another disability that significantly impairs his/her ability to read.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 2041 (Jones-R) Regional centers: behavioral health treatment
Defines the professional activities and the educational and training requirements necessary for vendorization by a regional center as a Behavior Management Assistant or a Behavior Management Consultant.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 2236 (Maienschein-R) Residential care facilities for the elderly: civil penalties
Establishes a new framework for civil penalties applicable to violations determined by the Department of Social Services (DSS) to have resulted in death or serious bodily injury, or determined by DSS to constitute physical abuse for all facilities licensed by DSS.
Chapter 813, Statutes of 2014
Foster Care
SB 909 (Pavley-D) Children in temporary custody: health screenings
Allows social workers to authorize noninvasive initial medical, dental, and mental health screenings of a child in temporary custody, without parental consent or court order, if reasonable attempts to notify the parent are made. Adds "mental health care" as defined, to the list of services that may be authorized under specified circumstances for a child who is a dependent of the juvenile court, is in temporary custody, or for whom a dependency petition has been filed.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 977 (Liu-D) Juveniles
Imposes additional duties on social workers to include in each social study, evaluation, and supplemental report to the courts a factual discussion of whether a child can be returned to the custody of his/her parent who is enrolled in a certified substance abuse treatment facility that allows a dependent child to reside with his/her parent. Requires courts to consider whether a child can be returned to the custody of his/her parent in these situations, as specified.
Chapter 219, Statutes of 2014
SB 996 (Evans-D) Juveniles: dependent children: documents
Revises and recasts existing law which specifies the documents and information that are required to be provided to a dependent youth prior to terminating dependency. Requires this information to be provided at the first regularly scheduled hearing after the youth has reached age 18, rather than at termination of dependency. Additionally requires the same information be provided to dependent youth at age 16, as specified.
Vetoed
SB 1023 (Liu-D) Community colleges: foster youth
Authorizes the California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office to enter into agreements with up to 10 California Community College districts to establish the Cooperating Agencies Foster Youth Educational Support program in order to provide additional funds for services in support of postsecondary education for foster youth.
Chapter 771, Statutes of 2014
SB 1136 (Huff-R) Foster care providers: criminal records
Requires the Department of Social Services to provide, upon the request of a county child welfare agency, a list of each person who has received a criminal records exemption related to a licensed or certified foster home, so that the county may assess the appropriateness of placing a child in the foster home with which the individual is associated, as specified.
Chapter 222, Statutes of 2014
SB 1252 (Torres-D) Former foster youth: transitional housing program
Authorizes a county, at its option, to extend the Transitional Housing Placement Program-Plus to former foster youth not more than 25 years of age, and for a total of 36 cumulative months, if the former foster youth is completing secondary education or is enrolled in an institution that provides postsecondary education.
Chapter 774, Statutes of 2014
SB 1460 (Senate Human Services Committee) Child welfare
Addresses state compliance with federal statute and regulation regarding the Multi Ethnic Placement Act, use of the Federal Parent Locator Service, the federal Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008, and the Adam Walsh Act.
Chapter 772, Statutes of 2014
SCR 117 (Liu-D) Foster Care Month
Declares the month of May 2014 as Foster Care Month.
Resolution Chapter 103, Statutes of 2014
AB 196 (Mansoor-R) Foster parent evaluations
Requires the Department of Social Services, in consultation with the County Welfare Directors Association, foster parents, caregivers, and current and former foster youth, to develop and implement a foster parent evaluation process.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 388 (Chesbro-D) Juveniles
Requires the Department of Social Services (DSS) to conduct an unannounced visit to any group home or other specified licensed facility that averages more than one call per month over a six-month period to law enforcement from facility staff regarding residents' alleged violations of specified laws. Requires the Department of Health Care Services or the delegated county to review the certification issued of a facility upon receipt of notification from DSS of any adverse licensing action taken after the finding of noncompliance during an unannounced visit, as specified. Requires DSS to consult with specified agencies and entities to develop additional performance standards and outcome measures that require group homes to implement programs and services to minimize law enforcement contacts and delinquency petition filings against dependent minors, as specified.
Chapter 760, Statutes of 2014
AB 1089 (Ian Calderon-D) Foster care
Specifies the processes and timelines to be followed by regional centers when a regional center consumer who is in foster care is moved between regional center catchment areas.
Chapter 761, Statutes of 2014
AB 1187 (Mansoor-R) Foster care funds: subsidized child care for foster parents
Requires the Department of Social Services to amend the foster care state plan.
(Died in Assembly Human Services Committee)
AB 1658 (Jones-Sawyer-D) Foster care: consumer credit reports
Requires when a child in foster care reaches his/her 16th birthday, and each year thereafter, while the child is under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, the county welfare department, county probation department, or, the Department of Social Services, to inquire of each of the three major credit reporting agencies as to whether the child has any consumer credit history instead of requesting a "consumer credit disclosure." Requires the Department to provide information to the appropriate legislative policy committees regarding the implementation of these provisions, including, but not limited to, any state and county barriers to obtaining credit reports as required by the federal Child and Family Services Improvement and Innovation Act of 2011.
Chapter 762, Statutes of 2014
AB 1761 (Hall-D) Dependent children: placement
Permits a social worker to place a child who has been removed from the custody of his/her parents in the home of a relative or non-relative extended family member after the detention hearing and pending the dispositional hearing. Clarifies legislative intent that a social worker may place a child in the home of an appropriate relative or non-relative extended family member pending the consideration of other relatives who request preferential consideration.
Chapter 765, Statutes of 2014
AB 1790 (Dickinson-D) Foster children: mental health services
Requires the Department of Social Services to convene a stakeholder group, as specified, to identify barriers to mental health services by mental health professionals with specified training. Requires the stakeholder group, on or before 1/31/16, to make specific, non-binding recommendations to specified groups to address the identified barriers.
Chapter 766, Statutes of 2014
AB 1978 (Jones-Sawyer-D) Child welfare services
Requires the Department of Social Services (DSS), in consultation with counties and labor organizations, to establish a process to receive voluntary disclosures from social workers, if a social worker has reasonable cause to believe that a policy, procedure, or practice related to the provision of child welfare services by a county child welfare agency endangers the health or well-being of a child, as specified. Prohibits DSS from disclosing the identity of a social worker making a disclosure, unless the social worker has consented to the disclosure or there is an immediate risk to the health and safety of a child. Requires DSS to report to the Legislature, and post on its Internet Web site, the total number of relevant disclosures received and a summary description of the issues raised in those disclosures, and of the actions taken by DSS in response to those disclosures. Also authorizes a county child welfare social worker to comment on a child fatality once certain documents from the child's case file have been released by the custodian of records and makes several legislative findings and declarations.
Chapter 768, Statutes of 2014
AB 2299 (Nazarian-D) Health insurance copayments, coinsurance and deductibles
Broadens the eligibility for regional centers to pay copayments, coinsurance, and/or deductibles associated with private insurance coverage on behalf a regional center consumer.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 2454 (Quirk-Silva-D) Foster youth: nonminor dependents
Allows a nonminor former dependent who previously received extended Kinship Guardianship Assistance Payment or Adoption Assistance Payment, but whose guardian or adoptive parent no longer provides ongoing support, to petition the court to resume dependency under the extended foster care program, as specified.
Chapter 769, Statutes of 2014
AB 2668 (Quirk-Silva-D) Foster care: nonminor dependent parents
Authorizes the development of a parenting support plan between a nonminor dependent (NMD) parent who resides in a supervised independent living placement, an identified responsible adult who has agreed to act as a parenting mentor, and a representative of the county child welfare agency or probation department; requires an NMD who develops a parenting support plan to provide a copy of the plan to the county child welfare agency or probation department and inform these entities of subsequent changes to the plan; and requires that, after completion and approval of the plan and a determination by the county agency, the payment to the NMD parent be increased by an additional $200 per month. Also, requires the Department of Social Services to convene a working group to develop and issue an all-county letter specifying the minimum criteria a person must meet in order to serve as an identified responsible adult to an NMD parent, as specified.
Chapter 770, Statutes of 2014
Public Social Services
SB 206 (Emmerson-R) EBT cards: prohibition for alcohol and tobacco purchases
Requires the electronic benefits transfer (EBT) system to be designed to prevent use of EBT cards by recipients for the purchase of alcohol or tobacco products. Requires that its provisions not be construed to prohibit the use of an EBT card to access Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, as authorized by federal law.
(Died in Senate Human Services Committee)
SB 283 (Hancock-D) CalFresh eligibility
Allows individuals convicted of drug-related felonies to receive federal CalFresh benefits.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 343 (Yee-D) Dependent children: documents
Requires specific information be provided to minors and non-minors in foster care and recasts and revises Section 391 of the Welfare and Institutions Code regarding the termination of a minor or non-minor's dependency jurisdiction.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 480 (Yee-D) CalWORKs, Medi-Cal, and CalFresh: suspension of benefits
Requires that a person who is an inmate of a public institution be suspended as a member of the CalWORKs program assistance unit for the duration of his/her incarceration, but returns the person to the assistance unit without reapplying, if he/she is still eligible for CalWORKs benefits upon release. Makes the suspension of Medi-Cal benefits provisions applicable to individuals who are 21 years of age or older. Requires that a person who is an inmate of a public institution be suspended from receiving CalFresh benefits for the duration of his/her incarceration, but reinstates the benefits without the person reapplying, if he/she is still eligible for CalFresh benefits upon release.
(Died in Senate Human Services Committee)
SB 572 (Price-D) In-Home Supportive Services Employer-Employee Relations Act
Authorizes the California In-Home Supportive Services Authority to implement any or all of its last, best, and final offer, provided that they would be required to present the parts of its last, best, and final offer that conflict with existing law or require the expenditure of funds to the Legislature for approval.
(Died in Senate Human Services Committee)
SB 625 (Beall-D) Child welfare: racial and ethnic disparities
Prohibits the Department of Social Services and county welfare departments from denying services to parents or children on the basis of language or ethnicity, as specified. Requires the Department and county welfare departments to document the communication needs of each Hispanic parent and child, provide Spanish-speaking clients with services and materials in Spanish and have adequate staff to assign bilingual workers to Spanish-speaking families, as specified. Requires that children be placed in a foster home that is as linguistically and culturally equivalent to a parent's home as possible. Requires that children of Spanish-speaking families be placed with Spanish-speaking foster parents within 60 days of removal from their families and defines as "improper" placement with non-Spanish speaking families. Requires counties to include in self assessments and improvement plans data and information about efforts to eliminate racial and ethnic disproportionality in services and supports provided in the child welfare system, as specified, and other requirements, as specified.
(Died in Senate Human Services Committee)
SB 899 (Mitchell-D) CalWORKs: eligibility
Deletes California's Maximum Family Grant rule, which prohibits CalWORKs payments from being made on behalf of children who were conceived after a family begins receiving aid except in cases of rape, incest or contraception failure, as specified. Also prohibits an applicant or recipient from being required to share confidential medical information as a condition of aid eligibility or from being required to use a specific type of contraception as a condition of aid eligibility.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 999 (Liu-D) CalFresh: student eligibility
Requires the California Community Colleges (CCC) Chancellor's Office and the Department of Social Services to establish detailed guidelines identifying categories of students that may qualify for federal exemptions that would allow them to receive CalFresh benefits, and recommends that the California State University Chancellor's office, and the University of California President's office do the same. Requires CCCs to provide specific documentation to students who may qualify for an exemption. Authorizes a county that elects to participate in the CalFresh Employment and Training program to enter into an agreement with a CCC or a California State University campus to establish an Employment and Training program, as specified.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 1002 (De León-D) Low-income individuals: eligibility determinations
Requires the Department of Health Care Services to seek any federal waivers necessary to use eligibility information of certain individuals who have been determined eligible for the CalFresh program to redetermine their eligibility for Medi-Cal. Similarly requires the Department of Social Services to seek any federal waivers necessary to use eligibility information of individuals who have been determined eligible for the Medi-Cal program to determine or redetermine their eligibility for CalFresh. Requires the Department of Social Services to consult with stakeholders in the implementation of these provisions.
Vetoed
SB 1029 (Hancock-D) CalFresh eligibility
Deletes the prohibition against receiving CalFresh benefits for people who have been convicted of drug possession, use or distribution of a controlled substance, except during any period when parole or probation has been revoked or while he/she is a fleeing felon pursuant to federal law and guidance.
(Died on Senate Inactive File)
SB 1147 (DeSaulnier-D) CalFresh: customer service standards: performance goals
Requires the Department of Social Services (DSS), in collaboration with key stakeholders, to establish and periodically revise statewide CalFresh customer service standards and performance goals. Requires DSS to measure annually the progress made toward the execution of the standards and goals, and to make that information publicly available. Requires DSS to develop a data management tool that includes specified data, to make public the data from this management tool and to update it at least quarterly within 60 days following the end of each quarter. Requires DSS to use data from the tool to measure the progress made towards the standards and goals and makes related findings and declarations.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 1252 (Torres-D) Former foster youth: transitional housing program
Authorizes a county, at its option, to extend the Transitional Housing Placement Program-Plus to former foster youth not more than 25 years of age, and for a total of 36 cumulative months, if the former foster youth is completing secondary education or is enrolled in an institution that provides postsecondary education.
Chapter 774, Statutes of 2014
SR 54 (Mitchell-D) Maximum Family Grant Rule
Declares that twenty years ago, Assembly Bill 473 was passed off of the floor of the Assembly and the Senate, and enacted into law pursuant to Chapter 196 of the Statutes of 1994, establishing a state law that denies basic needs assistance to children born into a poor family receiving Aid to Families with Dependent Children.
Adopted by the Senate
AB 197 (Stone-D) CalWORKs eligibility: asset limits: vehicles
Eliminates the vehicle asset test for the CalWORKs program.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 264 (Maienschein-R) CalWORKs: temporary shelter assistance
Revises eligibility for both temporary shelter and permanent housing assistance payments under the CalWORKs Homeless Assistance Program.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 271 (Mitchell-D) CalWORKs: eligibility
Expressly prohibits the denial of aid or an increase in the maximum aid payment for a child born into the family of a CalWORKs program recipient, and does not entitle increased benefit payments for months prior to 1/1/14. Prohibits the conditioning of eligibility for CalWORKs aid based on an applicant's or recipient's disclosure of information about being a victim of rape, incest, or contraception failure, as specified.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 276 (Hueso-D) CalFresh eligibility
Requires the state to submit a request to the United States Department of Agriculture, on or before 12/31/14, to waive the requirement excluding the basic allowance for housing from countable income in the calculation of eligibility and benefit level for CalFresh. Requires the waiver to be implemented within six months of being granted. Requires participating counties to defer from the CalFresh Employment and Training Program (CalFresh E&T) a person who is currently serving in the U.S. Armed Forces or is a veteran who has been honorably discharged from the U.S. Armed Forces. Requires a veteran applying for CalFresh benefits who is required to register to work, but who is exempt from mandatory placement in the CalFresh E&T, to be provided with a referral to local veterans assistance and job training agencies and be given the opportunity to participate as a volunteer in CalFresh E&T if the county participates.
(Died in Assembly Human Services Committee)
AB 578 (Dickinson-D) Crisis nurseries: study
Requires the Department of Social Services to implement a two-year pilot project in the counties of Sacramento and Yolo for the purpose of evaluating the effectiveness of crisis nurseries in lowering the incidence of child abuse in those counties. Conditions implementation of the pilot on voluntary participation by all crisis nurseries in those counties and private funding for one-half of the cost of the project.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 814 (Bradford-D) CalWORKs: eligibility: truancy
Eliminates the double penalty assessed against the CalWORKs recipients for truancy.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 832 (Weber-D) Electronic benefits transfer cards: state college campuses
Requires all convenience stores and bookstores on any campus of the University of California, the California State University, and the California Community Colleges to accept the use of electronic benefits transfer cards and makes related legislative findings and declarations.
(Died in Assembly Human Services Committee)
AB 1107 (Garcia-D) CalWORKs eligibility: domestic violence
Establishes statewide standards for notifying the CalWORKs applicants and recipients of accommodations available to them if they are victims of domestic violence and establishes criteria for granting such waivers.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1452 (Stone-D) CalWORKs: temporary homeless assistance
Increases the amount of CalWORKs homeless assistance from $65 to $75 per day for families of up to four members, and increases the daily maximum for larger families from $125 to $135. Additionally requires all rates applicable to temporary homeless assistance (family of four, additional per family member rate of $15, and daily family maximum) be adjusted annually to reflect any increases or decreases in the cost of living, as specified.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 1502 (Mullin-D) CalWORKs: Family Unity Act of 2015
Expands eligibility for the CalWORKs program through deletion of the consideration of child deprivation as a factor in determining eligibility.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 1516 (Gonzalez-D) CalWORKs: young child special needs supplement
Establishes a young child special needs supplement of $80 per month, to be adjusted annually by a cost of living adjustment, within the CalWORKs program for each child younger than two years of age who is in an assistance unit. Requires counties to allow participants to request supportive services through the internet website of the county, if the county is capable of accepting requests via its Internet Web site. Otherwise, requires counties to accept requests in a manner necessary to ensure that participants are able to request the supportive services they need.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 1579 (Stone-D) CalWORKs: pregnant women
Requires that a pregnant woman who qualifies for CalWORKs benefits, be eligible for aid beginning for the month in which the birth is anticipated and for the six-month period immediately prior to that.
Chapter 632, Statutes of 2014
AB 1613 (Stone-D) CalWORKs: benefits overpayment
Revises the thresholds for collecting CalWORKs overpayments.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 1614 (Stone-D) Electronic transfers: payments and benefits
Requires users of electronic benefits transfer (EBT) cards to be provided access to transaction history via toll-free telephone hotline and Internet Web site, among other methods. Requires the system to be designed so that users are informed when the EBT system is down and funds are not accessible, as specified. Requires users of the EBT card to be informed of where they can use their cards to withdraw funds without fees, and other information regarding fees. Specifies that the Department of Child Support Services is prohibited from being held liable for authorizing a direct deposit of child support payments into an account that is not a qualifying account.
Chapter 720, Statutes of 2014
AB 1653 (Garcia-D) CalWORKs: victims of domestic violence
Requires the Department of Social Services to establish a standard, statewide notice to inform all applicants and recipients of the CalWORKs program that victims of abuse have a right to request a waiver of program requirements. Requires the county to waive, for applicants or recipients, program requirements when those requirements would encourage the individual to return to the abuser, or would be detrimental to or unfairly penalize the individual or his/her family, and to waive the welfare-to-work requirements for an applicant or recipient if the county determines that good cause to waive those requirements exists, as specified. Requires the county to waive program requirements under specified circumstances and requires counties to inform all CalWORKs applicants and recipients of their rights and how to secure a waiver.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 1863 (Jones-R) Home Care Services Consumer Protection Act
Establishes "domestic home care aide referral organizations" as a new licensure category under the Home Care Services Consumer Protection Act overseen by the Department of Social Services, as specified.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 1882 (Cooley-D) CalWORKs: relative caregivers
Requires a county welfare department to immediately initiate specified application, eligibility determinations, and screenings of a foster child upon placement in the home of a relative or non-relative extended family member caregiver. Also requires an infant supplement, as specified, to be paid under the CalWORKs and the Approved Relative Caregiver Funding Option Program to a teen parent who is placed with his/her child in the home of a relative caregiver, as specified.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 1930 (Skinner-D) CalFresh: student eligibility
Provides that, for the purposes of determining eligibility, certain educational programs, as determined by the Department of Social Services (DSS), shall be considered employment training programs, thereby qualifying a student participating in one of those programs for an exemption to the prohibition on enrollment into the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, unless prohibited by federal law. Requires DSS, in consultation with representatives from other specified organizations, to establish a protocol to identify and verify all potential exemptions and participation in educational programs that qualify a student for an exemption. Also requires DSS to seek and obtain federal approval, as specified, prior to publishing guidance or regulation, if the United States Department of Agriculture requires federal approval.
Chapter 729, Statutes of 2014
AB 2001 (Ammiano-D) Homeless youth: child welfare services
Requires the Department of Social Services to establish a working group to develop policy and practice recommendations to ensure that homeless, unaccompanied minors have access to appropriate placements and services through the state's child welfare system. Requires a county child welfare agency, upon temporary placement of a homeless youth in a homeless youth shelter, to provide case management services, identify appropriate long-term housing placement opportunities and wraparound services for the youth, and make a recommendation as to whether the youth should continue to receive long-term intensive support services, as specified.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 2061 (Chau-D) Child welfare services: families experiencing homelessness
Creates a new section in the Welfare and Institutions Code requiring the Department of Social Services to encourage participating counties to consider the use of innovative, evidence-based strategies with the optional portion of their federal Title IV-E waiver capped allocation demonstration project to assist families that include a child placed in foster care, who are receiving child welfare services, and who are experiencing homelessness, to achieve supportive housing, rapid rehousing, and permanent housing, as described.
(Died on Senate Inactive File)
AB 2115 (Bradford-D) CalFresh: information to applicants
Requires county human service agencies to provide additional information to CalFresh applicants, as specified.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 2311 (Bradford-D) General assistance: employable veterans
Exempts employable veterans who were honorably discharged from the Armed Forces from the prohibition on providing General Assistance for more than three months to employable individuals who have been offered an opportunity to attend job skills or job training sessions. Also authorizes a county to continue to limit provision of General Assistance/General Relief aid to veterans if a county enacts an ordinance providing that any employable individual is subject to the limitation.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 2335 (Mansoor-R) Sober living homes
Exempts a sober living home or supportive housing from licensure as an alcohol and drug treatment program.
(Died in Assembly Health Committee)
AB 2382 (Bradford-D) CalWORKs: eligibility: truancy
Revises CalWORKS requirements by deleting the requirement that the aid grant of a family be reduced if the county determines that an eligible child under 16 years of age is not regularly attending school and authorizes, if the county determines that a child is not attending school, it must inform the family of how to enroll the child in an appropriate school and screen the family to determine its eligibility for family stabilization services and requires the county, if applicable, to document that the family was given this information and was screened for those services. Allows the county to consider the needs of a child in the assistance unit who is 16 years of age or older in computing the grant to the family for any month in which the county is informed by a school district or a county school attendance review board that the child did not attend school if at least one of several circumstances is present. Provides that a child whose needs are excluded from computing the family grant remains eligible for services that may lead to school attendance.
Chapter 905, Statutes of 2014
AB 2547 (Beth Gaines-R) Placer County Integrated Health and Human Services Program
Deletes the 7/1/16, sunset date of a pilot program that allows Placer County, with the assistance of the appropriate state departments to implement a pilot program for the funding and delivery of services and benefits through an integrated and comprehensive county health and human services system, thereby making authority for this program permanent.
Chapter 272, Statutes of 2014
AB 2591 (Weber-D) Homeless youth: basic material needs assistance
Creates a Homeless Youth Basic Material Needs Assistance program to be overseen by the Department of Social Services. Requires that money appropriated from the Legislature be distributed proportionally to counties that elect to participate in the program, based on the number of homeless youth in each county. Also requires each local program to contract with nonprofit organizations, as specified, and to consult with the local children and families' commission if the target population includes homeless youth from zero to five years of age.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
HR 30 (Yamada-D) Social Work Month
Proclaims March 2014 to be "Social Work Month" in California, commends the California Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers for its role in advancing professional social work and promoting the well-being of the people of California, and urges all Californians to take part in March "All People Matter" events throughout California.
Adopted by the Assembly
Miscellaneous
SB 23 (Lara-D) Task Force on New American Integration
Directs the Governor to establish the Task Force on New American Integration to provide, among other things, policy recommendations on protocols and policies regarding immigrant integration to the Legislature, as specified.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 663* (Lara-D) Sexual assault: victims with developmental disabilities
Revises the definition of certain sex offenses, including rape, sodomy, and oral copulation, to apply if the victim is developmentally disabled, and either (1) the person lacks the legal mental capacity to give consent when compared to a reasonable person who does not have a developmental disability and this fact is known or reasonably should be known to the person committing the act, or (2) the defendant is a caretaker or a care provider. Creates an exception to the hearsay rule for certain out-of-court statements made by a person with a developmental disability (1) if the declarant is a victim of a crime, (2) if the statements describe a specified sex offense performed with, by, on, or in the presence of the declarant, (3) if the statements describe any act of child abuse to which the declarant was subjected or which the declarant witnessed, or (4) if the statements describe a specified sex offense or an act of domestic violence, and specified other criteria are met.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 738 (Yee-D) Sexually exploited and trafficked minors
Provides that a child may come within the jurisdiction of the juvenile dependency court if the minor is a victim of human trafficking, a victim of sexual exploitation, or receives food or shelter in exchange for sexual acts, or is paid to perform sexual acts, and the parent or guardian failed or was unable to protect the child. Also requires the training for administrators of group home facilities, licensed foster parents, and relative or nonrelative extended family member caregivers to include instruction on cultural competency and sensitivity related to providing adequate care to a sexually exploited and trafficked minor. Requires the California Child Welfare Council and Health and Human Services Agency to convene an interagency workgroup, as provided. Requires the workgroup to provide recommendations and updates to the State Plan to Serve and Protect Sexually Exploited and Trafficked Minors.
(Died in Assembly Human Services Committee)
SB 766 (Yee-D) Ancillary day care centers
Requires ancillary day care centers to comply with certain requirements, including the requirements to maintain specified care provider-child ratios and ensure the presence, at all times, of at least one care provider who is 18 years of age or older. Also requires any person who is responsible for engaging with children in an ancillary day care center to be registered as a TrustLine provider.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 781 (Lara-D) Continuing care contracts
Requires a provider of continuing care to an elderly resident in a retirement community for the duration of the resident's life or a term in excess of one year that has entered into a Type A contract, as defined, to make the required actuarial opinion available online or to a current resident upon request.
(Died in Senate Human Services Committee)
SB 873 (Senate Budget And Fiscal Review Committee) Human services
Enacts necessary clean-up changes and technical corrections related to the Budget Act of 2014 and makes various statutory changes to implement the 2014-15 Budget.
Chapter 685, Statutes of 2014
SB 878 (Senate Budget And Fiscal Review Committee) Budget Act of 2014: In-home supportive services
Makes several changes to the content of the In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) prospective provider orientation, including information related to IHSS federal overtime regulations, and requires that all prospective providers attend the IHSS orientation in person. Also requires that any oral presentation and written materials presented at the orientation be translated into all IHSS threshold languages in the county. Authorizes the recognized employee organization in the county to make a presentation of up to 30 minutes at the orientation.
Chapter 689, Statutes of 2014
SCR 120 (De León-D) Year of the Community: developmental disabilities
Proclaims the year of 2014 as the "Year of the Community," and declares that the Legislature will actively promote the rights of persons with developmental disabilities and their full inclusion into community life.
Resolution Chapter 67, Statutes of 2014
SCR 131 (Gaines-R) Diaper Need Awareness Week
Proclaims the week of 9/8/14, to 9/14/14, inclusive, as Diaper Need Awareness Week and encourages California citizens to donate generously to diaper banks, diaper drives, and those organizations that distribute diapers to families in need.
(Died in Assembly Rules Committee)
SR 61 (Gaines-R) Diaper Need Awareness Week
Proclaims the week of 9/8/14, to 9/14/14, inclusive, as Diaper Need Awareness Week and encourages the citizens of California to donate generously to diaper banks, diaper drives, and those organizations that distribute diapers to families in need to help alleviate diaper need in California.
Adopted by the Senate
AB 322 (Yamada-D) Home Care Services Act of 2013
Establishes the Home Care Services Act of 2013 to license and regulate home care services for the elderly, frail, and persons with disabilities.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 421 (Williams-D) Health and home care: worker training
Requires the Department of Social Services and the Department of Public Health, in consultation and collaboration with others, as specified, to develop a training curriculum for health and home care workers that addresses issues of consistency, accountability, and increased quality of care for in-home supportive services recipients for health and home care recipients.
(Died in Assembly Human Services Committee)
AB 540 (Pan-D) Reporting and tracking of violent deaths
Authorizes the Department of Public Health to establish and maintain a system for collecting data on violent deaths in the state.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 758 (Frazier-D) Child abuse and neglect: reports
Requires each county child welfare agency, within 60 calendar days of determining that abuse or neglect led to a child's death in the county, as described, to review the child's death and prepare a written report containing specified information. Requires the county child welfare agency to submit this report to the Department of Social Services within 10 business days of its completion. Requires this report to include additional information provided to the Department pursuant to the existing report requirements prepared by county child welfare agencies.
(Died in Assembly Human Services Committee)
AB 784 (Weber-D) In-Home Supportive Services: provider health care benefits
Establishes a 13-member advisory committee to assess the impact of the Affordable Care Act on health care benefits for in-home supportive services (IHSS) providers and issue a report on the appropriate employer under IHSS to provide health care benefits to IHSS providers under the Affordable Care Act. Specifies qualifications for committee members, and requires the Governor to appoint seven members and the Speaker of the Assembly and Senate Rules Committee to each appoint three members.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 835 (Muratsuchi-D) Child care: facilities: loans
Authorizes the Department of Housing and Community Development, upon the request of the borrower, to modify the terms of a loan made for the purchase, development, construction, expansion, or improvement of licensed child care and development facilities if the Department determines that the borrower has demonstrated hardship, subject to compliance with specified requirements.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 845 (Cooley-D) Shaken baby syndrome
Requires the Department of Social Services to develop and implement the Shaken Baby Syndrome Education Program.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 883 (Cooley-D) Child sexual abuse: prevention pilot program
Establishes the Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Program as a pilot program in three counties, selected by the Department of Social Services, to provide child sexual abuse prevention and intervention services, and appropriates to each county $50,000 annually from the General Fund for this purpose.
Vetoed
AB 1171 (Levine-D) Child welfare services: electronic records
Authorizes a county to develop and implement a voluntary pilot program for a period of three years to provide specified foster youth and nonminor dependents, as defined, the opportunity to create and access a personal online electronic record containing necessary information and documents, as specified.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 1283 (Bonilla-D) Homeless youth: service providers
Requires the state advisory group established pursuant to the federal Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to study the feasibility of the establishment of an Internet Web site for runaway and homeless youth that includes a directory of service providers and the rights of homeless and runaway youth.
(Died in Assembly Human Services Committee)
AB 1460 (Assembly Budget Committee) Budget Act of 2014: Human Services
Provides for statutory changes necessary to enact the human services provisions of the Budget Act of 2014.
(Died on Senate Floor)
AB 1477 (Assembly Budget Committee) Budget Act of 2014: Human Services Trailer Bill
Provides statutory changes necessary to enact human services-related provisions of the Budget Act of 2014.
(Died on Senate Floor)
AB 2035 (Chesbro-D) Sexually exploited and trafficked minors
Makes legislative findings and declarations that a minor is within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court and a dependent child of the court if the minor is a victim of human trafficking, and the parent or guardian failed or was unable to protect the child. Requires the training for an administrator of a group home facility, licensed foster parent, or relative or nonrelative extended family member caregiver to include instruction on cultural competency and sensitivity relating to, and best practices for, providing adequate care to a sexually exploited and trafficked minor in out-of-home care.
Vetoed
AB 2386 (Mullin-D) Care facilities: carbon monoxide detectors
Requires community care facilities, residential care facilities for the elderly, and child day care facilities and homes to have one or more functioning carbon monoxide detectors, as specified.
Chapter 503, Statutes of 2014
AB 2556 (Chau-D) Home care organizations
Delays implementation of the Home Care Services Consumer Protection Act from 1/1/15, until 1/1/16, and makes technical changes to comply with the Department of Justice's criminal background process.
(Died in Senate Human Services Committee)
AB 2621 (Garcia-D) Child day care facilities: licensing information
Requires the Department of Social Service to make specified licensing information regarding day care centers and homes available on its Internet Web site and to update the information monthly.
Chapter 474, Statutes of 2014
AB 2632 (Maienschein-R) Care facilities
Prohibits the Department of Social Services from issuing a criminal record clearance prior to conducting an investigation, to a person who is subject to a criminal record check as a condition of licensure, employment, or presence in, a community care facility, foster home, residential care facility for the elderly, or child care facility or certified family home, and who has violated or has been arrested for specified serious or violent crimes.
Chapter 824, Statutes of 2014
Index (in Measure Order)
Go to TopNote: * Denotes Urgency or Tax Levy Legislation.
| Measure and Reference | Author | Measure Title |
|---|---|---|
| SB 23 - Miscellaneous | Lara-D | Task Force on New American Integration |
| SB 137 - Developmental Services | Emmerson-R | Developmental services: regional centers |
| SB 163 - Developmental Services | Hueso-D | Developmental services: health insurance payments |
| SB 206 - Public Social Services | Emmerson-R | EBT cards: prohibition for alcohol and tobacco purchases |
| SB 283 - Public Social Services | Hancock-D | CalFresh eligibility |
| SB 319 - Developmental Services | Price-D | Developmental services: regional centers: data compilation |
| SB 321 - Developmental Services | Price-D | Developmental services: regional centers |
| SB 343 - Public Social Services | Yee-D | Dependent children: documents |
| SB 349 - Developmental Services | Walters-R | Home- and community-based services waivers |
| SB 480 - Public Social Services | Yee-D | CalWORKs, Medi-Cal, and CalFresh: suspension of benefits |
| SB 572 - Public Social Services | Price-D | In-Home Supportive Services Employer-Employee Relations Act |
| SB 577 - Developmental Services | Pavley-D | Autism and other developmental disabilities: employment |
| SB 579 - Developmental Services | Berryhill-R | Commission on Oversight Efficiency and Quality Enhancement |
| SB 625 - Public Social Services | Beall-D | Child welfare: racial and ethnic disparities |
| SB 663* - Miscellaneous | Lara-D | Sexual assault: victims with developmental disabilities |
| SB 738 - Miscellaneous | Yee-D | Sexually exploited and trafficked minors |
| SB 766 - Miscellaneous | Yee-D | Ancillary day care centers |
| SB 781 - Miscellaneous | Lara-D | Continuing care contracts |
| SB 856 - Developmental Services | Senate Budget And Fiscal Review Committee | Budget Act of 2014: Developmental Services Trailer Bill |
| SB 873 - Miscellaneous | Senate Budget And Fiscal Review Committee | Human services |
| SB 878 - Miscellaneous | Senate Budget And Fiscal Review Committee | Budget Act of 2014: In-home supportive services |
| SB 899 - Public Social Services | Mitchell-D | CalWORKs: eligibility |
| SB 909 - Foster Care | Pavley-D | Children in temporary custody: health screenings |
| SB 977 - Foster Care | Liu-D | Juveniles |
| SB 996 - Foster Care | Evans-D | Juveniles: dependent children: documents |
| SB 999 - Public Social Services | Liu-D | CalFresh: student eligibility |
| SB 1002 - Public Social Services | De León-D | Low-income individuals: eligibility determinations |
| SB 1023 - Foster Care | Liu-D | Community colleges: foster youth |
| SB 1029 - Public Social Services | Hancock-D | CalFresh eligibility |
| SB 1093 - Developmental Services | Liu-D | Regional centers: culturally competent services |
| SB 1123 - Developmental Services | Liu-D | Child care and development services |
| SB 1127 - Developmental Services | Torres-D | Individuals with developmental disabilities |
| SB 1136 - Foster Care | Huff-R | Foster care providers: criminal records |
| SB 1147 - Public Social Services | DeSaulnier-D | CalFresh: customer service standards: performance goals |
| SB 1160 - Developmental Services | Beall-D | Developmental services: employment |
| SB 1178 - Developmental Services | Correa-D | Developmental disabilities: housing |
| SB 1252 - Foster Care | Torres-D | Former foster youth: transitional housing program |
| SB 1252 - Public Social Services | Torres-D | Former foster youth: transitional housing program |
| SB 1344 - Developmental Services | Evans-D | Developmental services: Sonoma Developmental Center |
| SB 1445 - Developmental Services | Evans-D | Regional centers: individual program plans: telehealth |
| SB 1460 - Foster Care | Senate Human Services Committee | Child welfare |
| SCR 117 - Foster Care | Liu-D | Foster Care Month |
| SCR 120 - Miscellaneous | De León-D | Year of the Community: developmental disabilities |
| SCR 131 - Miscellaneous | Gaines-R | Diaper Need Awareness Week |
| SR 54 - Public Social Services | Mitchell-D | Maximum Family Grant Rule |
| SR 61 - Miscellaneous | Gaines-R | Diaper Need Awareness Week |
| AB 196 - Foster Care | Mansoor-R | Foster parent evaluations |
| AB 197 - Public Social Services | Stone-D | CalWORKs eligibility: asset limits: vehicles |
| AB 264 - Public Social Services | Maienschein-R | CalWORKs: temporary shelter assistance |
| AB 271 - Public Social Services | Mitchell-D | CalWORKs: eligibility |
| AB 276 - Public Social Services | Hueso-D | CalFresh eligibility |
| AB 322 - Miscellaneous | Yamada-D | Home Care Services Act of 2013 |
| AB 388 - Foster Care | Chesbro-D | Juveniles |
| AB 421 - Miscellaneous | Williams-D | Health and home care: worker training |
| AB 485 - Developmental Services | Gomez-D | In-home supportive services |
| AB 518 - Developmental Services | Yamada-D | Community-based adult services: adult day health care center |
| AB 540 - Miscellaneous | Pan-D | Reporting and tracking of violent deaths |
| AB 578 - Public Social Services | Dickinson-D | Crisis nurseries: study |
| AB 758 - Miscellaneous | Frazier-D | Child abuse and neglect: reports |
| AB 784 - Miscellaneous | Weber-D | In-Home Supportive Services: provider health care benefits |
| AB 814 - Public Social Services | Bradford-D | CalWORKs: eligibility: truancy |
| AB 832 - Public Social Services | Weber-D | Electronic benefits transfer cards: state college campuses |
| AB 835 - Miscellaneous | Muratsuchi-D | Child care: facilities: loans |
| AB 845 - Miscellaneous | Cooley-D | Shaken baby syndrome |
| AB 883 - Miscellaneous | Cooley-D | Child sexual abuse: prevention pilot program |
| AB 954 - Developmental Services | Maienschein-R | Developmental services: habilitation |
| AB 1089 - Foster Care | Ian Calderon-D | Foster care |
| AB 1107 - Public Social Services | Garcia-D | CalWORKs eligibility: domestic violence |
| AB 1171 - Miscellaneous | Levine-D | Child welfare services: electronic records |
| AB 1187 - Foster Care | Mansoor-R | Foster care funds: subsidized child care for foster parents |
| AB 1283 - Miscellaneous | Bonilla-D | Homeless youth: service providers |
| AB 1452 - Public Social Services | Stone-D | CalWORKs: temporary homeless assistance |
| AB 1454 - Developmental Services | Ian Calderon-D | Care facilities: regulatory visits |
| AB 1460 - Miscellaneous | Assembly Budget Committee | Budget Act of 2014: Human Services |
| AB 1461 - Developmental Services | Assembly Budget Committee | Budget Act of 2014: Developmental Services Trailer Bill |
| AB 1477 - Miscellaneous | Assembly Budget Committee | Budget Act of 2014: Human Services Trailer Bill |
| AB 1502 - Public Social Services | Mullin-D | CalWORKs: Family Unity Act of 2015 |
| AB 1516 - Public Social Services | Gonzalez-D | CalWORKs: young child special needs supplement |
| AB 1579 - Public Social Services | Stone-D | CalWORKs: pregnant women |
| AB 1595 - Developmental Services | Chesbro-D | State Council on Developmental Disabilities |
| AB 1613 - Public Social Services | Stone-D | CalWORKs: benefits overpayment |
| AB 1614 - Public Social Services | Stone-D | Electronic transfers: payments and benefits |
| AB 1626 - Developmental Services | Maienschein-R | Developmental services: habilitation |
| AB 1653 - Public Social Services | Garcia-D | CalWORKs: victims of domestic violence |
| AB 1658 - Foster Care | Jones-Sawyer-D | Foster care: consumer credit reports |
| AB 1687 - Developmental Services | Conway-R | Persons with Developmental Disabilities Bill of Rights |
| AB 1703 - Developmental Services | Hall-D | Reading services for blind and visually impaired recipients |
| AB 1761 - Foster Care | Hall-D | Dependent children: placement |
| AB 1790 - Foster Care | Dickinson-D | Foster children: mental health services |
| AB 1863 - Public Social Services | Jones-R | Home Care Services Consumer Protection Act |
| AB 1882 - Public Social Services | Cooley-D | CalWORKs: relative caregivers |
| AB 1930 - Public Social Services | Skinner-D | CalFresh: student eligibility |
| AB 1978 - Foster Care | Jones-Sawyer-D | Child welfare services |
| AB 2001 - Public Social Services | Ammiano-D | Homeless youth: child welfare services |
| AB 2035 - Miscellaneous | Chesbro-D | Sexually exploited and trafficked minors |
| AB 2041 - Developmental Services | Jones-R | Regional centers: behavioral health treatment |
| AB 2061 - Public Social Services | Chau-D | Child welfare services: families experiencing homelessness |
| AB 2115 - Public Social Services | Bradford-D | CalFresh: information to applicants |
| AB 2236 - Developmental Services | Maienschein-R | Residential care facilities for the elderly: civil penalties |
| AB 2299 - Foster Care | Nazarian-D | Health insurance copayments, coinsurance and deductibles |
| AB 2311 - Public Social Services | Bradford-D | General assistance: employable veterans |
| AB 2335 - Public Social Services | Mansoor-R | Sober living homes |
| AB 2382 - Public Social Services | Bradford-D | CalWORKs: eligibility: truancy |
| AB 2386 - Miscellaneous | Mullin-D | Care facilities: carbon monoxide detectors |
| AB 2454 - Foster Care | Quirk-Silva-D | Foster youth: nonminor dependents |
| AB 2547 - Public Social Services | Beth Gaines-R | Placer County Integrated Health and Human Services Program |
| AB 2556 - Miscellaneous | Chau-D | Home care organizations |
| AB 2591 - Public Social Services | Weber-D | Homeless youth: basic material needs assistance |
| AB 2621 - Miscellaneous | Garcia-D | Child day care facilities: licensing information |
| AB 2632 - Miscellaneous | Maienschein-R | Care facilities |
| AB 2668 - Foster Care | Quirk-Silva-D | Foster care: nonminor dependent parents |
| HR 30 - Public Social Services | Yamada-D | Social Work Month |