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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION

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CHAPTER 259

Statutes of 2022

[ Approved by Governor September 6, 2022. Filed with Secretary of State September 6, 2022. ]

Introduced by Senator Hertzberg

(Coauthors: Senators Jones and Portantino)

February 10, 2022

An act to add and repeal Section 12105 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to public social services.

Vote: majority   Appropriation: no   Fiscal committee: yes   Local program: no

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

Existing law establishes the State Supplementary Program for the Aged, Blind and Disabled (SSP), which requires the State Department of Social Services to contract with the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services to make payments to SSP recipients to supplement Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments made available pursuant to the federal Social Security Act.

This bill would require the State Department of Social Services to submit, by January 1, 2024, a report to the Legislature that includes recommendations on the administration of the program.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section 12105 is added to the Welfare and Institutions Code, to read:

12105.

(a) The State Department of Social Services shall submit a report to the Legislature that includes recommendations on the administration of the State Supplementary Program for the Aged, Blind and Disabled to the Legislature no later than January 1, 2024. The recommendations shall include, but are not limited to, all of the following:

(1) Recommendations on whether the administration of the program should be shifted to the department.

(2) Anticipated impacts to the program if the state contracts with the government of another state or commonwealth of the United States for the administration of the program, or if the program is administered by the department.

(3) Potential efficiencies of savings or costs, if any, that might accrue to the state if a government of another state or commonwealth of the United States or the department administers the program.

(b) (1) A report to be submitted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.

(2) Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this section is repealed on January 1, 2028.