BILL NUMBER: AB 2131INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Bass FEBRUARY 18, 2010 An act to amend and supplement the Budget Act of 2009 (Chapter 1 of the 2009-10 Third Extraordinary Session) by amending Items 5180-151-0001 and 5180-153-0001 of Section 2.00 of that act, relating to the state budget, and making an appropriation therefor. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2131, as introduced, Bass. Budget Act of 2009: revisions. Under existing law, the state, through the State Department of Social Services and county welfare departments, is required to establish and support a public system of statewide child welfare services. These services are directed toward, among other purposes, protecting and promoting the welfare of all children, including those in foster care placement. The Budget Act of 2009 (Chapter 1 of the 2009-10 Third Extraordinary Session) made appropriations for the support of state government for the 2009-10 fiscal year. This bill would make revisions in those appropriations for the 2009-10 fiscal year, for specified child welfare services purposes. Vote: 2/3. Appropriation: yes. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. For purposes of this act, the "Budget Act of 2009" means Chapter 1 of the 2009-10 Third Extraordinary Session, as amended by Chapter 3 of the 2009-10 Third Extraordinary Session and Chapter 1 of the 2009-10 Fourth Extraordinary Session. SEC. 2. (a) The sum of sixty million eight hundred eighty-one thousand dollars ($60,881,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the State Department of Social Services in augmentation of Schedule (1) of Item 5180-151-0001 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2009, for the purposes of the Child Welfare Services Program. (b) The sum of nineteen million seventy-five thousand dollars ($19,075,000) is hereby appropriated from the Federal Trust Fund to the State Department of Social Services in augmentation of Item 5180-153-0001 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2009, for the purposes of the child welfare services federal Title IV-E waiver.