BILL NUMBER: AB 433INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Chu FEBRUARY 19, 2015 An act relating to public social services. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 433, as introduced, Chu. Public social services: CalWORKs. Existing federal law provides for the allocation of federal funds through the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant program to eligible states, with California's version of this program known as the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program. Under the CalWORKs program, each county provides cash assistance and other benefits to qualified low-income families and individuals. This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to provide a grieving period and appropriate referrals to services when a CalWORKs recipient miscarries or when a child in the home of a CalWORKs recipient dies, without interruption of services. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to provide a grieving period and appropriate referrals to services when the pregnancy of a woman receiving CalWORKs assistance results in a miscarriage, or when a child in the home of a parent or caregiver receiving CalWORKs assistance dies, without interruption of services.