CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1941Introduced by Assembly Member SalasFebruary 10, 2022 An act to add Section 12201.07 to the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to public social services. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1941, as introduced, Salas. State Supplementary Program for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled: aid amount.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.Under existing law, benefit payments under SSP are calculated by establishing the maximum level of nonexempt income and federal SSI and state SSP benefits for each category of eligible recipient. The state SSP payment is the amount required, when added to the nonexempt income and SSI benefits available to the recipient, to provide the maximum benefit payment. Existing law, commencing January 1, 2022, requires the amount of aid paid under SSP that is in effect on December 31, 2021, less the federal benefit portion received, to be increased by a percentage increase that the State Department of Social Services and the Department of Finance determines can be accomplished with $291,287,000, and, subject to an appropriation in the Budget Act of 2023, requires an additional grant increase commencing January 1, 2024, subject to the same calculations, notifications, and implementation as the first increase. Existing law continuously appropriates funds for the implementation of SSP.This bill would, commencing January 1, 2023, and each year thereafter, subject to an appropriation in the annual Budget Act, require the amount of SSP aid paid, in effect on December 31 of the previous year less the federal benefit portion received, to be increased by $600 if there was a surplus in the state budget for that fiscal year. The bill would provide that the continuous appropriation would not be made for purposes of implementing these provisions.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 12201.07 is added to the Welfare and Institutions Code, to read:12201.07. Commencing January 1, 2023, and each year thereafter, subject to an appropriation in the annual Budget Act, the amount of aid paid pursuant to this article, in effect on December 31 of the previous year less the federal benefit portion received under Part A of Title XVI of the federal Social Security Act, shall be increased by six hundred dollars ($600) if there was a surplus in the state budget for that fiscal year.SEC. 2. No appropriation pursuant to Section 15201 of the Welfare and Institutions Code shall be made for purposes of implementing Section 12201.07 of the Welfare and Institutions Code made by this act.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1941Introduced by Assembly Member SalasFebruary 10, 2022 An act to add Section 12201.07 to the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to public social services. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1941, as introduced, Salas. State Supplementary Program for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled: aid amount.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.Under existing law, benefit payments under SSP are calculated by establishing the maximum level of nonexempt income and federal SSI and state SSP benefits for each category of eligible recipient. The state SSP payment is the amount required, when added to the nonexempt income and SSI benefits available to the recipient, to provide the maximum benefit payment. Existing law, commencing January 1, 2022, requires the amount of aid paid under SSP that is in effect on December 31, 2021, less the federal benefit portion received, to be increased by a percentage increase that the State Department of Social Services and the Department of Finance determines can be accomplished with $291,287,000, and, subject to an appropriation in the Budget Act of 2023, requires an additional grant increase commencing January 1, 2024, subject to the same calculations, notifications, and implementation as the first increase. Existing law continuously appropriates funds for the implementation of SSP.This bill would, commencing January 1, 2023, and each year thereafter, subject to an appropriation in the annual Budget Act, require the amount of SSP aid paid, in effect on December 31 of the previous year less the federal benefit portion received, to be increased by $600 if there was a surplus in the state budget for that fiscal year. The bill would provide that the continuous appropriation would not be made for purposes of implementing these provisions.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 1941
Introduced by Assembly Member SalasFebruary 10, 2022
Introduced by Assembly Member Salas
February 10, 2022
An act to add Section 12201.07 to the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to public social services.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1941, as introduced, Salas. State Supplementary Program for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled: aid amount.
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.Under existing law, benefit payments under SSP are calculated by establishing the maximum level of nonexempt income and federal SSI and state SSP benefits for each category of eligible recipient. The state SSP payment is the amount required, when added to the nonexempt income and SSI benefits available to the recipient, to provide the maximum benefit payment. Existing law, commencing January 1, 2022, requires the amount of aid paid under SSP that is in effect on December 31, 2021, less the federal benefit portion received, to be increased by a percentage increase that the State Department of Social Services and the Department of Finance determines can be accomplished with $291,287,000, and, subject to an appropriation in the Budget Act of 2023, requires an additional grant increase commencing January 1, 2024, subject to the same calculations, notifications, and implementation as the first increase. Existing law continuously appropriates funds for the implementation of SSP.This bill would, commencing January 1, 2023, and each year thereafter, subject to an appropriation in the annual Budget Act, require the amount of SSP aid paid, in effect on December 31 of the previous year less the federal benefit portion received, to be increased by $600 if there was a surplus in the state budget for that fiscal year. The bill would provide that the continuous appropriation would not be made for purposes of implementing these provisions.
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.
Under existing law, benefit payments under SSP are calculated by establishing the maximum level of nonexempt income and federal SSI and state SSP benefits for each category of eligible recipient. The state SSP payment is the amount required, when added to the nonexempt income and SSI benefits available to the recipient, to provide the maximum benefit payment. Existing law, commencing January 1, 2022, requires the amount of aid paid under SSP that is in effect on December 31, 2021, less the federal benefit portion received, to be increased by a percentage increase that the State Department of Social Services and the Department of Finance determines can be accomplished with $291,287,000, and, subject to an appropriation in the Budget Act of 2023, requires an additional grant increase commencing January 1, 2024, subject to the same calculations, notifications, and implementation as the first increase. Existing law continuously appropriates funds for the implementation of SSP.
This bill would, commencing January 1, 2023, and each year thereafter, subject to an appropriation in the annual Budget Act, require the amount of SSP aid paid, in effect on December 31 of the previous year less the federal benefit portion received, to be increased by $600 if there was a surplus in the state budget for that fiscal year. The bill would provide that the continuous appropriation would not be made for purposes of implementing these provisions.
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The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 12201.07 is added to the Welfare and Institutions Code, to read:12201.07. Commencing January 1, 2023, and each year thereafter, subject to an appropriation in the annual Budget Act, the amount of aid paid pursuant to this article, in effect on December 31 of the previous year less the federal benefit portion received under Part A of Title XVI of the federal Social Security Act, shall be increased by six hundred dollars ($600) if there was a surplus in the state budget for that fiscal year.SEC. 2. No appropriation pursuant to Section 15201 of the Welfare and Institutions Code shall be made for purposes of implementing Section 12201.07 of the Welfare and Institutions Code made by this act.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 12201.07 is added to the Welfare and Institutions Code, to read:12201.07. Commencing January 1, 2023, and each year thereafter, subject to an appropriation in the annual Budget Act, the amount of aid paid pursuant to this article, in effect on December 31 of the previous year less the federal benefit portion received under Part A of Title XVI of the federal Social Security Act, shall be increased by six hundred dollars ($600) if there was a surplus in the state budget for that fiscal year.
SECTION 1. Section 12201.07 is added to the Welfare and Institutions Code, to read:
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12201.07. Commencing January 1, 2023, and each year thereafter, subject to an appropriation in the annual Budget Act, the amount of aid paid pursuant to this article, in effect on December 31 of the previous year less the federal benefit portion received under Part A of Title XVI of the federal Social Security Act, shall be increased by six hundred dollars ($600) if there was a surplus in the state budget for that fiscal year.
12201.07. Commencing January 1, 2023, and each year thereafter, subject to an appropriation in the annual Budget Act, the amount of aid paid pursuant to this article, in effect on December 31 of the previous year less the federal benefit portion received under Part A of Title XVI of the federal Social Security Act, shall be increased by six hundred dollars ($600) if there was a surplus in the state budget for that fiscal year.
12201.07. Commencing January 1, 2023, and each year thereafter, subject to an appropriation in the annual Budget Act, the amount of aid paid pursuant to this article, in effect on December 31 of the previous year less the federal benefit portion received under Part A of Title XVI of the federal Social Security Act, shall be increased by six hundred dollars ($600) if there was a surplus in the state budget for that fiscal year.
12201.07. Commencing January 1, 2023, and each year thereafter, subject to an appropriation in the annual Budget Act, the amount of aid paid pursuant to this article, in effect on December 31 of the previous year less the federal benefit portion received under Part A of Title XVI of the federal Social Security Act, shall be increased by six hundred dollars ($600) if there was a surplus in the state budget for that fiscal year.
SEC. 2. No appropriation pursuant to Section 15201 of the Welfare and Institutions Code shall be made for purposes of implementing Section 12201.07 of the Welfare and Institutions Code made by this act.
SEC. 2. No appropriation pursuant to Section 15201 of the Welfare and Institutions Code shall be made for purposes of implementing Section 12201.07 of the Welfare and Institutions Code made by this act.
SEC. 2. No appropriation pursuant to Section 15201 of the Welfare and Institutions Code shall be made for purposes of implementing Section 12201.07 of the Welfare and Institutions Code made by this act.
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