CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2795Introduced by Assembly Member ArambulaFebruary 15, 2024 An act to amend Section 10553.15 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to public social services. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2795, as introduced, Arambula. Indian health clinics. Existing federal law provides for allocation of federal funds to eligible states and tribes through the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant program. Existing state law provides for the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program under which, through a combination of state and county funds and federal funds received through the TANF program, each county provides cash assistance and other benefits to qualified low-income families. Existing law requires the State Department of Social Services to annually allocate appropriated funds to each federally recognized American Indian tribe with reservation lands or rancherias in the state that administers a federal tribal TANF grant program. Existing law authorizes the Director of Social Services to provide funding to Indian health clinics to provide substance abuse and mental health services, and other related services authorized under the CalWORKs program to CalWORKs applicants and recipients and tribal TANF applicants and recipients living in California.This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions. Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 10553.15 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is amended to read:10553.15. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the director may provide funding to Indian health clinics to provide substance abuse and mental health treatment services, and other related services authorized under the CalWORKs program to CalWORKs applicants and recipients and Tribal tribal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) applicants and recipients living in California. CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2795Introduced by Assembly Member ArambulaFebruary 15, 2024 An act to amend Section 10553.15 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to public social services. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2795, as introduced, Arambula. Indian health clinics. Existing federal law provides for allocation of federal funds to eligible states and tribes through the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant program. Existing state law provides for the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program under which, through a combination of state and county funds and federal funds received through the TANF program, each county provides cash assistance and other benefits to qualified low-income families. Existing law requires the State Department of Social Services to annually allocate appropriated funds to each federally recognized American Indian tribe with reservation lands or rancherias in the state that administers a federal tribal TANF grant program. Existing law authorizes the Director of Social Services to provide funding to Indian health clinics to provide substance abuse and mental health services, and other related services authorized under the CalWORKs program to CalWORKs applicants and recipients and tribal TANF applicants and recipients living in California.This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions. Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2795 Introduced by Assembly Member ArambulaFebruary 15, 2024 Introduced by Assembly Member Arambula February 15, 2024 An act to amend Section 10553.15 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to public social services. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST ## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2795, as introduced, Arambula. Indian health clinics. Existing federal law provides for allocation of federal funds to eligible states and tribes through the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant program. Existing state law provides for the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program under which, through a combination of state and county funds and federal funds received through the TANF program, each county provides cash assistance and other benefits to qualified low-income families. Existing law requires the State Department of Social Services to annually allocate appropriated funds to each federally recognized American Indian tribe with reservation lands or rancherias in the state that administers a federal tribal TANF grant program. Existing law authorizes the Director of Social Services to provide funding to Indian health clinics to provide substance abuse and mental health services, and other related services authorized under the CalWORKs program to CalWORKs applicants and recipients and tribal TANF applicants and recipients living in California.This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions. Existing federal law provides for allocation of federal funds to eligible states and tribes through the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant program. Existing state law provides for the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program under which, through a combination of state and county funds and federal funds received through the TANF program, each county provides cash assistance and other benefits to qualified low-income families. Existing law requires the State Department of Social Services to annually allocate appropriated funds to each federally recognized American Indian tribe with reservation lands or rancherias in the state that administers a federal tribal TANF grant program. Existing law authorizes the Director of Social Services to provide funding to Indian health clinics to provide substance abuse and mental health services, and other related services authorized under the CalWORKs program to CalWORKs applicants and recipients and tribal TANF applicants and recipients living in California. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions. ## Digest Key ## Bill Text The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 10553.15 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is amended to read:10553.15. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the director may provide funding to Indian health clinics to provide substance abuse and mental health treatment services, and other related services authorized under the CalWORKs program to CalWORKs applicants and recipients and Tribal tribal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) applicants and recipients living in California. 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 10553.15 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is amended to read:10553.15. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the director may provide funding to Indian health clinics to provide substance abuse and mental health treatment services, and other related services authorized under the CalWORKs program to CalWORKs applicants and recipients and Tribal tribal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) applicants and recipients living in California. SECTION 1. Section 10553.15 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is amended to read: ### SECTION 1. 10553.15. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the director may provide funding to Indian health clinics to provide substance abuse and mental health treatment services, and other related services authorized under the CalWORKs program to CalWORKs applicants and recipients and Tribal tribal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) applicants and recipients living in California. 10553.15. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the director may provide funding to Indian health clinics to provide substance abuse and mental health treatment services, and other related services authorized under the CalWORKs program to CalWORKs applicants and recipients and Tribal tribal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) applicants and recipients living in California. 10553.15. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the director may provide funding to Indian health clinics to provide substance abuse and mental health treatment services, and other related services authorized under the CalWORKs program to CalWORKs applicants and recipients and Tribal tribal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) applicants and recipients living in California. 10553.15. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the director may provide funding to Indian health clinics to provide substance abuse and mental health treatment services, and other related services authorized under the CalWORKs program to CalWORKs applicants and recipients and Tribal tribal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) applicants and recipients living in California.