Amended IN Assembly March 21, 2024 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2795Introduced by Assembly Member Arambula(Coauthor: Assembly Member Ramos)February 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 amended, Arambula. Indian health clinics. CalWORKs Indian Health Clinic Program.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. designate that funding authorization for Indian health clinics as the CalWORKs Indian Health Clinic Program. The bill would require the department, to the extent that funds are appropriated by the Legislature for this purpose, to provide semiannual prospective payments to a grantee under the program equal to no more than 90% of the total grant amount during a 12-month fiscal year. The bill would require the grant payments to be contingent upon a written request for payment from the grantee, and the submission by the grantee, and the approval by the department, of specified progress reports and budget expenditure reports. The bill would require the department to retain the final payment, pending satisfactory submission by the grantee of all progress reports required by the grant, budget expenditure reports, and an annual reconciliation report for the grant year, as specified.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NOYES 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 law, the director may provide (a) The CalWORKs Indian Health Clinic Program is established to provide grant 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 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) applicants and recipients living in California.(b) Notwithstanding any other law, and to the extent that funds are appropriated by the Legislature for this purpose, the department shall provide semiannual prospective payments to a grantee under the program during a 12-month fiscal year, as specified in this section.(c) The first semiannual prospective payment, in an amount equal to not more than 50 percent of the total grant, shall be processed for payment to the grantee following the enactment of the annual Budget Act and upon formal execution of the grant by the state, and shall be contingent upon both of the following:(1) A written request for payment from the grantee.(2) The grantees timely and accurate submission, and the departments approval, of the progress reports required under the grant, budget expenditure reports, and an annual reconciliation report, from the prior year.(d) Based upon the grantees timely and accurate submission of progress reports and budget expenditure reports from the grant year, and satisfactory performance under the grant, the processing of a second semiannual prospective payment of not more than 40 percent of the total grant shall be processed by the department for payment to a grantee no earlier than January 1 during the term of the grant year. The processing of the grantees second semiannual prospective payment by the department shall be contingent upon both of the following:(1) A written request for payment from the grantee.(2) The grantees timely and accurate submission, and the departments approval, of progress reports and budget expenditure reports.(e) Any remaining amount, which shall be at least 10 percent of the total grant award, shall be retained by the department, pending satisfactory submission by the grantee of all progress reports required by the grant, budget expenditure reports, and an annual reconciliation report for the grant year. Payment of the withheld amount shall be processed by the department for payment to the grantee contingent upon both of the following:(1) A written request for payment from the grantee.(2) The grantees timely and accurate submission, and the departments approval, of all progress reports required under the grant, budget expenditure reports from the grant year, the annual reconciliation report for the grant year, and satisfactory performance under the grant.
Amended IN Assembly March 21, 2024 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2795Introduced by Assembly Member Arambula(Coauthor: Assembly Member Ramos)February 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 amended, Arambula. Indian health clinics. CalWORKs Indian Health Clinic Program.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. designate that funding authorization for Indian health clinics as the CalWORKs Indian Health Clinic Program. The bill would require the department, to the extent that funds are appropriated by the Legislature for this purpose, to provide semiannual prospective payments to a grantee under the program equal to no more than 90% of the total grant amount during a 12-month fiscal year. The bill would require the grant payments to be contingent upon a written request for payment from the grantee, and the submission by the grantee, and the approval by the department, of specified progress reports and budget expenditure reports. The bill would require the department to retain the final payment, pending satisfactory submission by the grantee of all progress reports required by the grant, budget expenditure reports, and an annual reconciliation report for the grant year, as specified.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NOYES Local Program: NO
Amended IN Assembly March 21, 2024
Amended IN Assembly March 21, 2024
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 2795
Introduced by Assembly Member Arambula(Coauthor: Assembly Member Ramos)February 15, 2024
Introduced by Assembly Member Arambula(Coauthor: Assembly Member Ramos)
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 amended, Arambula. Indian health clinics. CalWORKs Indian Health Clinic Program.
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. designate that funding authorization for Indian health clinics as the CalWORKs Indian Health Clinic Program. The bill would require the department, to the extent that funds are appropriated by the Legislature for this purpose, to provide semiannual prospective payments to a grantee under the program equal to no more than 90% of the total grant amount during a 12-month fiscal year. The bill would require the grant payments to be contingent upon a written request for payment from the grantee, and the submission by the grantee, and the approval by the department, of specified progress reports and budget expenditure reports. The bill would require the department to retain the final payment, pending satisfactory submission by the grantee of all progress reports required by the grant, budget expenditure reports, and an annual reconciliation report for the grant year, as specified.
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. designate that funding authorization for Indian health clinics as the CalWORKs Indian Health Clinic Program. The bill would require the department, to the extent that funds are appropriated by the Legislature for this purpose, to provide semiannual prospective payments to a grantee under the program equal to no more than 90% of the total grant amount during a 12-month fiscal year. The bill would require the grant payments to be contingent upon a written request for payment from the grantee, and the submission by the grantee, and the approval by the department, of specified progress reports and budget expenditure reports. The bill would require the department to retain the final payment, pending satisfactory submission by the grantee of all progress reports required by the grant, budget expenditure reports, and an annual reconciliation report for the grant year, as specified.
## 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 law, the director may provide (a) The CalWORKs Indian Health Clinic Program is established to provide grant 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 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) applicants and recipients living in California.(b) Notwithstanding any other law, and to the extent that funds are appropriated by the Legislature for this purpose, the department shall provide semiannual prospective payments to a grantee under the program during a 12-month fiscal year, as specified in this section.(c) The first semiannual prospective payment, in an amount equal to not more than 50 percent of the total grant, shall be processed for payment to the grantee following the enactment of the annual Budget Act and upon formal execution of the grant by the state, and shall be contingent upon both of the following:(1) A written request for payment from the grantee.(2) The grantees timely and accurate submission, and the departments approval, of the progress reports required under the grant, budget expenditure reports, and an annual reconciliation report, from the prior year.(d) Based upon the grantees timely and accurate submission of progress reports and budget expenditure reports from the grant year, and satisfactory performance under the grant, the processing of a second semiannual prospective payment of not more than 40 percent of the total grant shall be processed by the department for payment to a grantee no earlier than January 1 during the term of the grant year. The processing of the grantees second semiannual prospective payment by the department shall be contingent upon both of the following:(1) A written request for payment from the grantee.(2) The grantees timely and accurate submission, and the departments approval, of progress reports and budget expenditure reports.(e) Any remaining amount, which shall be at least 10 percent of the total grant award, shall be retained by the department, pending satisfactory submission by the grantee of all progress reports required by the grant, budget expenditure reports, and an annual reconciliation report for the grant year. Payment of the withheld amount shall be processed by the department for payment to the grantee contingent upon both of the following:(1) A written request for payment from the grantee.(2) The grantees timely and accurate submission, and the departments approval, of all progress reports required under the grant, budget expenditure reports from the grant year, the annual reconciliation report for the grant year, and satisfactory performance under the grant.
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 law, the director may provide (a) The CalWORKs Indian Health Clinic Program is established to provide grant 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 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) applicants and recipients living in California.(b) Notwithstanding any other law, and to the extent that funds are appropriated by the Legislature for this purpose, the department shall provide semiannual prospective payments to a grantee under the program during a 12-month fiscal year, as specified in this section.(c) The first semiannual prospective payment, in an amount equal to not more than 50 percent of the total grant, shall be processed for payment to the grantee following the enactment of the annual Budget Act and upon formal execution of the grant by the state, and shall be contingent upon both of the following:(1) A written request for payment from the grantee.(2) The grantees timely and accurate submission, and the departments approval, of the progress reports required under the grant, budget expenditure reports, and an annual reconciliation report, from the prior year.(d) Based upon the grantees timely and accurate submission of progress reports and budget expenditure reports from the grant year, and satisfactory performance under the grant, the processing of a second semiannual prospective payment of not more than 40 percent of the total grant shall be processed by the department for payment to a grantee no earlier than January 1 during the term of the grant year. The processing of the grantees second semiannual prospective payment by the department shall be contingent upon both of the following:(1) A written request for payment from the grantee.(2) The grantees timely and accurate submission, and the departments approval, of progress reports and budget expenditure reports.(e) Any remaining amount, which shall be at least 10 percent of the total grant award, shall be retained by the department, pending satisfactory submission by the grantee of all progress reports required by the grant, budget expenditure reports, and an annual reconciliation report for the grant year. Payment of the withheld amount shall be processed by the department for payment to the grantee contingent upon both of the following:(1) A written request for payment from the grantee.(2) The grantees timely and accurate submission, and the departments approval, of all progress reports required under the grant, budget expenditure reports from the grant year, the annual reconciliation report for the grant year, and satisfactory performance under the grant.
SECTION 1. Section 10553.15 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is amended to read:
### SECTION 1.
10553.15. Notwithstanding any other law, the director may provide (a) The CalWORKs Indian Health Clinic Program is established to provide grant 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 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) applicants and recipients living in California.(b) Notwithstanding any other law, and to the extent that funds are appropriated by the Legislature for this purpose, the department shall provide semiannual prospective payments to a grantee under the program during a 12-month fiscal year, as specified in this section.(c) The first semiannual prospective payment, in an amount equal to not more than 50 percent of the total grant, shall be processed for payment to the grantee following the enactment of the annual Budget Act and upon formal execution of the grant by the state, and shall be contingent upon both of the following:(1) A written request for payment from the grantee.(2) The grantees timely and accurate submission, and the departments approval, of the progress reports required under the grant, budget expenditure reports, and an annual reconciliation report, from the prior year.(d) Based upon the grantees timely and accurate submission of progress reports and budget expenditure reports from the grant year, and satisfactory performance under the grant, the processing of a second semiannual prospective payment of not more than 40 percent of the total grant shall be processed by the department for payment to a grantee no earlier than January 1 during the term of the grant year. The processing of the grantees second semiannual prospective payment by the department shall be contingent upon both of the following:(1) A written request for payment from the grantee.(2) The grantees timely and accurate submission, and the departments approval, of progress reports and budget expenditure reports.(e) Any remaining amount, which shall be at least 10 percent of the total grant award, shall be retained by the department, pending satisfactory submission by the grantee of all progress reports required by the grant, budget expenditure reports, and an annual reconciliation report for the grant year. Payment of the withheld amount shall be processed by the department for payment to the grantee contingent upon both of the following:(1) A written request for payment from the grantee.(2) The grantees timely and accurate submission, and the departments approval, of all progress reports required under the grant, budget expenditure reports from the grant year, the annual reconciliation report for the grant year, and satisfactory performance under the grant.
10553.15. Notwithstanding any other law, the director may provide (a) The CalWORKs Indian Health Clinic Program is established to provide grant 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 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) applicants and recipients living in California.(b) Notwithstanding any other law, and to the extent that funds are appropriated by the Legislature for this purpose, the department shall provide semiannual prospective payments to a grantee under the program during a 12-month fiscal year, as specified in this section.(c) The first semiannual prospective payment, in an amount equal to not more than 50 percent of the total grant, shall be processed for payment to the grantee following the enactment of the annual Budget Act and upon formal execution of the grant by the state, and shall be contingent upon both of the following:(1) A written request for payment from the grantee.(2) The grantees timely and accurate submission, and the departments approval, of the progress reports required under the grant, budget expenditure reports, and an annual reconciliation report, from the prior year.(d) Based upon the grantees timely and accurate submission of progress reports and budget expenditure reports from the grant year, and satisfactory performance under the grant, the processing of a second semiannual prospective payment of not more than 40 percent of the total grant shall be processed by the department for payment to a grantee no earlier than January 1 during the term of the grant year. The processing of the grantees second semiannual prospective payment by the department shall be contingent upon both of the following:(1) A written request for payment from the grantee.(2) The grantees timely and accurate submission, and the departments approval, of progress reports and budget expenditure reports.(e) Any remaining amount, which shall be at least 10 percent of the total grant award, shall be retained by the department, pending satisfactory submission by the grantee of all progress reports required by the grant, budget expenditure reports, and an annual reconciliation report for the grant year. Payment of the withheld amount shall be processed by the department for payment to the grantee contingent upon both of the following:(1) A written request for payment from the grantee.(2) The grantees timely and accurate submission, and the departments approval, of all progress reports required under the grant, budget expenditure reports from the grant year, the annual reconciliation report for the grant year, and satisfactory performance under the grant.
10553.15. Notwithstanding any other law, the director may provide (a) The CalWORKs Indian Health Clinic Program is established to provide grant 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 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) applicants and recipients living in California.(b) Notwithstanding any other law, and to the extent that funds are appropriated by the Legislature for this purpose, the department shall provide semiannual prospective payments to a grantee under the program during a 12-month fiscal year, as specified in this section.(c) The first semiannual prospective payment, in an amount equal to not more than 50 percent of the total grant, shall be processed for payment to the grantee following the enactment of the annual Budget Act and upon formal execution of the grant by the state, and shall be contingent upon both of the following:(1) A written request for payment from the grantee.(2) The grantees timely and accurate submission, and the departments approval, of the progress reports required under the grant, budget expenditure reports, and an annual reconciliation report, from the prior year.(d) Based upon the grantees timely and accurate submission of progress reports and budget expenditure reports from the grant year, and satisfactory performance under the grant, the processing of a second semiannual prospective payment of not more than 40 percent of the total grant shall be processed by the department for payment to a grantee no earlier than January 1 during the term of the grant year. The processing of the grantees second semiannual prospective payment by the department shall be contingent upon both of the following:(1) A written request for payment from the grantee.(2) The grantees timely and accurate submission, and the departments approval, of progress reports and budget expenditure reports.(e) Any remaining amount, which shall be at least 10 percent of the total grant award, shall be retained by the department, pending satisfactory submission by the grantee of all progress reports required by the grant, budget expenditure reports, and an annual reconciliation report for the grant year. Payment of the withheld amount shall be processed by the department for payment to the grantee contingent upon both of the following:(1) A written request for payment from the grantee.(2) The grantees timely and accurate submission, and the departments approval, of all progress reports required under the grant, budget expenditure reports from the grant year, the annual reconciliation report for the grant year, and satisfactory performance under the grant.
10553.15. Notwithstanding any other law, the director may provide (a) The CalWORKs Indian Health Clinic Program is established to provide grant 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 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) applicants and recipients living in California.
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, and to the extent that funds are appropriated by the Legislature for this purpose, the department shall provide semiannual prospective payments to a grantee under the program during a 12-month fiscal year, as specified in this section.
(c) The first semiannual prospective payment, in an amount equal to not more than 50 percent of the total grant, shall be processed for payment to the grantee following the enactment of the annual Budget Act and upon formal execution of the grant by the state, and shall be contingent upon both of the following:
(1) A written request for payment from the grantee.
(2) The grantees timely and accurate submission, and the departments approval, of the progress reports required under the grant, budget expenditure reports, and an annual reconciliation report, from the prior year.
(d) Based upon the grantees timely and accurate submission of progress reports and budget expenditure reports from the grant year, and satisfactory performance under the grant, the processing of a second semiannual prospective payment of not more than 40 percent of the total grant shall be processed by the department for payment to a grantee no earlier than January 1 during the term of the grant year. The processing of the grantees second semiannual prospective payment by the department shall be contingent upon both of the following:
(1) A written request for payment from the grantee.
(2) The grantees timely and accurate submission, and the departments approval, of progress reports and budget expenditure reports.
(e) Any remaining amount, which shall be at least 10 percent of the total grant award, shall be retained by the department, pending satisfactory submission by the grantee of all progress reports required by the grant, budget expenditure reports, and an annual reconciliation report for the grant year. Payment of the withheld amount shall be processed by the department for payment to the grantee contingent upon both of the following:
(1) A written request for payment from the grantee.
(2) The grantees timely and accurate submission, and the departments approval, of all progress reports required under the grant, budget expenditure reports from the grant year, the annual reconciliation report for the grant year, and satisfactory performance under the grant.