CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 761Introduced by Senator AshbyFebruary 21, 2025 An act to amend Section 10823.3 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to public social services. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 761, as introduced, Ashby. California Statewide Automated Welfare System.Existing law requires the Office of Technology and Solutions Integration within the California Health and Human Services Agency to implement a statewide automated welfare system, known as the California Statewide Automated Welfare System (CalSAWS), for various public assistance programs, including the CalWORKs program, CalFresh, and the Medi-Cal program. Existing law requires, to the extent possible within the technology, the development of the CalSAWS enrollment and eligibility functionality, case management systems, ancillary services, public portals, and mobile applications to have the goals of minimizing the burden of the overall eligibility process for enrollment and retention of benefits for low-income Californians, streamlining interactions for both clients and eligibility workers, and facilitating applicant and client submission of feedback.This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to that provision.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 10823.3 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is amended to read:10823.3. (a) The development of the SAWS enrollment and eligibility functionality, case management systems, ancillary services, public portals, and mobile applications shall, to the extent possible within the technology, have the goals of: both of the following goals:(1) Minimizing the burden of the overall eligibility process for enrollment and retention of benefits for low-income Californians and streamlining interactions for both clients and eligibility workers.(2) Facilitating applicant and client submission of feedback.(b) The parties listed in subdivision (a) of Section 10823.1 shall jointly update the Legislature at least twice per year through existing processes as to how the SAWS development, implementation, and maintenance minimizes client burden in order to improve access to safety net programs and incorporates ongoing applicant and client feedback towards continuous improvement.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 761Introduced by Senator AshbyFebruary 21, 2025 An act to amend Section 10823.3 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to public social services. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 761, as introduced, Ashby. California Statewide Automated Welfare System.Existing law requires the Office of Technology and Solutions Integration within the California Health and Human Services Agency to implement a statewide automated welfare system, known as the California Statewide Automated Welfare System (CalSAWS), for various public assistance programs, including the CalWORKs program, CalFresh, and the Medi-Cal program. Existing law requires, to the extent possible within the technology, the development of the CalSAWS enrollment and eligibility functionality, case management systems, ancillary services, public portals, and mobile applications to have the goals of minimizing the burden of the overall eligibility process for enrollment and retention of benefits for low-income Californians, streamlining interactions for both clients and eligibility workers, and facilitating applicant and client submission of feedback.This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to that provision.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill
No. 761
Introduced by Senator AshbyFebruary 21, 2025
Introduced by Senator Ashby
February 21, 2025
An act to amend Section 10823.3 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to public social services.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 761, as introduced, Ashby. California Statewide Automated Welfare System.
Existing law requires the Office of Technology and Solutions Integration within the California Health and Human Services Agency to implement a statewide automated welfare system, known as the California Statewide Automated Welfare System (CalSAWS), for various public assistance programs, including the CalWORKs program, CalFresh, and the Medi-Cal program. Existing law requires, to the extent possible within the technology, the development of the CalSAWS enrollment and eligibility functionality, case management systems, ancillary services, public portals, and mobile applications to have the goals of minimizing the burden of the overall eligibility process for enrollment and retention of benefits for low-income Californians, streamlining interactions for both clients and eligibility workers, and facilitating applicant and client submission of feedback.This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to that provision.
Existing law requires the Office of Technology and Solutions Integration within the California Health and Human Services Agency to implement a statewide automated welfare system, known as the California Statewide Automated Welfare System (CalSAWS), for various public assistance programs, including the CalWORKs program, CalFresh, and the Medi-Cal program. Existing law requires, to the extent possible within the technology, the development of the CalSAWS enrollment and eligibility functionality, case management systems, ancillary services, public portals, and mobile applications to have the goals of minimizing the burden of the overall eligibility process for enrollment and retention of benefits for low-income Californians, streamlining interactions for both clients and eligibility workers, and facilitating applicant and client submission of feedback.
This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to that provision.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 10823.3 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is amended to read:10823.3. (a) The development of the SAWS enrollment and eligibility functionality, case management systems, ancillary services, public portals, and mobile applications shall, to the extent possible within the technology, have the goals of: both of the following goals:(1) Minimizing the burden of the overall eligibility process for enrollment and retention of benefits for low-income Californians and streamlining interactions for both clients and eligibility workers.(2) Facilitating applicant and client submission of feedback.(b) The parties listed in subdivision (a) of Section 10823.1 shall jointly update the Legislature at least twice per year through existing processes as to how the SAWS development, implementation, and maintenance minimizes client burden in order to improve access to safety net programs and incorporates ongoing applicant and client feedback towards continuous improvement.
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 10823.3 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is amended to read:10823.3. (a) The development of the SAWS enrollment and eligibility functionality, case management systems, ancillary services, public portals, and mobile applications shall, to the extent possible within the technology, have the goals of: both of the following goals:(1) Minimizing the burden of the overall eligibility process for enrollment and retention of benefits for low-income Californians and streamlining interactions for both clients and eligibility workers.(2) Facilitating applicant and client submission of feedback.(b) The parties listed in subdivision (a) of Section 10823.1 shall jointly update the Legislature at least twice per year through existing processes as to how the SAWS development, implementation, and maintenance minimizes client burden in order to improve access to safety net programs and incorporates ongoing applicant and client feedback towards continuous improvement.
SECTION 1. Section 10823.3 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is amended to read:
### SECTION 1.
10823.3. (a) The development of the SAWS enrollment and eligibility functionality, case management systems, ancillary services, public portals, and mobile applications shall, to the extent possible within the technology, have the goals of: both of the following goals:(1) Minimizing the burden of the overall eligibility process for enrollment and retention of benefits for low-income Californians and streamlining interactions for both clients and eligibility workers.(2) Facilitating applicant and client submission of feedback.(b) The parties listed in subdivision (a) of Section 10823.1 shall jointly update the Legislature at least twice per year through existing processes as to how the SAWS development, implementation, and maintenance minimizes client burden in order to improve access to safety net programs and incorporates ongoing applicant and client feedback towards continuous improvement.
10823.3. (a) The development of the SAWS enrollment and eligibility functionality, case management systems, ancillary services, public portals, and mobile applications shall, to the extent possible within the technology, have the goals of: both of the following goals:(1) Minimizing the burden of the overall eligibility process for enrollment and retention of benefits for low-income Californians and streamlining interactions for both clients and eligibility workers.(2) Facilitating applicant and client submission of feedback.(b) The parties listed in subdivision (a) of Section 10823.1 shall jointly update the Legislature at least twice per year through existing processes as to how the SAWS development, implementation, and maintenance minimizes client burden in order to improve access to safety net programs and incorporates ongoing applicant and client feedback towards continuous improvement.
10823.3. (a) The development of the SAWS enrollment and eligibility functionality, case management systems, ancillary services, public portals, and mobile applications shall, to the extent possible within the technology, have the goals of: both of the following goals:(1) Minimizing the burden of the overall eligibility process for enrollment and retention of benefits for low-income Californians and streamlining interactions for both clients and eligibility workers.(2) Facilitating applicant and client submission of feedback.(b) The parties listed in subdivision (a) of Section 10823.1 shall jointly update the Legislature at least twice per year through existing processes as to how the SAWS development, implementation, and maintenance minimizes client burden in order to improve access to safety net programs and incorporates ongoing applicant and client feedback towards continuous improvement.
10823.3. (a) The development of the SAWS enrollment and eligibility functionality, case management systems, ancillary services, public portals, and mobile applications shall, to the extent possible within the technology, have the goals of: both of the following goals:
(1) Minimizing the burden of the overall eligibility process for enrollment and retention of benefits for low-income Californians and streamlining interactions for both clients and eligibility workers.
(2) Facilitating applicant and client submission of feedback.
(b) The parties listed in subdivision (a) of Section 10823.1 shall jointly update the Legislature at least twice per year through existing processes as to how the SAWS development, implementation, and maintenance minimizes client burden in order to improve access to safety net programs and incorporates ongoing applicant and client feedback towards continuous improvement.