Bill Text: CA AB2282 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Amended

California Assembly Bill 2282 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: CalFresh: enrollment: institutions of higher education.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-06-23 - Referred to Com. on ED. [AB2282 Detail]

Download: California-2019-AB2282-Amended.html

Amended IN Assembly May 05, 2020

Amended IN Assembly May 04, 2020

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 2282

Introduced by Assembly Member McCarty

February 14, 2020

An act to add Section 66027.7 to the Education ~~Code, and to add and repeal Section 18901.57 of the Welfare and Institutions~~ Code, relating to CalFresh.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 2282, as amended, McCarty. CalFresh: enrollment: institutions of higher education.

Existing law provides for the CalFresh program, under which supplemental nutrition assistance benefits allocated to the state by the federal government are distributed to eligible individuals by each county.

Existing law requires each campus of the California State University and the California Community Colleges, and requests each campus of the University of California, to include on the internet website-based account for an enrolled student notification of, and a link to information on, specified public services and programs, including the CalFresh program. Existing law, until January 1, 2022, also encourages the Regents of the University of California, requires the Trustees of the California State University, and authorizes the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges to designate as a “hunger-free campus” each of the institutions’ respective campuses that meet specified criteria, including having a campus employee designated to help ensure that students have the information they need to enroll in CalFresh.

This bill would require the State Department of Social Services to establish a pilot program in up to 10 counties that voluntarily apply and are selected by the department to place a CalFresh eligibility worker on campuses of public institutions of higher education in the county for the purpose of enrolling more students in CalFresh. The bill would require the Trustees of the California State University and the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges to, and would encourage the Regents of the University of California to, no later than July 1, 2021, and in consultation with the State Department of Social Services and county human services agencies, establish a CalFresh student outreach text messaging program to provide students who are not enrolled in CalFresh with a link to an internet website with information on applying for CalFresh benefits and to provide students with the name and telephone number of the CalFresh eligibility worker on their respective campus, if one is available.

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section 66027.7 is added to the Education Code, to read:

66027.7.

No later than July 1, 2021, the Trustees of the California State University and the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges shall, and the Regents of the University of California are encouraged to, in consultation with the State Department of Social Services and county human services agencies, establish a CalFresh student outreach text messaging program to do all of the following:

(a) Ask students if they are enrolled in CalFresh.

(b) Provide students who are not enrolled in CalFresh with a link to an internet website with information on applying for CalFresh benefits.

(c) Provide students with the name and telephone number of the CalFresh eligibility worker on each campus, if one is available.

SEC. 2.Section 18901.57 is added to the Welfare and Institutions Code, to read:
18901.57.
(a)The department shall establish a pilot program in up to 10 counties that voluntarily apply and are selected by the department to place a CalFresh eligibility worker on campuses of public institutions of higher education in the county for the purpose of enrolling more students in CalFresh.
(b)Each county that receives funds under the pilot program shall submit to the department an annual report on the effectiveness of the pilot program on increasing or facilitating CalFresh enrollment for students at public institutions of higher education.
~~(c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2025, and as of that date is repealed.~~