Bill Text: CA AB596 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Child care: CalWORKs recipients: rights.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-01 - Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution. From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB596 Detail]

Download: California-2011-AB596-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 596	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Carter

                        FEBRUARY 16, 2011

   An act to add Section 8359.2 to the Education Code, relating to
child care.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 596, as introduced, Carter. Child care: CalWORKs recipients:
rights.
   Existing law states the intent of the Legislature to ensure that
recipients of specified aid under the CalWORKs program, and former
recipients who have left aid for employment, are connected as soon as
possible to local child care resources, make stable child care
arrangements, and continue to receive subsidized child care services
after they no longer receive aid as long as they require those
services and meet the eligibility requirements, as specified.
    The bill would require the State Department of Education to
collaborate with welfare rights and legal services advocates to
develop and adopt regulations and other policy statements to provide
CalWORKs recipients of child care the same level of due process and
procedural protections as are afforded to public assistance
recipients, as specified.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 8359.2 is added to the Education Code, to read:

   8359.2.  The State Department of Education shall collaborate with
welfare rights and legal services advocates to develop and adopt
regulations and other policy statements to provide CalWORKs
recipients of child care the same level of due process protections
and procedural protections that are afforded to public assistance
recipients pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 10950) of
Part 2 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, and the
regulations adopted pursuant to that chapter, and Article 2.5
(commencing with Section 11275) of Chapter 2 of Part 3 of Division 9
of the Welfare and Institutions Code, and the regulations adopted
pursuant to that article.