11265.8.
(a) (1) A county human services agency shall obtain or receive first obtain, or then receive, documentation that all children in an assistance unit who are not required to be enrolled in school have received all age-appropriate immunizations, unless it has been medically determined that an immunization for a particular child is not appropriate.(2) Before requiring an applicant for, or recipient of, aid under this chapter to submit the documentation described in paragraph (1), a A
county human services agency shall first review the California Immunization Registry established pursuant to Section 120440 of the Health and Safety Code and attempt to verify that a child has received all age-appropriate immunizations.
(3) If Only if the county human services agency has tried and is unable to secure the documentation described in paragraph (1) using the California Immunization Registry pursuant to paragraph (2), the applicant or recipient shall supply
submit the documentation. In order to inform the applicant or recipient of this obligation and support compliance, the county human services agency shall provide the applicant or recipient with a notice as described in subdivision (c).
(4) (A) If the county has not secured, either through review of the California Immunization Registry or from an applicant or recipient, the documentation described in paragraph (1) within six months 45 days of determination or redetermination of eligibility for aid under this chapter, fifty dollars ($50) per month shall be withheld from the grant to the assistance unit under Section 11450.
the county shall provide another copy of the notice described in subdivision (c).
(B)The funds withheld pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall be paid to the assistance unit, in an amount
not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500), and treated as a lump-sum payment for purposes of Section 11157, and the grant shall be restored to its full amount, on the date that either of the following occurs:
(B) Applicants for aid shall be deemed in compliance with this section the first day of the month after either of the following occurs:
(i) The documentation described in paragraph (1) is obtained or received by the county human services agency.
(ii) The county determines that good cause exists for not providing the documentation described in paragraph (1).
A determination of good cause extends the 45-day period described in subparagraph (A), during which time, the applicant or recipient shall submit the documentation described in paragraph (1). Reasons for good cause shall include, but not be limited to, homelessness, domestic violence, lack of transportation, lack of money for transportation, scarcity of immunization providers in the county, or participation in family stabilization or an early home visiting program administered by the county human services agency.
(b) At the time of application and at the next redetermination of eligibility for aid under this chapter, all applicants and recipients
shall be given a notice as described in subdivision (c). documentation of any age-appropriate immunization shall be obtained pursuant to subdivision (a).
(c) Pursuant to If required by paragraph (3) or (4) of subdivision (a) and subdivision (b), a county human services agency shall provide an applicant for or recipient of aid under this chapter a notice detailing the obligation to submit documentation of age-appropriate immunization for all children described in paragraph (1) of subdivision
(a). The notice shall include all of the following information:
(1) The Recommended Childhood Immunization Schedule, United States, and the Recommended Immunization Schedule for Children Not Immunized on Schedule in the First Year of Life, as appropriate, approved by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the American Academy of Family Physicians.
(2) A description of how to obtain the immunizations through a provider that accepts Medi-Cal, a Medi-Cal managed care plan, a county public health clinic, and other providers of no-cost child immunizations available in the county.
(3)A statement that the applicant or recipient has the right to request and receive nonmedical transportation services through his or her Medi-Cal managed care plan necessary to ensure immunization of a child described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a). The statement shall also include state-developed information regarding how the applicant or recipient may receive nonmedical transportation services from the Medi-Cal managed care plan.
(d)The department, on a quarterly basis,
shall track, maintain, and publish on its Internet Web site information detailing, by county, the number of penalties imposed under this section and the number of assistance units with at least one penalty. Information provided under this subdivision shall be subject to applicable state and federal confidentiality laws and regulations.
(3) A statement that Medi-Cal covers nonmedical transportation services for children who receive Medi-Cal benefits to receive the immunizations described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a).
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(d) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2019.