BILL NUMBER: AB 878	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Eggman

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2015

   An act to amend Section 11402 of the Welfare and Institutions
Code, relating to child welfare.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 878, as introduced, Eggman. Child welfare: foster care.
   Existing law establishes the Aid to Families with Dependent
Children-Foster Care (AFDC-FC) program, under which counties provide
payments to foster care providers on behalf of qualified children in
foster care. The program is funded by a combination of federal,
state, and county funds, with moneys from the General Fund being
continuously appropriated to pay for the state's share of AFDC-FC
costs.
   In order to be eligible for AFDC-FC, existing law requires a child
or nonminor dependent to be placed in a specified placement,
including, among others, the approved home of a relative, provided
the child is otherwise eligible for federal financial participation
in the AFDC-FC payment.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those
provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 11402 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is
amended to read:
   11402.  In order to be eligible for AFDC-FC, a child or nonminor
dependent shall be placed in one of the following:
   (a) The approved home of a relative, provided the child is
otherwise eligible for federal financial participation in the AFDC-FC
payment.
   (b) (1) The licensed family home of a nonrelative.
   (2) The approved home of a nonrelative extended family 
member   member,  as described in Section 362.7.
   (c) The approved home of a resource  family  
family,  as defined in Section 16519.5.
   (d) A licensed group home, as defined in subdivision (h) of
Section 11400, excluding a runaway and homeless youth 
shelter   shelter,  as defined in subdivision (ab)
of Section 11400,  provided that   if  the
placement worker has documented that the placement is necessary to
meet the treatment needs of the child and that the facility offers
those treatment services.
   (e) The home of a nonrelated legal guardian or the home of a
former nonrelated legal guardian  when   if
 the guardianship of a child who is otherwise eligible for
AFDC-FC has been dismissed  due to the child's attaining
  because the child has attained  18 years of age.
   (f) An exclusive-use home.
   (g) A housing model certified by a licensed transitional housing
placement  provider   provider,  as
described in Section 1559.110 of the Health and Safety Code and as
defined in subdivision (r) of Section 11400.
   (h) An out-of-state group home,  provided that 
 if  the placement worker, in addition to complying with all
other statutory requirements for placing a minor in an out-of-state
group home, documents that the requirements of Section 7911.1 of the
Family Code have been met.
   (i) An approved supervised independent living setting for nonminor
dependents, as defined in subdivision (w) of Section 11400.
   (j) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2012.