Bill Text: CA SB1254 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: CalFresh: enrollment of incarcerated individuals.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed) 2024-07-03 - From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. [SB1254 Detail]
Download: California-2023-SB1254-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Senate
May 16, 2024 |
Amended
IN
Senate
April 15, 2024 |
Amended
IN
Senate
April 03, 2024 |
Introduced by Senator Becker (Coauthor: Senator Menjivar) |
February 15, 2024 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
The bill would require, on or before January 1, 2026, the department to partner with the State Department of Health Care Services to create and test a Medi-Cal and CalFresh combined application for incarcerated individuals soon leaving incarceration.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YESBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 18901.36 is added to the Welfare and Institutions Code, to read:18901.36.
(a)(1)The department shall require county eligibility workers to regularly access any state prison or county jail within the county to conduct interviews and to assist individuals within ninety (90) days of release from state prison or county jail with completing applications for CalFresh benefits. The assistance provided pursuant to this subparagraph shall be for the purpose of establishing eligibility for CalFresh benefits prior to release from the institution.
(2)The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, state prisons, and county jails shall cooperate with the department and allow county eligibility workers access pursuant to this section.
(b)On or before January 1, 2026, the department shall partner with the State Department of Health Care Services to create and test a Medi-Cal and CalFresh combined application for incarcerated individuals soon leaving incarceration.
(c)(1)The department, on or before February 1, 2026, shall create a workgroup
(d)
(e)A report to be submitted to the Legislature pursuant to this section shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
(f)On or before
(g)On or before
(h)