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Enactment structure, operative effect and source provenance
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Purpose and legislative effect
“This section says the act is to be known as the Welfare and Institutions Code.”
The Department of the Youth Authority may establish, maintain, or help develop regional centers for counties’ alternative placement options. When a California law mentions “Whittier State School,” it must be read as referring to Fred C. Nelles School for Boys. This section defines “Youth Authority,” “authority,” “the authority,” and “board” for this chapter. This provision states the purpose of the division: to provide protection, care, and assistance to people in need, and to promote welfare through prompt, humane aid and services without discrimination. This section states the purposes of public social services funded by state grants-in-aid to counties.
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Enacted 1937. The date shown identifies this source expression and should not be treated as proof that no later change exists.
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Certain Holocaust-related compensation and restitution payments are excluded from income and resources when determining eligibility for Medi-Cal and other public assistance benefits.
Section 11008.20.
State social services agencies may not penalize or otherwise take regulatory action against a county for certain eligibility errors tied to citizenship or immigration status, unless one of the listed federal-law circumstances applies.
Section 11104.1.
This section says the definitions in this article control how the chapter is interpreted, unless the context requires otherwise.
Section 11225.
A child in a public or private hospital for medical or surgical care is treated as temporarily absent from the home during the hospital stay.
Section 11269.
If the State Department of Social Services finds federal waivers are needed, it must seek them. If the waivers are still not granted by March 1, 1985, the department must report the barriers and expected approval date.
Section 11349.4.
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Source and current-law status
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Source record from leginfo.legislature.ca.gov · Enacted 1937
The source record does not state a definitive current-law status. Check the official publisher and later amendments before relying on this text.