Cal. WIC § 11322.81

This is the official text of Cal. WIC § 11322.81, part of California’s Welfare and Institutions Code — governs public social services, juvenile justice, and mental health/developmental disability services.

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Official statutory text

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, if an adult recipient reports and the county verifies, or the county otherwise discovers, that the recipient is meeting the federally required minimum average number of hours per week of welfare-to-work participation as set forth in Section 607 of Title 42 of the United States Code, that recipient shall be deemed to be in compliance with Section 11322.8, unless the recipient provides written or, if available, electronic notice to the county that the recipient wishes to have sanctions imposed pursuant to this article.

(b) Necessary supportive services shall be provided to recipients described in this section in accordance with Sections 11323.2 and 11323.4.

(c) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2019.

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