Cal. WIC § 12200.017
This is the official text of Cal. WIC § 12200.017, 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 provision of law, the maximum aid payments in effect on June 30, 1994, in accordance with Section 12200, as reduced by subdivision (a) of Section 12200.01 and Section 12200.015, except subdivisions (e), (g), and (h) of Section 12200, shall be reduced by 2.3 percent effective September 1, 1994.
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), in no event shall any maximum aid payment schedule in any payment category established pursuant to Section 12200 be reduced below the level required by the federal Social Security Act in order to maintain eligibility for federal funding under Title XIX of the federal Social Security Act, contained in Subchapter 19 (commencing with Section 1396) of Chapter 7 of Title 42 of the United States Code.
(c) In no event shall the reduction of any maximum aid payment level pursuant to this section result in a change in share of cost or eligibility for services under Article 7 (commencing with Section 12300) for any aged, blind, or disabled person who was receiving services under that article in 1994 prior to the enactment of this section because of that reduction in maximum aid payment, provided he or she continues to meet other applicable requirements.
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), in no event shall any maximum aid payment schedule in any payment category established pursuant to Section 12200 be reduced below the level required by the federal Social Security Act in order to maintain eligibility for federal funding under Title XIX of the federal Social Security Act, contained in Subchapter 19 (commencing with Section 1396) of Chapter 7 of Title 42 of the United States Code.
(c) In no event shall the reduction of any maximum aid payment level pursuant to this section result in a change in share of cost or eligibility for services under Article 7 (commencing with Section 12300) for any aged, blind, or disabled person who was receiving services under that article in 1994 prior to the enactment of this section because of that reduction in maximum aid payment, provided he or she continues to meet other applicable requirements.
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