Cal. WIC § 4710.5
This is the official text of Cal. WIC § 4710.5, part of California’s Welfare and Institutions Code — governs public social services, juvenile justice, and mental health/developmental disability services.
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(a) Any applicant for or recipient of services, or authorized representative of the applicant or recipient, who is dissatisfied with a decision or action of the regional center or state-operated facility under this division shall, upon filing a request within 60 days after notification of that decision or action, be afforded an opportunity for an informal meeting, a mediation, and a fair hearing.
(b) The request for an informal meeting, mediation, or a fair hearing, or any combination thereof, shall be stated in writing on the appeal request form prescribed by the department.
(c) If any person makes a request for an informal meeting, mediation, or a fair hearing other than on the appeal request form, the employee of the regional center, department, or the state-operated facility who learns of the request shall provide the person with the appeal request form prescribed by the department and shall assist the person in filling out the form if the person requires or requests assistance. Any employee who willfully fails to comply with this requirement shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(d) The appeal request form shall be sent to the department unless the department has designated another agency to receive the form. The department or another agency that has been designated to receive the appeal request form shall send an electronic copy of a hearing request to the hearing office and the regional center or state-operated facility responsible for the action described in subdivision (a) within one business day of the department’s or designated agency’s receipt of the request. The department shall maintain information regarding all hearing request forms.
(e) This section shall become operative on March 1, 2023.
(b) The request for an informal meeting, mediation, or a fair hearing, or any combination thereof, shall be stated in writing on the appeal request form prescribed by the department.
(c) If any person makes a request for an informal meeting, mediation, or a fair hearing other than on the appeal request form, the employee of the regional center, department, or the state-operated facility who learns of the request shall provide the person with the appeal request form prescribed by the department and shall assist the person in filling out the form if the person requires or requests assistance. Any employee who willfully fails to comply with this requirement shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(d) The appeal request form shall be sent to the department unless the department has designated another agency to receive the form. The department or another agency that has been designated to receive the appeal request form shall send an electronic copy of a hearing request to the hearing office and the regional center or state-operated facility responsible for the action described in subdivision (a) within one business day of the department’s or designated agency’s receipt of the request. The department shall maintain information regarding all hearing request forms.
(e) This section shall become operative on March 1, 2023.
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