California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 11006.2

WIC § 11006.2 Effective Jan 1, 2022Div. 9 · Part 3 · Ch. 1 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)The department may provide for the delivery of public assistance payments at any time during the month.

(b)(1) Notwithstanding any other law, any person entitled to the receipt of public assistance payments may authorize payment to be directly deposited by electronic fund transfer into the person’s qualifying account at the insured depository financial institution of the person’s choice under a program for direct deposit by electronic transfer as established in this section. The direct deposit to a qualifying account shall discharge the department’s obligation with respect to the payment.

(2)Each county treasurer shall make an agreement with one or more insured depository financial institutions participating in the Automated Clearing House pursuant to the local rules, and shall, by December 1, 2001, establish a program for the direct deposit by electronic fund transfer of payments to any person entitled to the receipt of public assistance benefits who authorizes the direct deposit of the benefits into the person’s qualifying account at the insured depository financial institution of the person’s choice. Each county treasurer has no obligation to determine whether the account at the insured depository financial institution of the person’s choice is a qualifying account, as defined in paragraph (3).

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 546, Sec. 4. (SB 497) Effective January 1, 2022.