California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 11023

WIC § 11023 Effective Jan 1, 2017Div. 9 · Part 3 · Ch. 1 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)If a county human services agency elects to use information contained in a consumer credit report for the determination of CalFresh or CalWORKs eligibility or benefit level, the county shall obtain written authorization from an applicant or recipient prior to obtaining the credit report.

(b)If a county takes an adverse action against an applicant or recipient, the determination of which was based, in whole or in part, upon information contained in the consumer credit report, the county shall do all of the following:

(1)Provide the applicant or recipient with the notice required by Section 615 of the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. Sec. 1681m), indicating that the verification or eligibility determination was based, in whole or in part, upon the information contained in the consumer credit report.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 308, Sec. 2. (SB 1232) Effective January 1, 2017.