California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 11495.16

WIC § 11495.16 Effective Jan 1, 2026Div. 9 · Part 3 · Ch. 2 · Art. 7.5

Statute text

(a)All CalWORKs applicants and recipients shall be informed verbally and in writing, and to the extent required by law, in the language understood by the applicant or recipient, of the availability of services designed to assist individuals to identify, escape, or stop future domestic abuse as well as to overcome the effects of domestic abuse.

(b)This section shall be inoperative on January 1, 2028, or when the department notifies the Legislature that the Statewide Automated Welfare System can perform the necessary automation to implement Section 11495.15, as added by the act that added this subdivision, whichever date is later, and as of January 1 of the following year, is repealed.

Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 386, Sec. 5. (AB 969) Effective January 1, 2026. Conditionally inoperative on or after January 1, 2028, as prescribed by its own provisions. Repealed as of January 1 following the inoperative date. See later operative version added by Sec. 6 of Stats. 2025, Ch. 386.