California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 14029.5

WIC § 14029.5 Effective Jan 1, 2009Div. 9 · Part 3 · Ch. 7 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)(1) Commencing January 1, 2008, immediately following the issuance of an order of the juvenile court, pertaining to the disposition of a ward of the county, committing that ward to a juvenile hall, camp, or ranch for 30 days or longer, the county juvenile detention facility shall provide the appropriate county welfare department with the ward’s name, his or her scheduled or actual release date, any known information regarding the ward’s Medi-Cal status prior to disposition, and sufficient information, when available, for the county welfare department to begin the process of determining the ward’s eligibility for benefits under this chapter, including, if the ward is a minor, contact information for the ward’s parent or guardian, if available.

(2)If the ward is a minor, prior to providing information to the county welfare department pursuant to paragraph (1), the county juvenile detention facility shall notify the parent or guardian, in writing, of its intention to submit the information required by that paragraph to the county welfare department. The parent or guardian shall be given a reasonable time to opt out of the Medi-Cal eligibility determination provided for under this section, in which case the county juvenile detention facility shall not comply with paragraph (1).

(3)For purposes of this section, “ward” means a person in the custody of a county juvenile detention facility.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 546, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2009.