California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 16501.5

WIC § 16501.5 Effective Sep 27, 2022Div. 9 · Part 4 · Ch. 5

Statute text

(a)In order to protect children and effectively administer and evaluate California’s Child Welfare Services and Foster Care programs, the department shall implement a single statewide Child Welfare Services Case Management System no later than July 1, 1993.

(b)It is the intent of the Legislature in developing and implementing a statewide Child Welfare Services Case Management System to minimize the administrative and systems barriers that inhibit the effective provision of services to children and families by applying current technology to the systems that support the provision and management of child welfare services. Therefore, it is the intent of the Legislature that the Child Welfare Services Case Management System achieve all of the following:

(1)Provide child welfare services workers with immediate access to child and family specific information in order to make appropriate and expeditious case decisions.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 573, Sec. 23. (AB 207) Effective September 27, 2022.