California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 17000.5

WIC § 17000.5 Effective Jan 1, 1997Div. 9 · Part 5 · Ch. 1

Statute text

(a)The board of supervisors in any county may adopt a general assistance standard of aid, including the value of in-kind aid which includes, but is not limited to, the monthly actuarial value of up to forty dollars ($40) per month of medical care, that is 62 percent of a guideline that is equal to the 1991 federal official poverty line and may annually adjust that guideline in an amount equal to any adjustment provided under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11200) of Part 3 for establishing a maximum aid level in the county. This subdivision is not intended to either limit or expand the extent of the duty of counties to provide health care.

(b)The adoption of a standard of aid pursuant to this section shall constitute a sufficient standard of aid.

(c)For purposes of this section, “federal official poverty line” means the same as it is defined in subsection (2) of Section 9902 of Title 42 of the United States Code.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 6, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1997.