California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 17001.7

WIC § 17001.7 Effective Jan 1, 2022Div. 9 · Part 5 · Ch. 1

Statute text

(a)In adopting standards of aid and care for the indigent and dependent poor of the county or city and county, the board of supervisors or the agency authorized by the county charter may, for purposes of determining eligibility for aid and care, deem the income and resources of any person who, as a sponsor of the entry of a general assistance applicant or recipient into the United States, executed an affidavit of support or similar agreement with respect to that applicant or recipient, and the income and resources of the sponsor’s spouse, to be the income and resources of that applicant or recipient, in accordance with subdivisions (b) and (c), for a period of three years after the individual’s entry into the United States. Any such deemed income shall be treated as unearned income of the general assistance applicant or recipient.

(b)(1) The amount of income of a sponsor and the sponsor’s spouse that shall be deemed to be the unearned income of a person who is not a citizen or national of the United States for any month shall be determined as follows:

(A)The total amount of earned and unearned income of the sponsor and the sponsor’s spouse, if the spouse is living with the sponsor, shall be determined for that month.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 296, Sec. 80. (AB 1096) Effective January 1, 2022.