2007 California Welfare and Institutions Code Chapter 1. General Provisions

CA Codes (wic:17000-17030.1)

17000.  Every county and every city and county shall relieve and
support all incompetent, poor, indigent persons, and those
incapacitated by age, disease, or accident, lawfully resident
therein, when such persons are not supported and relieved by their
relatives or friends, by their own means, or by state hospitals or
other state or private institutions.



17000.5.  (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 () 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.
   (d) For purposes of this section, "any adjustment" includes, and,
prior to the addition of this subdivision, included statutory
increases, decreases, or reductions in the maximum aid level in the
county under the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program
contained in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11200) of Part 3.
   (e) In the event that adjustments pursuant to Section 11450.02 are
not made, the amounts established pursuant to subdivision (a) may be
adjusted to reflect the relative cost of housing in various counties
as follows:
   (1) Reduced by 1.5 percent in the Counties of Alameda, Contra
Costa, Los Angeles, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Sonoma, and Ventura.
   (2) Reduced by 3 percent in the Counties of San Luis Obispo,
Nevada, Sierra, Monterey, Napa, Solano, Riverside, San Bernardino,
Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Kern, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne.

   (3) Reduced by 4.5 percent in the Counties of Stanislaus,
Imperial, El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, Yolo, Humboldt, San Benito,
Del Norte, Fresno, Lake, Mendocino, Shasta, Trinity, Butte, Merced,
Tulare, San Joaquin, Lassen, Modoc, Plumas, Siskiyou, Tehama, Kings,
Madera, Colusa, Glenn, Sutter, and Yuba.


17000.51.  (a) Notwithstanding the decision in Caulk v. Superior
Court, CO15355, June 27, 1997, a county's discretion granted pursuant
to Section 17000.5 to include, as part of a general assistance aid
grant, in-kind aid with a monthly actuarial value of up to forty
dollars () per month of medical care, was not intended, and shall
not be construed, to do any of the following:
   (1) Satisfy, in whole or in part, the duty of a county or a city
or county to provide health care services to indigent and dependent
poor persons under Section 17000.
   (2) Permit a county or a city and county to cease providing health
care services under Section 17000.
   (3) Affect the eligibility of indigent and dependent poor persons
for health care services under Section 17000.
   (b) Subdivision (a) shall cease to be implemented if, and only to
the extent that, a final court decision holds that subdivision (a)
imposes a state-mandated local program.
   (c) Subdivision (a) confirms, and is declarative of, rather than a
change in, existing law, as provided for in Chapter 6 of the
Statutes of 1996, which was intended only to provide a county or city
and county with the discretion to reduce its general assistance
grant level by up to forty dollars () per month.



17000.6.  (a) The board of supervisors of any county may adopt a
standard of aid below the level established in Section 17000.5 if the
Commission on State Mandates makes a finding that meeting the
standards in Section 17000.5 would result in a significant financial
distress to the county.  When the commission makes a finding of
significant financial distress concerning a county, the board of
supervisors may establish a level of aid which is not less than 40
percent of the 1991 federal official poverty level, which may be
further reduced pursuant to Section 17001.5 for shared housing.  The
commission shall not make a finding of significant financial distress
unless the county has made a compelling case that, absent the
finding, basic county services, including public safety, cannot be
maintained.
   (b) Upon receipt of a written application from a county board of
supervisors, the commission may make a finding of financial distress
for a period of up to 36 months pursuant to regulations that are
necessary to implement this section, which shall be adopted by the
commission.  The period of reduction may be renewed by the commission
upon reapplication by the county.  Any county that filed an
application or reapplication that was approved for a period of up to
12 months by the commission on or before December 31, 1996, shall be
deemed to have had that application or reapplication approved for a
period of 36 months.  If the period of financial distress is delayed
by court action, the period shall be tolled during that delay.
   (c) As part of the decisionmaking process, the commission shall
notice and hold a public hearing on the county's application or
reapplication in the county of application.  The commission shall
provide a 30-day notice of the hearing in the county of application
or reapplication.  The commission shall notify the applicant county
of its preliminary decision within 60 days after receiving the
application and final decision within 90 days after receiving the
application.  If a county files an application while another county's
application is pending, the commission may extend both the
preliminary decision period up to 120 days and the final decision
period up to 150 days from the date of the application and any
current period of significant financial distress of the applicant
county that has been set pursuant to subdivision (b) shall be
extended for the same period.
   (d) This section shall not be construed to eliminate the
requirement that a county provide aid pursuant to Section 17000.
   (e) Any standard of aid adopted pursuant to this section shall
constitute a sufficient standard of aid.
   (f) A county board of supervisors may continue the standard of aid
adopted under this section beyond the period in subdivision (b),
irrespective of whether the county has applied for or received a
renewal of the authority to reduce aid as permitted by subdivision
(b), provided the county acts in accordance with all of the
following:
   (1) The county may not prohibit an employable individual from
receiving aid under this part for less than six months in a 12-month
period, whether or not the months are consecutive.  If an employable
individual has taken and continues to take all steps to apply for
appropriate positions and has not refused an offer of employment
without good cause, a county shall extend aid until the individual
has received aid for nine months in a 12-month period.  The time
limit provided in this paragraph shall begin for each employable
individual at the time the employable individual is enrolled in the
mandatory welfare-to-work program set forth in paragraph (2).
   (2) The county shall, within six months of the county's
implementation of this subdivision, require employable individuals to
participate while on aid under this part in services equivalent to
the welfare-to-work program provided for pursuant to Article 3.2
(commencing with Section 11320) of Chapter 2 of Part 3.  Employable
individuals shall participate in this program as a condition of
eligibility for aid under this part.
   (3) This subdivision shall not be construed to give preference to
recipients of benefits under this part for welfare-to-work services
under Article 3.2 (commencing with Section 11320) of Chapter 2 of
Part 3.
   (g) The commission may adopt emergency regulations for the
implementation of this section.



17001.  The board of supervisors of each county, or the agency
authorized by county charter, shall adopt standards of aid and care
for the indigent and dependent poor of the county or city and county.



17001.5.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including,
but not limited to, Section 17000.5, the board of supervisors of
each county, or the agency authorized by the county charter, may do
any of the following:
   (1) (A) Adopt residency requirements for purposes of determining a
persons' eligibility for general assistance.  Any residence
requirement under this paragraph shall not exceed 15 days.
   (B) Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to authorize the
adoption of a requirement that an applicant or recipient have an
address or to require a homeless person to acquire an address.
   (2) (A) Establish a standard of general assistance for applicants
and recipients who share housing with one or more unrelated persons
or with one or more persons who are not legally responsible for the
applicant or recipient.  The standard of general assistance aid
established pursuant to Section 17000.5 for a single adult applicant
or recipient may be reduced pursuant to this paragraph by not more
than the following percentages, as appropriate:
   (i) Fifteen percent if the applicant or recipient shares housing
with one other person described in this subparagraph.
   (ii) Twenty percent if the applicant or recipient shares housing
with two other persons described in this subparagraph.
   (iii) Twenty-five percent if the applicant or recipient shares
housing with three or more other persons described in this paragraph.

   (B) Any standard of aid adopted pursuant to this paragraph shall
constitute a sufficient standard of aid for any recipient who shares
housing.
   (C) Counties with shared housing reductions larger than the
amounts specified in subparagraph (A) as of August 19, 1992, may
continue to apply those adjustments.
   (3) Discontinue aid under this part for a period of not more than
180 days with respect to any recipient who is employable and has
received aid under this part for three months if the recipient
engages in any of the following conduct:
   (A) Fails, or refuses, without good cause, to participate in a
qualified job training program, participation of which is a condition
of receipt of assistance.
   (B) After completion of a job training program, fails, or refuses,
without good cause, to accept an offer of appropriate employment.
   (C) Persistently fails, or refuses, without good cause, to
cooperate with the county in its efforts to do any of the following:

   (i) Enroll the recipient in a job training program.
   (ii) After completion of a job training program, locate and secure
appropriate employment for the recipient.
   (D) For purposes of this paragraph, lack of good cause may be
demonstrated by a showing of any of the following:
   (i) The willful failure, or refusal, of the recipient to
participate in a job training program, accept appropriate employment,
or cooperate in enrolling in a training program or locating
employment.
   (ii) Not less than three separate acts of negligent failure of the
recipient to engage in any of the activities described in clause
(i).
   (4) Prohibit an employable individual from receiving aid under
this part for more than three months in any 12-month period, whether
or not the months are consecutive.  This paragraph shall apply to aid
received on or after the effective date of this paragraph.  This
paragraph shall apply only to those individuals who have been offered
an opportunity to attend job skills or job training sessions.
   (5) Notwithstanding paragraph (3), discontinue aid to, or
sanction, recipients for failure or refusal without good cause to
follow program requirements.  For purposes of this subdivision, lack
of good cause may be demonstrated by a showing of either (A) willful
failure or refusal of the recipient to follow program requirements,
or (B) not less than three separate acts of negligent failure of the
recipient to follow program requirements.
   (b) (1) The Legislative Analyst shall conduct an evaluation of the
impact of this section on general assistance recipients and
applicants.
   (2) The evaluation required by paragraph (1) shall include, but
need not be limited to, all of the following:
   (A) The impact on the extent of homelessness among applicants and
recipients of general assistance.
   (B) The rate at which recipients of general assistance are
sanctioned by county welfare departments.
   (C) The impact of the 15-day residency requirement on applicants
or recipients of general assistance, including how often the
requirement is invoked.
   (3) The Legislative Analyst shall, in the conduct of the study
required by this section, consult with the State Department of Social
Services, the County Welfare Directors Association, and
organizations that advocate on behalf of recipients of general
assistance.
   (c) A county may provide aid pursuant to Section 17000.5 either by
cash assistance, in-kind aid, a two-party payment, voucher payment,
or check drawn to the order of a third-party provider of services to
the recipient.  Nothing shall restrict a county from providing more
than one method of aid to an individual recipient.



17001.51.  (a) A county may require adult applicants and recipients
of benefits under the general assistance program to undergo screening
for substance abuse when it is determined by the county that there
is reasonable suspicion to believe that an individual is dependent
upon illegal drugs or alcohol.  The county shall maintain
documentation of this finding.
   (b) A county may require as a condition of aid reasonable
participation in substance abuse or alcohol treatment programs for
persons screened pursuant to subdivision (a) and professionally
evaluated to be in need of treatment, if the services are actually
available at no charge to the applicant or recipient.



17001.6.  (a) To the extent not inconsistent with federal law, a
county may require the legal sponsor of an alien general assistance
recipient to sign a written agreement to repay any aid provided to
the alien during the period of time during which the sponsor has
agreed, in writing, to provide for the alien.
   (b) Upon request of the board of supervisors, the district
attorney or any other civil legal officer may maintain an action
against the legal sponsor of an alien to recover, for the county, the
aid provided the alien during the period described in subdivision
(a) and to secure an order requiring payment of any sums that may
become due in the future.
   (c) For purposes of enforcing this section, a county may seek and
employ all remedies otherwise authorized by this part.
   (d) This section shall not be construed to authorize a county to
penalize a recipient of general assistance, or to otherwise deny,
curtail, or modify the general assistance provided a recipient unless
otherwise provided in the county general assistance program
standards and requirements.



17001.7.  (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 an alien 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.
   (B) The amount determined under subparagraph (A) shall be reduced
by an amount equal to the following:
   (i) One hundred seventy-five dollars (5), or 20 percent of the
total of any amounts received by the sponsor and the sponsor's spouse
in that month as wages or salary or as net earnings from
self-employment, plus the full amount of any costs incurred by them
in producing self-employment income in that month, whichever is less.

   (ii) The amount of maximum aid established pursuant to Section
11450 for a family of the same size and composition as the sponsor
and those other individuals living in the same household as the
sponsor who are claimed by the sponsor as dependents for purposes of
determining the sponsor's federal personal income tax liability, but
whose needs are not taken into account in making a determination for
eligibility for Aid to Families with Dependent Children program under
Section 602(a)(7) of Title 42 of the United States Code.
   (iii) Any amounts paid by the sponsor or the sponsor's spouse to
individuals not living in the sponsor's household who are claimed by
the sponsor as dependents for purposes of determining the sponsor's
federal personal income tax liability.
   (iv) Any payments of spousal or child support by the sponsor or
the sponsor's spouse with respect to individuals not living in the
sponsor's household.
   (2) The amount of resources of a sponsor and the sponsor's spouse
that shall be deemed to be the resources of an alien for any month
shall be the total amount of resources determined as if the sponsor
were applying for general assistance under this chapter of the
sponsor and the sponsor's spouse, if the spouse is living with the
sponsor, and in accordance with the standards adopted by the county
or city and county, reduced by one thousand five hundred dollars
(,500).
   (c) Any sponsor of an alien, and the alien, shall be jointly and
severally liable for an amount equal to any overpayment of aid made
to the alien during the period of three years after the alien's entry
into the United States, on account of the sponsor's failure to
provide correct information under this section, except where that
sponsor was without fault, or where good cause of that failure
existed.
   (d) In any case where a person is the sponsor of two or more
aliens who are living in the same home, the income and resources of
the sponsor and the sponsor's spouse, to the extent they would be
deemed the income and resources of any one of these aliens under
subdivisions (a) to (c), inclusive, shall be divided into two or more
equal shares, the number of shares being the same as the number of
these aliens, and the income and resources of each of those aliens
shall be deemed to include one share.
   (e) As a condition to providing aid pursuant to this chapter, the
county or city and county may require the alien to provide the name
and address of the alien's sponsor and may require the alien or the
alien's sponsor to provide all information regarding the income and
assets of the sponsor and the sponsor's spouse necessary to enforce
this section.
   (f) The deeming of sponsor's and sponsor's spouse's income and
resources shall not apply to an alien whose sponsor has abandoned his
or her duty to support the alien.  For purposes of this section,
abandonment of the duty to support shall include, but not be limited
to, abuse, battery, neglect, or refusal to support.  Evidence of
abandonment may be demonstrated by documentary evidence or collateral
statements.
   (g) This section shall not apply to an alien to which any of the
following applies:
   (1) Admitted to the United States as a result of the application,
prior to April 1, 1980, of Section 1153(a)(7) of Title 8 of the
United States Code.
   (2) Admitted to the United States as a result of the application,
after March 31, 1980, of Section 1157(c) of Title 8 of the United
States Code.
   (3) Paroled into the United States as a refugee under Section 1182
(d)(5) of Title 8 of the United States Code.
   (4) Granted political asylum by the Attorney General of the United
States pursuant to Section 1158 of Title 8 of the United States
Code.
   (5) A Cuban or Haitian entrant, as defined in Section 501(e) of
the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-422).




17001.8.  (a) In adopting standards of aid for general assistance
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 determine, with regard to any alien whose entry into the
United States has been sponsored by an individual who, or an
organization which, executed an affidavit of support or similar
agreement with respect to the alien and who has become ineligible for
assistance pursuant to Section 11008.135, that the alien is
ineligible for aid for a period of five years after the alien's entry
into the United States, unless (1) the alien is a minor and the
sponsor, or the sponsor's spouse, is the parent of the alien child or
(2) the sponsoring person dies or the sponsoring organization ceases
to exist.
   (b) This section shall not apply with respect to any alien who is:

   (1) Admitted to the United States as a result of the application,
prior to April 1, 1980, of the provisions of Section 1153 (c) of
Title 8 of the United States Code.
   (2) Admitted to the United States as a result of the application,
after March 31, 1980, of Section 1157(c) of Title 8 of the Unites
States Code.
   (3) Paroled into the United States under Section 1182(d)(5) of
Title 8 of the United States Code.
   (4) Granted political asylum by the United States Attorney General
under Section 1158 of Title 8 of the United States Code.
   (5) A Cuban or Haitian entrant, as defined in Section 501(e) of
the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-422).
   (c) This section shall become operative on the effective date of
federal law that prohibits providing assistance to sponsored aliens,
and shall remain operative only as long as that federal law remains
in effect.  The Director of Social Services shall determine the
operative dates of this section pursuant to this subdivision and
shall execute a declaration, that shall be retained by the director,
that sets forth the operative date or termination date.



17001.9.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part:
   (1) As a condition of providing nonemergency medical care to an
indigent and dependent adult resident of the county, other than an
involuntary detainee or prisoner, who is a sponsored alien, a county
may require that the legal sponsor of the alien sign a written
agreement to repay any aid provided to the alien during the period of
time during which the sponsor has agreed, in writing, to provide for
the alien.
   (2) To the extent not inconsistent with federal law, if a county
has provided emergency medical care to an indigent and dependent
adult resident of the county, other than an involuntary detainee or
prisoner, who is a sponsored alien, and that care was provided during
the period during which the sponsor has agreed, in writing, to
provide for the alien, the county may recover the reasonable cost of
that care from the sponsor of that alien.  If the county is required
to take legal action to enforce this right to recovery, the written
promise to provide for the alien shall be considered, under state
law, to be the equivalent of a written contract to pay for that
medical care.
   (3) No county shall be required to provide medical care to any
sponsored alien who is eligible, with or without a share of cost, for
participation in the California Medical Assistance (Medi-Cal)
program.
   (b) This section shall not apply if the sponsoring person dies or
the sponsoring organization ceases to exist.
   (c) This section shall not apply with respect to any alien who is:

   (1) Admitted to the United States as a result of the application,
prior to April 1, 1980, of the provisions of Section 1153 (c) of
Title 8 of the United States Code.
   (2) Admitted to the United States as a result of the application,
after March 31, 1980, of Section 1157(c) of Title 8 of the Unites
States Code.
   (3) Paroled into the United States under Section 1182(d)(5) of
Title 8 of the United States Code.
   (4) Granted political asylum by the United States Attorney General
under Section 1158 of Title 8 of the United States Code.
   (5) A Cuban or Haitian entrant, as defined in Section 501(e) of
the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-422).
   (6) A minor and the sponsor or the sponsor's spouse is the parent
of the alien child.
   (d) This section shall become operative on the effective date of
federal law that prohibits providing Medi-Cal assistance to sponsored
aliens, and shall remain operative only as long as federal law
remains in effect.  The Director of Health Services shall determine
the operative dates of this section pursuant to this subdivision and
shall execute a declaration, that shall be retained by the director,
that sets forth the operative date or termination date.




17002.  The boards of supervisors may establish almshouses and
county farms, prescribe rules and regulations for their government
and management, and appoint the necessary officers and employees
thereof, who shall hold office during the pleasure of the board.




17003.  Every county may give such emergency relief to dependent
nonresidents as the respective boards of supervisors deem necessary.



17004.  If no other funds are available for the purpose, a county
may incur all necessary expenses in transporting a nonresident
indigent to another state or county, when information at hand
reasonably tends to show that the person has a legal residence in
such state or county.



17005.  If a dispute occurs between counties as to the
responsibility for an indigent, either county may submit the dispute
to the department.  The decision of the department thereon shall be
final.


17006.  (a) The board of supervisors of every county as a board, or
by committee or by any person or society as it may authorize, shall
investigate every application for relief from the funds of the
county, shall supervise by periodic visitation every person receiving
that relief, shall devise ways and means for bringing persons unable
to maintain themselves to self-support, and shall keep full and
complete records of the investigation, supervision, relief, and
rehabilitation as shall be prescribed by the department.  These
records shall be confidential and shall not be open to examination or
inspection, except by the grand jury of the county or by a board or
an officer of the state or the county charged with the supervision or
direction of that relief or with the control or expenditure of funds
applicable to that relief.  Any citizen shall be entitled to demand
and receive from the board, officer, committee, person, or society
having custody of these records a statement of the amount, character,
and value of the relief received by any person.
   (b) (1) This section shall not be construed to prohibit an
employee of a county welfare department from disclosing confidential
information concerning a public social services applicant or
recipient to a state or local law enforcement agency investigating or
gathering information regarding a criminal act committed in a
welfare department office, a criminal act against any county or state
welfare worker, or any criminal act witnessed by any county or state
welfare worker while involved in the administration of public social
services at any location.  Further, this section shall not be
construed to prohibit an employee of a county welfare department from
disclosing confidential information concerning a public social
services applicant or recipient to a state or local law enforcement
agency investigating or gathering information regarding a criminal
act intentionally committed by an applicant or recipient against any
off-duty county or state welfare worker in retaliation for an act
performed in the course of the welfare worker's duty when the person
committing the offense knows or reasonably should know that the
victim is a state or county welfare worker.
   (2) For purposes of this subdivision, "criminal act" means only an
act that is in violation of state or local law.
   (3) Disclosure of confidential information pursuant to this
subdivision shall be limited to the applicant's name, physical
description, and address.



17006.5.  (a) Notwithstanding Section 17006, the board, officer,
committee, person, or society having custody of the records cited in
Section 17006 may disclose to any law enforcement agency:
   (1) The name, address, birthdate, social security number, physical
description, and physical whereabouts of any person receiving
relief, if a warrant has been issued for the arrest of the person for
the commission of a felony or misdemeanor.
   The board, officer, committee, person, or society having custody
of the records may release the information specified by this
subdivision to any law enforcement agency upon a written request from
the agency specifying that a warrant of arrest for the commission of
a felony or misdemeanor has been issued as to the applicant or
recipient.  This request may be made only by the head of the law
enforcement agency or by an employee of the agency so authorized and
identified by name and title by the head of the agency, in writing,
to the county welfare department.  It is the intent of this section
that a county welfare department shall notify all applicants of
public social services that release of confidential information of
their records will not be protected if there is a felony or
misdemeanor arrest warrant against the applicant.  A recipient of
public social services shall be notified at the time of renewal of
his or her application for relief of release of confidential
information if there is a felony or misdemeanor arrest warrant issued
against the recipient.
   (2) The name, address, telephone number, birthdate, social
security number, physical description, and physical whereabouts of
any person receiving relief upon request of any law enforcement
agency specifying that the person is deceased and that the agency is
otherwise unable to adequately identify the person.
   (3) (A) If in any of the circumstances specified in subparagraph
(B), a county welfare department learns that a misdemeanor or felony
arrest warrant has been issued for that individual, the county
welfare department may report the physical whereabouts of, and other
information authorized by this section pertaining to, the applicant
or recipient to the appropriate law enforcement agency.
   (B) The disclosure of information authorized by subparagraph (A)
may be made only if knowledge of the outstanding warrant comes to the
attention of the county welfare department as a result of an
unsolicited disclosure in one of the following circumstances:
   (i) It is received in the process of obtaining or reviewing an
application for public social services.
   (ii) It is received through a regular investigation for the
purposes of determining or reviewing eligibility for public social
services.
   (iii) It is received from an independent source.
   (b) This section shall not be construed to authorize the release
of a general list identifying individuals applying for or receiving
public relief.


17007.  No fee shall be charged by any public officer for filing any
petition for guardianship or conservatorship under the provisions of
Section 17403, or for any official act done or necessary in the
course thereof, except that a county employee acting as such guardian
or conservator shall be entitled to such costs therefor as will
reimburse him in full for moneys advanced by him in such guardianship
or conservatorship.
   Where a county officer or employee is appointed and acts as such
guardian or conservator, the board of supervisors may, by resolution,
order that expenses necessary in the conduct of the guardianship or
conservatorship and any necessary premiums on the bond of the
guardian or conservator be advanced by the county to such guardian or
conservator, and such expenses shall be a charge against the county,
but the county shall be reimbursed out of any funds or property of
the estate of the ward or conservatee.



17008.  In cases in which an indigent has an interest in the real
property upon which he resides, a county may allow an amount that
would otherwise be included in his budget for rentals, when such
amount is necessary and will be used entirely for the purpose of
preserving so far as possible the retention of such interest to
provide a place of residence for the indigent.



17009.  The board of supervisors may provide for the burial or
cremation of the indigent dead and may provide for the maintenance of
the graves of such dead.


17012.5.  An individual ineligible for aid under Chapter 2
(commencing with Section 11200) of Part 3 pursuant to Section
11251.3, who is a member of an assistance unit receiving aid under
that chapter, shall also be ineligible for non-health-care benefits
under this part.



17015.  (a) Subject to subdivision (b), the board of supervisors of
each county or the agency authorized by county charter may deny
eligibility for aid under this part to any person who is found by a
federal or state court, or pursuant to a special administrative
hearing meeting the requirements of the United States Department of
Health and Human Services, including any determination made on the
basis of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, to have done any of the
following acts for the purpose of establishing or maintaining the
family's eligibility for aid under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section
11200) of Part 3, Article 5 (commencing with Section 12200) of
Chapter 3 of Part 3, or Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 18900) of
Part 6, or increasing, or preventing a reduction in, the amount of
that aid:
   (1) Making a false or misleading statement or misrepresenting,
concealing, or withholding facts.
   (2) Committing any act intended to mislead, misrepresent, conceal,
or withhold facts or propound a falsity.
   (b) A period of ineligibility imposed pursuant to subdivision (a)
shall be limited to the period of ineligibility imposed by the court
or administrative agency in the procedure described in subdivision
(a).


17016.  (a) An individual shall not be eligible for aid under this
part if he or she is either:
   (1) Fleeing to avoid prosecution, or custody and confinement after
conviction, under the laws of the place from which the individual is
fleeing, for a crime or an attempt to commit a crime that is a
felony under the laws of the place from which the individual is
fleeing, or which, in the case of the State of New Jersey, is a high
misdemeanor under the laws of that state.
   (2) Violating a condition of probation or parole imposed under
federal law or the law of any state.
   (b) Subdivision (a) shall not apply with respect to conduct of an
individual for any month beginning after the President of the United
States grants a pardon with respect to the conduct.



17020.  Any person who is eligible for aid under Chapter 2
(commencing with Section 11200) of Part 3 shall not be eligible for
monthly payments provided pursuant to this part if the maximum
payment standard established by a county pursuant to Section 17001
exceeds the payment level established pursuant to subdivision (a) of
Section 11450.



17021.  (a) Any individual who is not eligible for aid under Chapter
2 (commencing with Section 11200) of Part 3 as a result of the
60-month limitation specified in subdivision (a) of Section 11454
shall not be eligible for aid or assistance under this part until all
of the children of the individual on whose behalf aid was received,
whether or not currently living in the home with the individual, are
18 years of age or older.
   (b) Any individual who is receiving aid under Chapter 2
(commencing with Section 11200) of Part 3 on behalf of an eligible
child, but who is either ineligible for aid or whose needs are not
otherwise taken into account in determining the amount of aid to the
family pursuant to Section 11450 due to the imposition of a sanction
or penalty, shall not be eligible for aid or assistance under this
part.
   (c) This section shall not apply to health care benefits provided
under this part.



17030.  Nothing in Section 10000, 17000, or 17001 or any other
provision of law shall require any county or city and county to
provide or pay for a service reduced or eliminated from the Medi-Cal
program, pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 14000) or
Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 14200) of Part 3, to a person
otherwise eligible to receive services under the Medi-Cal program.



17030.1.  Nothing in Section 10000, 17000, or 17001 or any other
provision of law shall require any county or city and county to
provide or pay for a service reduced or eliminated from the Medi-Cal
program, pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 14000) or
Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 14200) of Part 3, to a person
otherwise eligible for care pursuant to this part.