2011 California Code
Welfare and Institutions Code
DIVISION 9. PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES [10000 - 18996]
ARTICLE 5. Payment of Aid
Section 12200.02

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, and except as provided in subdivision (b), on the first day of the month following 90 days after enactment of the act that adds this section:

(1) The maximum aid payment for a married couple, in accordance with Section 12200, shall be reduced to equal the minimum amount required by the federal Social Security Act in order to maintain eligibility for federal funding under Title XIX of the federal Social Security Act, contained in Subchapter 19 (commencing with Section 1396) of Chapter 7 of Title 42 of the United States Code.

(2) (A) The maximum aid payment under this article for an individual, in accordance with Section 12200, shall be reduced by 0.6 percent.

(B) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), in no event shall payments under this paragraph be reduced below the level required by the federal Social Security Act in order to maintain eligibility for federal funding under Title XIX of the federal Social Security Act, contained in Subchapter 19 (commencing with Section 1396) of Chapter 7 of Title 42 of the United States Code.

(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the reductions required by this section shall not apply to payments made pursuant to subdivisions (e), (g), and (h) of Section 12200.

(Added by Stats. 2009, 4th Ex. Sess., Ch. 4, Sec. 25. Effective July 28, 2009.)