AB 337 — Foster care payments: reasonable travel reimbursement for school.

Summary

Existing law requires each county to provide cash assistance and other social services to needy families through the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program using federal Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) block grant program, state, and county funds. Existing law establishes the Aid to Families with Dependent Children-Foster Care (AFDC-FC) program, under which counties provide to foster care providers a per-child, per-month rate, established by the State Department of Social Services, for the care and supervision of the child or nonminor dependent placed with the provider. Existing law also requires counties to provide payment to an emergency caregiver who is not yet a foster care provider on behalf of a child or nonminor dependent placed in the home of the caregiver that is equivalent to that per-child, per-month rate. This bill would additionally require a county to provide to those emergency caregivers a payment to cover the cost of reasonable travel for the child to remain in the school in which the child or nonminor dependent is enrolled at the time of placement. The bill would also require a county, at the time of placement, or within 3 business days after identifying the school in which the child or nonminor dependent is enrolled, to notify an emergency caregiver if a child or nonminor dependent is eligible for that reasonable travel reimbursement, as specified, or notify a foster care provider if the provider is eligible to receive transportation reimbursement in addition to the basic rate. By expanding the duties of, and imposing new requirements on, counties, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Bill Text

• Amended 06/13/19 - Amended Senate Current pdf June 13, 2019
• Amended 05/16/19 - Amended Assembly pdf May 16, 2019
• Introduced 01/31/19 - Introduced pdf January 31, 2019
• AB337 View text html

Action History

1. August 30, 2019

   In committee: Held under submission.

2. August 12, 2019

   In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

3. June 25, 2019

   From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

4. June 13, 2019

   From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S.

5. June 06, 2019

   Referred to Com. on HUMAN S.

6. May 24, 2019

   In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

7. May 23, 2019

   Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1929.)

8. May 20, 2019

   Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

9. May 16, 2019

   Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

10. May 16, 2019

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (May 16).

11. March 20, 2019

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

12. March 13, 2019

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

13. March 13, 2019

    Coauthors revised.

14. February 11, 2019

    Referred to Com. on HUM. S.

15. February 01, 2019

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 3.

16. January 31, 2019

    Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

• Sharon Quirk-Silva · Primary
• Chang · Cosponsor
• Wilk · Cosponsor

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