California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 10618.5

WIC § 10618.5 Effective Jan 1, 2012Div. 9 · Part 2 · Ch. 2 · Art. 2

Statute text

(a)The county welfare department shall send any CalFresh applicant who is determined to be eligible for CalFresh benefits and who does not indicate on his or her application an interest in enrolling in the Medi-Cal program a copy of the notice developed pursuant to subdivision (b).

(b)(1) Each county welfare department shall develop a notice informing individuals identified pursuant to subdivision (a) that they may be entitled to receive Medi-Cal benefits and requesting their permission to use the information in the CalFresh recipient’s case file to make a determination of eligibility for the Medi-Cal program.

(2)The notice shall also include a request for permission to forward the information in the CalFresh recipient’s case file to the Healthy Families Program administrator for eligibility determination if the individual is determined to be eligible to participate in the Medi-Cal program with a share of cost, or is determined to be ineligible for Medi-Cal.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 227, Sec. 28. (AB 1400) Effective January 1, 2012.