California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 11402.6

WIC § 11402.6 Effective Jun 27, 2012Div. 9 · Part 3 · Ch. 2 · Art. 5

Statute text

(a)The federal government has provided the state with the option of including in its state plan children placed in a private facility operated on a for-profit basis.

(b)For children for whom the county placing agency has exhausted all other placement options, notwithstanding subdivision (h) of Section 11400 and subject to Section 15200.5, a child who is otherwise eligible for federal financial participation in the AFDC-FC payment shall be eligible for aid under this chapter when the child is placed in a for-profit child care institution and meets all of the following criteria, which shall be clearly documented in the county welfare department case file:

(1)The child has extraordinary and unusual special behavioral or medical needs that make the child difficult to place, including, but not limited to, being medically fragile, brittle diabetic, having severe head injuries, a dual diagnosis of mental illness and substance abuse or a dual diagnosis of developmental delay and mental illness.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 35, Sec. 82. (SB 1013) Effective June 27, 2012.