California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 14005.13

WIC § 14005.13 Effective Jul 10, 2023Div. 9 · Part 3 · Ch. 7 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)Notwithstanding Section 14005.12, when an individual residing in a long-term care facility would incur a long-term care patient liability for services under this chapter due to income that exceeds that allowed for the incidental and personal needs of the individual, a specified portion of the individual’s earned income from therapeutic wages shall be exempt. Therapeutic wages are wages earned by the individual under all of the following conditions:

(1)A physician who does not have a financial interest in the long-term care facility in which the individual resides, and who is in charge of the individual’s case, prescribes work as therapy for the individual.

(2)The individual must be employed within the same long-term care facility where they reside.

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Legislative history

Amended (as amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 47, Sec. 74) by Stats. 2023, Ch. 42, Sec. 73. (AB 118) Effective July 10, 2023. Conditionally operative as prescribed by its own provisions. Conditionally inoperative on or after January 1, 2025, by its own provisions. Repealed January 1 following the inoperative date. See later operative version amended by Sec. 74 of Stats. 2023, Ch. 42.