Guaranteed income payments: consideration as income or resources.
Vote required
Majority
Fiscal committee
No
Appropriation
No
Current location
Appropriations
Take action
Record your position on this measure.
Create an account to record your position, submit testimony, or contact your legislator.
Progress
Where this bill stands in the legislative process.
- Introduced
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Overview
This bill aims to ensure that guaranteed income payments received by individuals are not counted as income or resources when determining eligibility for various state and local benefit programs, such as CalWORKs, CalFresh, Medi-Cal, and others. It clarifies that these payments should not negatively impact an individual’s access to assistance. The bill also directs state agencies to seek federal waivers to implement these changes and removes a continuous appropriation for CalWORKs related to these provisions.
Key provisions
- Guaranteed income payments will not be considered income or resources for eligibility determinations under means-tested programs.
- The bill defines ‘guaranteed income payments’ to include payments from pilot programs and locally funded programs.
- The State Department of Social Services and Health Care Services must seek federal waivers to implement the changes.
- The bill removes a continuous appropriation for CalWORKs related to these provisions.
- It applies to programs including CalWORKs, CalFresh, Medi-Cal, General Assistance, Kin-GAP, AAP, and CAPI.
- It establishes a process for reimbursement to local agencies if the bill creates new mandates.
- It clarifies that benefits received under means-tested programs will not be considered income for determining eligibility for guaranteed income payments.
- It aligns with the California Constitution regarding state reimbursement for mandated costs.
Who is affected
Bill text
Read the latest version inline or switch to a previous version.
Text extraction is in progress. View the official source.
Sponsors
Official sponsors from legislative records.
2 on record
Primary sponsor
Cosponsor
Arguments
Reasons offered for and against this legislation.
Arguments in favor
No arguments in favor have been submitted.
Submit yoursArguments opposed
No arguments opposed have been submitted.
Submit yours