Individuals with disabilities: direct benefit payments.
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Two Thirds
Fiscal committee
No
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No
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- Introduced
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Overview
This constitutional amendment aims to protect direct benefit payments for individuals with disabilities in California. It requires that any bill reducing these payments must be passed as an urgency statute and cannot include unrelated provisions. The amendment specifically applies to four state programs: the State Supplementary Program, the Cash Assistance Program for Legal Immigrants, disability compensation under the Unemployment Insurance Code, and temporary/permanent disability indemnity payments under the Labor Code. The amendment is designed to ensure stability and predictability in these vital benefits.
Key provisions
- Any bill reducing direct benefit payments to individuals with disabilities must be passed as an urgency statute.
- The bill cannot include unrelated provisions.
- The amendment applies to the State Supplementary Program for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled.
- The amendment applies to the Cash Assistance Program for Aged, Blind, and Disabled Legal Immigrants.
- The amendment applies to disability compensation under the Unemployment Insurance Code.
- The amendment applies to temporary and permanent disability indemnity payments under the Labor Code.
- The amendment is self-executing, meaning it can be directly enforced by the courts.
- Any invalid portions of the amendment can be severed without affecting the rest.
Who is affected
- Individuals with disabilities
- Recipients of the State Supplementary Program
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