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AB-4241 Aged, blind, and disabled persons; special circumstances reimbursements.(1989-1990)

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Assembly Bill No. 4241
CHAPTER 871

An act to amend Section 12553 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to public social services.

[ Filed with Secretary of State  September 14, 1990. Approved by Governor  September 12, 1990. ]

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


AB 4241, Connelly. Aged, blind, and disabled persons; special circumstances reimbursements.
Existing law provides for supplementary income payments to aged, blind, or disabled persons who are also eligible for assistance under the federal Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program, or who, but for their income, would be eligible for assistance under that federal program.
Under existing law, the state provides for additional payments to aged, blind, or disabled persons in special circumstances under the State Supplementary Program (SSP), including a recurring special need allowance for dog food of $30 per month to every blind recipient who has a guide dog.
This bill would increase that special need allowance to $40, and further increase that amount to $50 beginning July 1, 1991, would provide that the allowance shall be provided for blind or disabled recipients of benefits under the SSI and SSP programs, and would specify that the allowance shall be for guide dogs, signal dogs, or other service dogs, to pay for dog food and other costs associated with their care and maintenance.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:


SECTION 1.

 Section 12553 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is amended to read:

12553.
 (a)  Notwithstanding Section 12552, special circumstances shall also include the administration and payment by the department pursuant to this section of a recurring special need allowance to every eligible recipient who has a guide dog, signal dog, or other service dog, to pay for dog food and other costs associated with the dog’s care and maintenance.
(b)  Beginning January 1, 1991, the special need allowance shall be forty dollars ($40) per month. Beginning July 1, 1991, this amount shall be increased to fifty dollars ($50) per month.
(c)  The department shall mail an application for the allowance to each eligible recipient. The application shall be upon a standard form prescribed by regulations of the department and containing a written declaration that the affirmation is made under penalty of perjury subject to prosecution as the crime of perjury under the Penal Code. The recipient or, if the recipient is incapable, another person as described in Section 11054 may make the affirmation. The department shall grant the special need allowance upon the basis of the affirmation by mailing a monthly warrant in the amount indicated in subdivision (b) to the recipient.
(d)  The county welfare department shall cooperate in assisting the recipient in completing his or her application for the special need allowance authorized by this section.
(e)  For purposes of this section, “eligible recipient” means any blind or disabled recipient of either or both of the following benefits:
(1)  Federal supplemental security income benefits provided pursuant to Subchapter 16 (commencing with Section 1381) of Chapter 7 of Title 42 of the United States Code.
(2)  Benefits provided under the State Supplementary Program pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 12000).