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AB-461 CalWORKs: welfare-to-work: self-employment.(2021-2022)



As Amends the Law Today


SECTION 1.

 Section 11322.82 is added to the Welfare and Institutions Code, to read:

11322.82.
 (a) For the purpose of calculating the number of hours a recipient is participating in welfare-to-work activities pursuant to Section 11322.8, the number of hours for self-employment activities shall be based solely on the number of hours the recipient is engaged in self-employment activities, as authorized pursuant to subdivision (i) of Section 11322.6.
(b) Notwithstanding the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code), the State Department of Social Services shall implement and administer, interpret, or make specific this section by means of all-county letters or similar written instructions from the department. These all-county letters or similar instructions shall have the same force and effect as regulations. The department shall issue an all-county letter no later than October 1, 2022.
SEC. 2.
 No appropriation pursuant to Section 15200 of the Welfare and Institutions Code shall be made for purposes of implementing this act.
SEC. 3.
 If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.