It is hereby declared that provision for public social services in this code is a matter of statewide concern. The department is hereby designated as the single state agency with full power to supervise every phase of the administration of public social services, except health care services and medical assistance, for which grants-in-aid are received from the United States government or made by the state in order to secure full compliance with the applicable provisions of state and federal laws.

purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction heretofore exercised by the State Department of Health with respect to its disability determination function performed pursuant to Titles II and XVI of the federal Social Security Act; provided, however, that this paragraph shall not vest in the State Department of Social Services any power or authority over programs for aid or rehabilitation of mentally disordered or developmentally disabled persons administered by the State Department of State Hospitals or the State Department of Developmental Services.

The State Department of Social Services shall have possession and control of all records, papers, offices, equipment, supplies, moneys, funds, appropriations, land, and other property real or personal held for the benefit or use of the Director of Health or the Director of Benefit Payments in the performance of his duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction that are vested in the State Department of Social Services by Section 10600.1.

All officers and employees of the Director of Health or the Director of Benefit Payments who, on the operative date of the statute amending this section at the 1977 portion of the 1977–78 Regular Session of the Legislature, are serving in the state civil service, other than as temporary employees, and engaged in the performance of a function vested in the State Department of Social Services by Section 10600.1 shall be transferred to the State Department of Social Services. The status, positions, and rights of such persons shall not be affected by the transfer and shall be retained by them as officers and employees of the State Department of Social Services pursuant to the State Civil Service Act, except as to positions exempt from civil service.

The department may expend, in accordance with law, all moneys made available for its use or for the administration of any statute administered by it.

Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 621 et seq.).

parent organizations. The workgroup shall establish a work plan by which child and family service reviews shall be conducted pursuant to this section, including a process for qualitative peer reviews of case information.

coordination of efforts to improve outcomes for foster youth and families.

services delivery to achieve the measurable outcomes established pursuant to subdivision (d).

department’s progress in implementing the California child and family service reviews, including, but not limited to, the timelines for implementation, the process to be used, and any funding or staffing increases needed at the state or local level to implement the requirements of this section.

compliance review system shall be suspended to provide to the State Department of Social Services sufficient lead time to provide training and technical assistance to counties for the preparation necessary to transition to the new child and family service review system.

enables the county to access additional federal, state, and local funds from other available sources. However, a county’s ability to receive additional matching funds from these sources shall not be a determining factor in the allocation process established pursuant to this subdivision.

(A) The outcome and systemic factor measures contained in the federal

Department of Health and Human Services Child and Family Services Review Procedures Manual, Appendix B, Index of Outcomes and Systemic Factors, and Associated Items and Data Indicators, issued pursuant to Sections 1355.34(b) and 1355.34(c) of Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

(B) Information and other requirements necessary for the California Child and Family Service Review System, as required pursuant to this section.

(C) Monthly caseworker visits with a child in care.

(D) Timeliness to begin an investigation of allegations of child abuse or neglect.

(E) 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), other performance measures resulting from new federal mandates or court decrees as specified in an all-county letter issued by the department.

promising practices and use of data.

(ii) A description of the process by which the department and counties shall develop mutually agreed upon performance targets for improvement.

appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act or another statute for these purposes, the California Child and Family Service Review System shall include data from the Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) assessment tool, and may include other behavioral health data that is readily available to the department and determined by the department to be relevant. The department may consider feedback from relevant stakeholders, including, but not limited to, researchers, county representatives, advocates, and individuals with lived experience, in determining which additional relevant data to include.

The department shall investigate, examine and make reports upon:

No later than May 14, 2025, and no later than May 14 every year thereafter, the State Department of Social Services shall provide the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and the Senate and Assembly Budget committees with a proposed list of quality improvement activities, including funding totals by activity, that will be funded in the next fiscal year with federal Child Care and Development Funds pursuant to Section 98.53 of Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

The Employment Development Department shall investigate, examine, and make reports upon the public officers who are in any way responsible for the administration of public funds used for services which are administered by the Employment Development Department.

The department shall advise public officers regarding the administration of public social services by public agencies throughout the state, and shall supervise the administration of state public social services, except health care services and medical assistance, to all persons receiving or eligible to receive such state public social services. It shall also supervise the expenditure of any funds for Indian relief which may be granted to the state by the federal government.

In administering any funds appropriated or made available for disbursement through the counties for welfare purposes, the department shall:

shall be in writing and shall allow the county a specified period of time, not less than 30 days, to correct its failure to comply with the law or regulations. If within the specified period the county does not comply or provide reasonable assurances in writing that it will comply within the additional time as the director may allow, the director may take one or both of the following actions:

arguments respecting the proposed findings and decisions. Thereupon, the director shall make final findings and issue a final administrative decision.

of state and federal funds from the county until the county demonstrates to the director that it has complied.

the authorized representative shall not be subject to the authority of the board of supervisors.

(ii) In the event of a state-imposed sanction, the amount of the sanction

shall be no greater than the amount of county funds that the county would be required to contribute to fully match the state General Fund allocation for the particular program or programs for which the county is being sanctioned for those programs that are not Public Safety Programs realigned pursuant to 2011 realignment legislation.

(iii) In the event of a state-imposed sanction pursuant to this paragraph for the Public Safety Programs realigned pursuant to 2011 realignment legislation that are administered by the Department of Social Services, the amount of the sanction shall be no greater than the amount of funding originally provided to the county in the 2011–12 fiscal year for the particular program from the Protective Services Subaccount within the Support Services Account of the Local Revenue Fund 2011, as adjusted by the county’s share of the additional incremental funding provided pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (f) of Section

30027.5 of, paragraph (2) of subdivision (f) of Section 30027.6 of, paragraph (2) of subdivision (f) of Section 30027.7 of, and paragraph (2) of subdivision (f) of Section 30027.8 of, the Government Code, the estimated growth funding for the program from the Support Services Growth Subaccount within the Sales and Use Tax Growth Account, and any adjustment to the county allocation pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 30029.5 of the Government Code.

there is a risk of immediate harm to a minor, the department shall provide the county with at least 30-calendar days’ notice of the department’s intent to perform an audit or review. This notice shall include the intended purpose, scope, and timing of the audit or review.

notice required by paragraph (2) does not limit the authority of the department under federal or state law to examine other information or records should that become prudent or necessary during the course of the audit or review.

designated by the director to examine any disputed audit or review finding.

(A) Following the hearing, the hearing officer shall submit the proposed final audit or review of the findings to the director. The director may take any of the following actions:

(ii) Reject the proposed findings and have findings prepared based upon the documentation presented at the hearing.

(iii) Refer the matter back to the hearing officer to receive additional information and prepare new findings.

(B) The final audit or review of the findings shall include the county’s Statement of

Disputed Issues, including its accompanying documentation. The final audit or review of the findings shall be subject to judicial review.

the continued services required by law.

to the appropriate individual counties shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

to be eligible for the allocation pursuant to this subdivision shall be made based on claims for that fiscal year received by the department as of August 1 of the subsequent fiscal year to the fiscal year in which the federal disallowance or financial penalty is based.

(2).

the additional county share of federal disallowances or other financial penalties.

If the director believes that a county probation department is substantially failing to comply with any provision of this code or any regulation pertaining to the placement activities required to be performed by the probation department to ensure that the needs of wards in placements whose board and care is funded through the Aid to Families with Dependent Children-Foster Care program are met, and the director determines that formal action may be necessary to secure compliance, he or she shall inform the chief probation officer, the presiding judge of the juvenile court, and the board of supervisors of that failure. The notice to the chief probation officer, the presiding judge of the juvenile court, and board of supervisors shall be in writing and shall allow the

county probation department a specified period of time, not less than 30 days, to correct its failure to comply with the law or regulations. If within the specified period the county probation department does not comply or provide reasonable assurances in writing that it will comply within the additional time as the director may allow, the director may take one or both of the following actions:

Any county probation department that is found to be failing in a substantial manner to comply with the law or regulations pertaining to placement activities required to be performed by the probation department to ensure that the needs of wards in placement whose board and care is funded through the Aid to Families with Dependent Children-Foster Care program are met, may be enjoined by any court of competent jurisdiction. The court may make

orders or judgments as may be necessary to secure county probation department compliance.

If the director determines, based on the record established at the hearing, that the county probation department is failing to comply with the provisions of this code or the regulations pertaining to the placement activities required to be performed by the probation department to ensure that the needs of wards in placement funded through the Aid to Families with Dependent Children-Foster Care program are met, or if the State Personnel Board certifies to the director that a county probation department is not in conformity with established merit system

standards under Part 2.5 (commencing with Section 19800) of Division 5 of Title 2 of the Government Code, and that administrative sanctions are necessary to secure compliance, the director may invoke either of the following sanctions:

or her authorized representative shall have all of the powers and responsibilities of the chief probation officer with regard to placement requirements for wards whose board and care is funded through the Aid to Families with Dependent Children-Foster Care program, except that he or she shall not be subject to the authority of the board of supervisors.

In the event that the director invokes sanctions pursuant to this section, the county probation department shall be responsible for providing any funds as may be necessary for the continued fulfillment of placement activities as required by law and regulation for the placement of wards whose board and care is funded through the Aid to Families with Dependent Children-Foster Care program administered on behalf of the department in the county probation department. If a county probation department fails or refuses to provide these funds, including a sufficient amount to reimburse any and all costs incurred by the

department in performing the activities required for the placement of wards whose board and care is funded through the Aid to Families with Dependent Children-Foster Care program in the county probation department, the Controller may deduct an amount certified by the director as necessary for the continued operation of these programs by the department from any state or federal funds payable to the county probation department for any purpose.

Nothing in this section shall be construed as preventing a county probation department from seeking judicial review under Section 1094.5 of the Code of Civil Procedure of any final decision of the director made after a hearing conducted under this section. This review shall be the exclusive remedy available to the county probation department for review of the director’s decision.

Nothing in this section shall be construed as preventing the director from bringing an action for writ of

mandamus or any other action in court as may be appropriate to ensure that there is no interruption in the provision of benefits to any person eligible therefor under the provisions of this code or the regulations of the department.

(A) Endangers the

health or well-being of a child or children.

(B) Is contrary to existing statute or regulation.

(C) Is contrary to public policy.

for the placement and supervision of children and youth in foster care, including department social workers contracted by counties to perform direct adoption services.

(A) The total number of relevant disclosures received from social workers, including the month and year the disclosure was received.

(B) A summary description of both of the following:

(ii) The actions taken by the department in response to the disclosures.

The department shall cause to be published and made available, at no cost to the public, all of its rules and regulations relating to:

The department shall also provide at no cost such subscription service as may be necessary to assure prompt receipt of all additions and amendments to the rules and regulations of the department and digests of decisions compiled under Section 10964.

pursuant to this section and one readoption of emergency regulations shall be deemed an emergency and necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety, or general welfare. Initial emergency regulations and the one readoption of emergency regulations authorized by this section shall be exempt from review by the Office of Administrative Law. The initial emergency regulations and the one readoption of emergency regulations authorized by this section shall be submitted to the Office of Administrative Law for filing with the Secretary of State and each shall remain in effect for no more than 180 days, by which time final regulations may be adopted.

Welfare and Institutions Code and in Division 13 of the Family Code, the department may, after consultation with counties and other appropriate stakeholders, make rule changes by means of all-county letters of similar instructions from the department pending enactment of state legislation only when necessary to conform to newly enacted federal law and only when both of the following conditions exist:

(A) The newly enacted federal law does not provide for delayed implementation pending state legislation, and existing state law either:

(B) The rule change is necessary to retain or maximize federal financial participation that is impacted by the newly enacted federal law.