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DIVISION 9. PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES 10000-18999.8›PART 6. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 18000-18999.8›CHAPTER 10.3. Cash Assistance Program for Aged, Blind, and Disabled Legal Immigrants 18937-18944

§ 18941

California Welfare and Institutions Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

(a) Benefits provided under this chapter shall be equivalent to the benefits provided under the SSI/SSP program, Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 12000) of Part 3, except that the schedules for individuals and couples shall be reduced ten dollars ($10) per individual and twenty dollars ($20) per couple per month.

(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), commencing on the date that the Supplemental Security Income benefits and/or State Supplementary Payment Program benefits provided in Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 12000) of Part 3 do not include the bonus value of food stamps, as described in subdivision (g) of Section 2015 of Title 7 of the United States Code, pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 18900.5, benefits provided under this chapter shall be equivalent to the benefits provided under the SSI/SSP program (Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 12000) of Part 3).

(c) The benefits authorized pursuant to subdivision (b) are not entitlement benefits and shall only be provided if funding is appropriated in the annual Budget Act for this purpose.

(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 35, Sec. 41. (AB 1811) Effective June 27, 2018.)

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