§ 12201.06

(a) Commencing January 1, 2017, the amount of aid paid pursuant to this article, in effect on December 31, 2016, less the federal benefit portion received under Part A of Title XVI of the federal Social Security Act, shall be increased by 2.76 percent.

(b) (1) Commencing January 1, 2022, the amount of aid paid pursuant to this article, in effect on December 31, 2021, less the federal benefit portion received under Part A of Title XVI of the federal Social Security Act, shall be increased by a percent increase, as determined by the State Department of Social Services and the Department of Finance that can be accomplished with two hundred ninety-one million two hundred eighty-seven thousand dollars ($291,287,000).

(2) The State Department of Social Services and the Department of Finance shall provide a notice to the Assembly and Senate Health and Human Services budget subcommittees, Assembly and Senate Human Services policy committees, and the Legislative Analyst’s Office of the final percent increase effectuated by the appropriation included in the Budget Act of 2021 for the purposes of implementing paragraph (1) 30 days prior to notifying the federal Social Security Administration to operationalize the grant increase in this subdivision.

(3) Subject to an appropriation in the Budget Act of 2022, commencing January 1, 2023, the amount of aid paid pursuant to this article, in effect on December 31, 2022, less the federal benefit portion received under Part A of Title XVI of the federal Social Security Act, shall be increased by a percent increase, as determined by the State Department of Social Services and the Department of Finance.

(4) The State Department of Social Services and the Department of Finance shall provide a notice to the Assembly and Senate Health and Human Services budget subcommittees, Assembly and Senate Human Services policy committees, and the Legislative Analyst’s Office of the final percent increase effectuated by the appropriation included in the Budget Act of 2022 for the purposes of implementing paragraph (3) 30 days before notifying the federal Social Security Administration to operationalize the grant increase in this subdivision.

(c) (1) Subject to an appropriation in the Budget Act of 2023, commencing January 1, 2024, the amount of aid paid pursuant to this article, in effect on December 31, 2023, less the federal benefit portion received under Part A of Title XVI of the federal Social Security Act, shall be increased by a percent increase, as determined by the State Department of Social Services and the Department of Finance.

(2) The State Department of Social Services and the Department of Finance shall provide a notice to the Assembly and Senate Health and Human Services budget subcommittees, Assembly and Senate Human Services policy committees, and the Legislative Analyst’s Office of the final percent increase effectuated by the appropriation included in the Budget Act of 2023 for the purposes of implementing paragraph (1) 30 days before notifying the federal Social Security Administration to operationalize the grant increase in this subdivision.

(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 43, Sec. 54. (AB 120) Effective July 10, 2023.)