Item 00-09-01F

California Department of Social Services - State Hearings Division
Notes from the Training Bureau - September 14, 2000

Item 00-09-01F
CDSS ACL 00-45 -- July 13, 2000 (Synopsis): Pregnancy Special Needs Payments

Pregnancy Special Needs Payments

Reference: W&IC §11450; MPP §§44-211.63 and .64

Effective immediately, a CalWORKs recipient is eligible for a pregnancy special need payment as soon as she provides medical verification of pregnancy. Eligibility will continue for the duration of the pregnancy. The CalWORKs recipient may thus receive the pregnancy special need payment in the early months of pregnancy. Regulations will be modified to reflect this change.

A sanctioned or penalized pregnant woman is not entitled to the pregnancy special need payment