California Department of Social Services - State Hearings Division
Notes from the Training Bureau - May 10, 2010

In this version of the paraphrased regulations, there has been a reorganization of the older or obsolete AFDC/CalWORKs pararegs.   There are also additions and revisions to current pararegs in CalWORKs, Medi-Cal and IHSS.

This version of the paraphrased regulations provides 30 additions and four revisions to the paraphrased regulations. Nineteen paraphrased regulations have been deleted.  Additionally, 28 pararegs have been renumbered from an “S” number to a non-S number such as S026-2 to 026-2.  Seventeen pararegs have been renumbered from a non-S parareg to an S parareg such as 161-2 to S161-2. The “S” means “Superseded” and indicates that a regulation is no longer valid but was valid for an earlier period of time. 

There are 124 paraphrased regulations in AFDC or CalWORKs beginning with “S” that have been moved to one of two obsolete AFDC/CalWORKs files and there is an accompanying obsolete AFDC/CalWORKs index.

Several pararegs beginning with “S” remain in the current parareg files. Those that remain are highlighted in yellow for easier reference and so to avoid the mistake of citing it for a period of time that is no longer valid.  Those that remain were selected because it was determined that it was more likely that a judge would need to access such a parareg such as in the case of S121-1A regarding an AFDC overpayment from September 1991 through December 1997.

The pararegs that were moved to the obsolete file were moved because it was believed that it was unlikely that they needed to be accessed.  These pararegs can be accessed if necessary, however.

Other pararegs beginning with “S” were deleted altogether because they were duplicated elsewhere or because there was no chance that a judge would need to access them.

For those of you who use the cross-reference, the pararegs that are moved to the obsolete parareg files will remain in the cross-reference.  If you find an “S” parareg in the cross-reference, but cannot locate that parareg in the regular parareg file, please look at the obsolete file.

Some of the additions to the pararegs include:

• A reference to IHSS-Residual eligibility for non-citizens in All County Information Notice I-18-08.  This includes a discussion of sponsor deeming rules for those non-citizens who are not eligible for federal full-scope Medi-Cal.  Pararegs that reference ACIN I-18-08 are in the 561, 567 and 611 section of the paraphrased regulations.

• A reference to language access services for limited and non-English proficient individuals in All County Welfare Director’s Letter 10-03.  References to this ACWDL can be found in section 413 of the paraphrased regulations.  This ACWDL is very similar to All County Letter 03-56 found in the 013 section of the paraphrased regulations.  It includes requirement for the county to provide among other things, “translated NOAs and/or other written translated material mailings that have been required and provided by DHCS.”

• A reference to the Conlan II process for IHSS in All County Information Notice I-10-03.  In pertinent part, this ACIN states “In order to be considered for reimbursement, the recipient must have experienced an actual out-of-pocket expense for the excess share of cost.”  This ACIN can be found at pararegs 527-6 and 628-5.         

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