SECTIONS 10985 - California Statutes

WELFARE AND INSTITUTIONS CODE

SECTION 10985

10985. (a) Each city, county, or city and county, that operates a
jail, shall report twice each month to the department the name, known
aliases, birth date, social security number, and expected released
date, if known, of any person whose period of incarceration in jail
has exceeded 30 days. The report shall not include names previously
reported unless it is for a new period of incarceration.
(b) (1) The director may establish a uniform data format for the
reporting of the data required to be reported in subdivision (a).
(2) The director shall reimburse each reporting entity, except for
those entities seeking reimbursement pursuant to Part 7 (commencing
with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code,
at a rate of ten dollars for each unduplicated person reported
pursuant to subdivision (a).
(3) The state may make payments to local entities pursuant to
paragraph (1) or pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500)
of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code only for a name
previously reported by that entity if it is reported for a new period
of incarceration.
(4) The director shall annually determine the program savings to
the state that result from the reporting of names required by
subdivision (a). The annual Budget Act may provide for reimbursement
at a level below that provided in paragraph (2) if the savings are
not sufficient to offset the cost of the reimbursements.
(c) The director shall distribute information received pursuant to
subdivision (a) to departments of the state and federal government
and to local agencies that administer public benefits for which
incarceration affects eligibility, to ensure that public assistance
payments and other public benefits are not paid to persons who are
ineligible to receive those benefits based on incarceration, or whose
absence from the household would result in a recalculation of the
benefits of other members of the household. For the purpose of
reports to federal agencies under this section, the local jail shall
be considered the reporting institution.
(d) The director may suspend the reporting requirement established
in this section if the director determines that data available from
other sources provide timely information on the identity of jail
inmates that will ensure that public assistance payments and other
public benefits are not paid to ineligible persons.