SECTIONS 12150-12156 - California Statutes

WELFARE AND INSTITUTIONS CODE

SECTION 12150-12156

12150. Persons who are receiving federal supplemental security
income benefits, or who but for their income, are eligible to receive
such benefits under Title XVI of the Social Security Act, or who are
made eligible for supplemental benefits by other provisions of this
chapter are entitled to receive state supplementation pursuant to
this chapter.

12152. In determining eligibility of any individual for the state
supplementary payment administered by the federal government, in
addition to any other income or resources disregarded by the
secretary, the following additional amounts of income or resources of
the individual shall be disregarded:
(a) Funds for readers, or educational scholarships, or both, which
are not available to meet basic needs and which have been awarded by
a high school, college, or university or a vocational or technical
training institution to any recipient of aid to the aged, blind or
disabled under this chapter due to his or her blindness while he or
she is regularly attending any public school in this state, the
University of California, or any other institution of higher learning
in this state, shall not be deemed property, income, or resource of
the recipient for any purpose and no deduction therefor shall be made
from the recipient's amount of aid.
(b) The value and the occupancy value of the home owned by the
aged, blind or disabled individual or in combination with any other
person if it serves to provide him or her with a home. In the event
that this subdivision is in conflict with federal regulations
pertaining to the value of such home, federal law shall supersede
this subdivision with the respect to the value of such home. Persons
who would otherwise be eligible under this chapter except for the
value of their home, shall nevertheless be entitled to grants under
this chapter at the same level as are established for persons whose
home is within the federal home value limits. Payments for such
persons shall, if federal law permits, be administered by the
secretary. If federal law does not so permit, such grants shall be
paid by the counties, and the costs, including administrative costs,
shall be deducted from the individual county's contribution required
under Section 12400.
(c) Additional payments made from any source to a vendor in order
to meet the needs of recipients as determined by the county welfare
department.
(d) Any other exclusions provided for in Chapter 4 (commencing
with Section 12500) and Chapter 6.5 (commencing with Section 13900).
(e) The value of the following items in the aggregate except that
any amount paid in excess of one thousand eight hundred dollars
($1,800) or the dollar limit imposed by federal law, whichever is
lower, shall not be disregarded:
(1) Money or securities placed in an irrevocable trust for
funeral, cremation, or interment expenses with any of the trustees
mentioned in Section 7736 of the Business and Professions Code or
Section 8775 of the Health and Safety Code.
(2) Money or securities placed in an irrevocable trust created by
a deposit in an insured savings institution made by one person of his
or her own money in his or her own name as trustee for a funeral
director to provide payment for funeral services rendered the funeral
director upon the depositor's death.
(3) Life or burial insurance purchased specifically for funeral,
cremation, or interment expense, which is placed in an irrevocable
trust or which has no loan or surrender value available to the
recipient.
(4) Securities issued by a licensed cemetery authority which by
their terms are convertible into payment for funeral, cremation, or
interment expenses.
(f) Interment plots as defined in Section 7022 of the Health and
Safety Code.

12153. To the extent permitted by federal law, any recipient who
meets the eligibility criteria of more than one classification of
recipient described under this chapter as aged, blind or disabled,
shall be permitted to select his classification of coverage.

12156. In determining, for purposes of this chapter, whether an
individual is blind, there shall be an examination of such individual
by a physician skilled in the diseases of the eye or by an
optometrist, whichever the individual may select in accordance with
applicable federal law.