Hunger Legislation Tracker - California Association of Food Banks

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Anti-Hunger Bills (2024):

AB 2150 (Arambula) – Public Benefits & Higher Education County Liaisons

This bill will require the California Department of Social Services to develop trainings and convene county human services agency staff liaisons to improve enrollment in public benefits programs for college students.

Patrocinador (es): CAFB

Posición: Apoyo

Estado: Referred to Assembly Committees on Higher Education (Hearing: April 16)

Texto de factura | Hoja de hechos | Template Letter of Support to Asm. Appropriations (due 4/26)

AB 2595 (L. Rivas) – Summer Caregiver Meals Pilot

This bill will pilot a program allowing summer meal sites to offer a meal to caregivers accompanying a child.

Patrocinador (es): CAFB

Posición: Apoyo

Estado: Referred to Assembly Committee on Appropriations, In the Suspense File

Texto de factura | Hoja de hechos | Template Letter of Support to Asm. Appropriations (due 4/26)

AB 1961 (Wicks) – End Hunger in California Act

This bill would convene the End Hunger in California Master Plan Task Force to develop whole of government, comprehensive recommendations to prevent hunger and ensure access to healthy, culturally relevant food for all.

Patrocinador (es): United Food and Commercial Workers, California Food and Farming Network, GRACE / End Child Poverty CA, CAFB

Posición: Apoyo

Estado: Referred to Assembly Committee on Agriculture (Hearing: April 24)

Texto de factura | Hoja de hechos | Sign-On Letter of Support to Asm. Agriculture (due 4/17)

AB 1968 (Jackson) – SSI & CalFresh

This bill would require county eligibility workers to regularly contact qualifying individuals who meet the eligibility requirements of the SSI/SSP to notify them of their estimated potential benefit for CalFresh, including through notice by mail.

Patrocinador (es): TBD

Posición: Apoyo

Estado: Referred to Assembly Committee on Appropriations (Hearing TBD)

Texto de factura | Hoja de hechos | Template Letter of Support to Asm. Appropriations (due 4/17)

AB 1975 (Bonta) – Medically Supportive Food and Nutrition

This bill will transition medically supportive food and nutrition (MSF&N) interventions from optional services in healthcare through CalAIM to permanent Medi-Cal benefits.

Patrocinador (es): Food as Medicine Collaborative, SPUR

Posición: Apoyo

Estado: Referred to Assembly Committee on Health (Hearing: April 16)

Texto de factura | Hoja de hechos | Template Letter of Support to Asm. Health (due 4/9)

AB 2033 (Reyes) – EBT on College Campuses

This bill would require at least one convenience or grocery store located on each campus of the California Community Colleges to accept the use of EBT cards.

Patrocinador (es): California Community Colleges Student Senate, Faculty Association of Community Colleges

Posición: Apoyo

Estado: Referred to Assembly Committee Human Services (Hearing: April 23).

Texto de factura | Hoja de hechos | Template Letter of Support to Human Services (due 4/17)

AB 2311 (Bennett) – Edible Food Recovery Grants

This bill would build on existing CalRecycle grant programs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by making the transportation of recovered edible food and the purchase or subscription to technology or software that improves the efficiency and tracking of edible food recovery eligible for grant funding.

Patrocinador (es): Author sponsored.

Posición: Apoyo

Estado: Referred to Assembly Committee on Appropriations, In the Suspense File

Texto de factura | Hoja de hechos | Template Letter of Support for Appropriations (due: 4/19)

SB 245 (Hurtado) / AB 311 (Santiago) – Food For All

This bill will provide state-funded nutrition benefits to all Californians ineligible for CalFresh solely due to their immigration status.

Patrocinador (es): California Immigrant Policy Center, Nourish California

Posición: Apoyo

Estado: Referred to Committees on Human Services (2-Year Bill).

SB 245 Bill Text / Hoja de hechos | AB 311 Bill Text / Hoja de hechos | Template Letters of Support (TBD)

SB 950 (Skinner) – Healthy Recovery and Reentry

This bill, among other things, would require the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to work with the federal government and other state departments to assist eligible incarcerated people to enroll in Medicaid/Medi-Cal, SSI, CalFresh and other programs as appropriate prior to the
person’s release into the community.

Patrocinador (es): Amity Foundation

Posición: Apoyo

Estado: Referred to Senate Committee on Appropriations (Hearing TBD)

Texto de factura | Hoja de hechos | Template Letter of Support to Sen. Appropriations(due: 4/19) | LSC Letter

SB 1254 (Becker) – The F.R.E.S.H. Act

This bill would require the State Department of Social Services to partner with the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and county jails to enroll eligible CalFresh applicants to ensure they can begin receiving benefits before reentry into the community from the state prison or county jail.

Patrocinador (es): Legal Services for Prisoners with Children-All of Us or None, Nourish California

Posición: Apoyo

Estado: Referred to Senate Committee on Public Safety (Hearing: April 23)

Texto de factura | Hoja de hechos | Template Letter of Support to Sen. Public Safety (due 4/15)

Anti-Poverty Bills (2024):

AB 2446 (Ortega) – Medi-Cal Coverage for Diapers

This bill would add diapers to the schedule of covered benefits under Medi-Cal for infants and toddlers with certain conditions. It would require the Department of Health Care Services to seek federal waivers to implement coverage for diapers under Medi-Cal.

Patrocinador (es): CAFB, GRACE/End Child Poverty

Posición: Apoyo

Estado: Referred to Assembly Appropriations (Hearing: 4/17)

Texto de factura | Hoja de hechos | Template Letter of Support to Asm. Appropriations (due 4/26)

AB 274 (Bryan) – Simplifying CalWORKs/CalFresh for College Students

This bill would exempt any grant, award, scholarship, loan, or fellowship benefit provided for educational purposes from consideration as income or resources for CalWORKs or CalFresh purposes.

Patrocinador (es): Coalition of California Welfare Rights Organizations, u*aspire, Western Center on Law & Poverty

Posición: Apoyo

Estado: Ordered to the Senate Floor (2-Year Bill).

Texto de factura | Hoja de hechos | Template Letter of Support (TBD)

AB 2241 (Alvarez) – Simplifying Public Benefits Reporting

This bill would require counties to accept a customer’s changes affecting their public social services through email.

Patrocinador (es): Coalition of California Welfare Rights Organizations, Western Center on Law & Poverty

Posición: Apoyo

Estado: Referred to Assembly Committee on Appropriations (Hearing TBD)

Texto de factura | Hoja de hechos | Template Letter of Support to Asm. Appropriations (due 4/19) | LSC Letter

AB 2956 (Boerner) – Protecting Medi-Cal Coverage for Families

This bill would Allow people to keep Medi-Cal coverage for a full 12 months, even if their income
changes during that period and would direct CA to seek approval to make federal Medi-Cal flexibilities permanent.

Patrocinador (es): The Children’s Partnership, Latino Coalition for a Healthy California, Western Center on Law & Poverty

Posición: Apoyo

Estado: Referred to Assembly Committee on Health (Hearing: April 16)

Texto de factura | Hoja de hechos | Template Letter of Support (due 4/10)

SB 59 (Skinner) – Equity, Period

A 2-year bill that would require free period products be offered in all women’s restrooms, all-gender restrooms, and in at least one men’s restroom in all state or state-leased buildings.

Patrocinador (es): IGNITE National, PERIOD.

Posición: Apoyo

Estado: In the Assembly, Held.

Texto de factura | Hoja de hechos | Template Letter of Support (TBD)

SB 953 (Menjivar) – Period Equity Now

This bill would add menstrual products to the schedule of covered benefits under Medi-Cal. It would require the Department of Health Care Services to seek federal waivers to implement coverage for menstrual products under Medi-Cal.

Patrocinador (es): Alliance for Period Supplies, IGNITE, What We All Deserve (WWAD)

Posición: Apoyo

Estado: Placed on Suspense File

Texto de factura | Hoja de hechos | Template Letter of Support to Senate Appropriations (due 4/5)

SB 1289 (Roth)

This bill would require DHCS, in concert with CDSS to create minimum standards for call centers funded with state funds.

Patrocinador (es): Coalition of California Welfare Rights Organizations, Western Center on Law & Poverty

Posición: Apoyo

Estado: Referred to Senate Committee on Health (Hearing: April 24)

Texto de factura | Hoja de hechos | Template Letter of Support to Sen. Health (Due 4/17 by 3pm) | LSC Letter

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