Section 10618.6.

(a) When a child in a foster care placement reaches his or her 16th birthday, and each year thereafter, while the child is under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, the county welfare department, county probation department, or if an automated process is available, the State Department of Social Services, shall request a consumer credit disclosure from each of the three major credit reporting agencies, pursuant to the free annual disclosure provision of the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act, on the child's behalf, notwithstanding any other law.

(b) For a nonminor dependent, the county welfare department or county probation department shall assist the young adult, on a yearly basis while the nonminor dependent is under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, with requesting the consumer credit disclosure from each of the three major credit reporting agencies, pursuant to the free annual disclosure provision of the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act.

(c) The county social worker or county probation officer shall ensure that the child or nonminor dependent receives assistance with interpreting the consumer credit disclosure and resolving any inaccuracies. The assistance may include, but is not limited to, referring the youth to a governmental or nonprofit agency that provides consumer credit services. Nothing in this section requires the social worker or probation officer to be the individual providing the direct assistance with interpreting the consumer credit disclosure or resolving the inaccuracies.

(d) Notwithstanding any other law, in order to request a consumer credit disclosure for youth described in subdivision (a), the county welfare department, county probation department, or if an automated process is available, the State Department of Social Services is authorized to release necessary information to a credit reporting agency.

(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 847, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2013.)