Section 11325.71.

(a) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 11325.7 and subdivision (e) of Section 11325.8, counties shall have the option to redirect funding, both from and to, the amounts appropriated for CalWORKs mental health employment assistance services and CalWORKs substance abuse treatment services, from and to other CalWORKs employment services that are necessary for individuals to participate in welfare-to-work activities. This section shall not be construed to limit a welfare-to-work participant's access to mental health or substance abuse treatment services that would otherwise be available under Section 11325.7 or 11325.8, to the extent the participant is not provided good cause or determined to be exempt from welfare-to-work requirements.

(b) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2014, and, as of January 1, 2015, is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, which becomes effective on or before January 1, 2015, deletes or extends that date on which it becomes inoperative and is repealed.

(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 47, Sec. 20. Effective June 27, 2012. Inoperative July 1, 2014. Repealed as of January 1, 2015, by its own provisions.)