Section 14008.85.

(a) To the extent federal financial participation is available, a parent who is the principal wage earner shall be considered an unemployed parent for purposes of establishing eligibility based upon deprivation of a child where any of the following applies:

(1) The parent works less than 100 hours per month as determined pursuant to the rules of the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program as it existed on July 16, 1996, including the rule allowing a temporary excess of hours due to intermittent work.

(2) The total net nonexempt earned income for the family is not more than 100 percent of the federal poverty level as most recently calculated by the federal government. The department may adopt additional deductions to be taken from a family's income.

(3) The parent is considered unemployed under the terms of an existing federal waiver of the 100-hour rule for recipients under the program established by Section 1931(b) of the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 1396u-1).

(b) Notwithstanding Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, the department shall implement this section by means of an all-county letter or similar instruction without taking regulatory action. Thereafter, the department shall adopt regulations in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.

(c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2014, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2014, deletes or extends that date.

(Amended by Stats. 2013, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 4, Sec. 21. Effective September 30, 2013. Repealed as of January 1, 2014, by its own provisions.)