Section 14011.16.

(a) Commencing August 1, 2003, the department shall implement a requirement for beneficiaries to file semiannual status reports as part of the department's procedures to ensure that beneficiaries make timely and accurate reports of any change in circumstance that may affect their eligibility. The department shall develop a simplified form to be used for this purpose. The department shall explore the feasibility of using a form that allows a beneficiary who has not had any changes to so indicate by checking a box and signing and returning the form.

(b) Beneficiaries who have been granted continuous eligibility under Section 14005.25 shall not be required to submit semiannual status reports. To the extent federal financial participation is available, all children under 19 years of age shall be exempt from the requirement to submit semiannual status reports.

(c) For any period of time that the continuous eligibility period described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 14005.25 is reduced to six months, subdivision (b) shall become inoperative, and all children under 19 years of age shall be required to file semiannual status reports.

(d) Beneficiaries whose eligibility is based on a determination of disability or on their status as aged or blind shall be exempt from the semiannual status report requirement described in subdivision (a). The department may exempt other groups from the semiannual status report requirement as necessary for simplicity of administration.

(e) When a beneficiary has completed, signed, and filed a semiannual status report that indicated a change in circumstance, eligibility shall be redetermined.

(f) 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 all-county letters or similar instructions 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.

(g) This section shall be implemented only if and to the extent federal financial participation is available.

(h) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2014, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2014, deletes or extends that date.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. 3, Sec. 12. Effective September 30, 2013. Repealed as of January 1, 2014, by its own provisions.)