AB 146: Human services.

The bill aims to improve human services in California by requiring counties to have written program policies and make them available to the public. Counties must also implement and conduct county-level complaint resolution processes according to minimum requirements developed by the state department of social services. The bill would remove the requirement that recipients make their election verbally or in writing on the welfare-to-work plan. It would also make technical corrections to the provisions relating to the online appraisal tool and the alternative appraisal tool. The bill would revise the definition of "responsible public agency" to include all county adoption agencies responsible for making adoption assistance program determinations. It would also authorize the state department of social services to implement and administer the supplemental nutrition assistance program by mea…