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Committee advances bill to repeal CalWORKs immunization documentation penalty
Summary
SB 290 (listed as SB 2 90 in committee) would repeal the CalWORKs sanction that reduces aid when families lack acceptable immunization documentation for children; supporters said the penalty disproportionately harms low-income families and does not improve vaccination rates.
Senator Smallwood Cuevas presented SB 290 to the Assembly Human Services Committee, seeking to repeal the CalWORKs immunization penalty that reduces cash assistance when families cannot provide required immunization documentation.
The author said the penalty can reduce a family's grant by up to $235 monthly and that Sanctions disproportionately affect Black and Latina single-parent households who already face economic insecurity. She…
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