Cal. Code Regs. tit. 17 § 50233

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 45, November 8, 2024

Section 50233 - Major Unusual Expense Allowance

The Department of Developmental Services may allow claims for major unusual expenses which limit ability to pay and which will create hardship if a required payment should be imposed. Any qualified allowance shall be applied as an adjustment to reduce the gross family income used to determine parents' ability and level of payment. In determining what constitutes a major unusual expense, the Department of Developmental Services shall include for consideration, but not be limited to, the following factors:

1. Expenditures which consume a substantial portion of Gross Family Income;

2. An expenditure over which parents have no control, e.g., natural disaster, catastrophic uninsured casualty loss, death of an immediate family member, extreme medical expense.

Hardship, in this sense, implies that the result of imposing the monthly parental fee, would be privation or lack of what is needed for basic family necessities, food, shelter, clothing, medical care, etc., not merely a reduction of the family's standard of living.

Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 17, § 50233

1. New section filed 2-9-84; designated effective 2-17-84 pursuant to Government Code Section 11346.2(d) (Register 84, No. 6).
2. Amendment filed 8-16-85; effective upon filing pursuant to Government Code Section 11346.2(d) (Register 85, No. 33).

Note: Authority cited: Sections 4409 and 4631, Welfare and Institutions Code. Reference: Sections 4677, 4748, 4782 and 4784, Welfare and Institutions Code.