§ 18917.1
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(a)In the event of a declaration by the Governor or the President of the United States of a major disaster, the Legislature finds and declares that the State Department of Social Services and affected county human services agencies will require additional funding to cover the administrative costs to prepare for, and respond to, a declaration by the President of the United States of a major disaster, and to maximize the amount of assistance requested and received through the federal Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and other federally funded nutrition assistance programs, and the costs to prepare for and execute Disaster CalFresh outreach.
(b)Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, in the event of a declaration by the Governor or the President of the United States of a major disaster, an amount necessary to cover the costs of the disaster assistance services specified in subdivision
(a)shall be continuously appropriated without regard to fiscal years to the State Department of Social Services from the General Fund. The amounts appropriated to the department shall not exceed three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) per disaster declaration.