There is hereby continuously appropriated out of any moneys in the State Treasury not otherwise appropriated to the department for allocation to the Secretary of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare for payment of an amount equal to the amount of any grants made by the secretary as supplemental payments to aged, blind or disabled persons under the provisions of Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 12000) of this part, less amounts payable by the federal government pursuant to Section 401 of Title IV of the Social Security Act Amendments of 1972.
The amendment of this section by Chapter 871 of the Statutes of 1974 does not constitute a change in, but is declaratory of, the preexisting law.