Welfare and Institutions Code section 17609

Funds deposited into a county’s health and welfare trust fund accounts may be expended only for the purposes of providing those mental health, public health, indigent health care, social services, and juvenile justice programs transferred or otherwise financed pursuant to the realignment established under Chapters 89 and 91 of the Statutes of 1991.

Source: Section 17609, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=WIC§ionNum=17609. (updated Oct. 7, 1991; accessed Sep. 22, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/welfare_and_institutions_code_section_17609

Original Source: Section 17609, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=WIC§ionNum=17609. (last accessed May 12, 2025).