(a) The State Department of Social Services and the State Department of Health Services shall utilize the records of the Franchise Tax Board to match unearned income against reported income of applicants for and recipients of aid or public social services under this division. The matching information shall then be forwarded to the appropriate county welfare department for use in determining the eligibility of, and proper grant amount for, applicants for, and recipients of, aid or public social services under this division. Any and all documents and records that result from the matching of records with the Franchise Tax Board shall be subject to the confidentiality requirements of Section 10850.
(b) This section shall not be construed to supersede the requirements and protections in the California Right to Financial Privacy Act under Chapter 20 (commencing with Section 7460) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code in obtaining information in possession of any financial institution.
(c) This section shall be implemented only to the extent it is funded in the annual Budget Act.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 183, Sec. 377. Effective January 1, 2005.)