(a) The department shall include all of the following on a flyer for the Independent Living Program created by the department, the form used for a nonminor dependent to enter into a mutual agreement described in subdivision (u) of Section 11400, the form used for a nonminor dependent to enter into a voluntary reentry agreement described in subdivision (z) of Section 11400, the form used to create a transitional independent living plan described in paragraph (16) of subdivision (g) of Section 16501.1, the department’s Internet Web site for the Independent Living Program, and the Office of the State Foster Care Ombudsperson’s Internet Web site:
(1) The voter registration page on the Secretary of State’s Internet Web site.
(2) The toll-free telephone number maintained by the Secretary of State that contains election-related information.
(3) The email address of the Secretary of State.
(b) A county social worker may provide a voter registration form to a child 16 years of age or older or a nonminor dependent concurrent with the provision of a form identified in subdivision (a).
(c) Notwithstanding the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code), the department may implement, interpret, or make specific this section by means of an all-county letter or similar instructions, without taking any regulatory action.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 92, Sec. 232. (SB 1289) Effective January 1, 2019.)