CA SB726

Increases the threshold for CalWORKs overpayment recovery from $35 to $250 for individuals no longer receiving aid, with authority for the State Department of Social Services to establish higher thresholds if more cost-effective, but not lower ones.

Requires counties to expunge overpayments caused by major systemic error or negligence, as defined by the department.

Mandates counties deem overpayments uncollectible and expunge them if the individual has not received CalWORKs aid for 36 consecutive months or longer, except in cases involving suspected fraud investigations.

Prohibits civil or criminal actions for unlawful public social services receipt if case records or consumer credit reports used in the case have not been made available or have been destroyed after the three-year retention period.

Becomes operative July 1, 2019, and authorizes implementation through all-county letters pending emergency regulations due by January 1, 2021.