CA AB1080

Requires county placing agencies to file requests for reconsideration and appeals when a foster youth's federal Social Security Administration benefits are terminated, not just when initially denied

Expands placing agency guidelines and fiduciary requirements to apply when acting as representative payee for foster youth receiving any type of federal Social Security Administration benefit

Mandates that counties determine how to use foster youth's Social Security benefits with input from the child's or nonminor dependent's child and family team

Requires counties to forego federally funded AFDC-FC benefits during at least one month of every 12-month period for all youth (not just nonminor dependents) approved for SSI benefits, allowing them to receive an SSI payment and maintain eligibility

Increases county duties regarding foster youth benefits, constituting a state-mandated local program, though no state reimbursement is required under the 2011 Realignment Legislation framework