Existing law governs the duties of social workers in a variety of areas, including foster care, health care, mental health, and substance abuse treatment.
Other existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, authorizes the Governor to proclaim a state of emergency when specified conditions of disaster or extreme peril to the safety of persons and property exist.
This bill would require social workers, if they are deemed essential workers during a state of emergency declared by the Governor, to be included in the top tier of essential workers who are eligible to receive emergency materials, including, but not limited to, personal protective equipment, medicines, and any and all other health and safety equipment and gear necessary to fulfill their critical work.
This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.