{"data":{"id":"us-ca/wic-18988","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"WIC § 18988","heading":"","body":"(a) In order to ensure maximum flexibility in providing adult social services programs administered by the State Department of Social Services, including, but not limited to, In-Home Supportive Services and adult protective services, and that are impacted by the realignment of state and county services by the act that added this chapter, a county may submit to the Director of Social Services a request to waive existing state regulations which hinder the coordination and provision of services.\n(b) Any county may appeal any negative decision regarding a requested waiver of state regulations submitted pursuant to subdivision (a) that is made by the Director of Social Services to the Secretary of California Health and Human Services.","path":["Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC","DIVISION 9. PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES [10000. - 18999.98.]","PART 6. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS [18000. - 18999.98.]","CHAPTER 12.9. Regulatory Flexibility for Adult Social Services [18988. - 18988.10.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"405308f51828cf0b199130f52876356a22a28044b7fe122d35276b933c6044cf","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/wic-18987.72","next":"us-ca/wic-18988.05"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}