Accessing the Cited Statutes and Regulations  

The BHSA County Policy Manual references relevant sections of California and federal statute and regulations to support implementation of program requirements.  

Users may access California state statutes referenced in the Policy Manual through the California Legislative Information website at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov. This includes Welfare and Institutions Code (WIC), Health and Safety Code (HSC), Public Resources Code (PRC), Insurance Code (INS), and Government Code (GOV). To locate a specific statute, go to “Quick Code Search,” select the applicable Code from the drop-down menu, enter the Code section, and press “Go.” The subdivision can be found within the text of the Code section.  

Example: WIC section 5600.3, subdivision (b)(2) 

• Quick Code Search: select “WIC” 

• Code section: 5600.3 

• Press “Go,” and scroll to subdivision (b)(2) 

Users may access state regulations referenced in the Policy Manual in the California Code of Regulations at govt.westlaw.com/calregs/Search/Index. To locate a specific regulation, enter the title (the number before “CCR”) and the section (the number following “CCR”), and press “Search.” The subsection can be found within the text of the regulation. 

Example: 9 CCR section 3420.65, subsection (a) 

• Title: 9 

• Section: 3420.65 

• Press “Search,” and scroll to subsection (a) 

Users may access federal statutes referenced in the Policy Manual in the United States Code at uscode.house.gov. To locate a section of the Code, go to “Jump To,” enter the title (the number before “U.S.C.”) and the section (the number following “U.S.C.”), and press “Go.” The search function allows users to include subsections (the text after the section number) in the “Section” search box.  

Example: 42 U.S.C. 11434a(2) 

• Jump To:  

• Title: 42 

• Section: 11434 

• Users may include the subsection (e.g., “a(2)”) in the “Section” search box to navigate to the exact location 

• Press “Go”  

Users may access federal regulations referenced in the Policy Manual at www.eCFR.gov. To locate a regulation, enter the cited regulation in the search bar at the top of the page, beginning with the title (the number before “CFR”), the section or part number (the number following “CFR”), and press the “Enter” key. Users can include the subpart in the search; the subpart must be properly capitalized to find the correct section. 

Example: 2 CFR 200 

• Enter “2 CFR 200” in the search bar 

• Press the “Enter” key