12 CCR 2518-1-30.645 - TRUST ACCOUNTS

A. The county department shall ensure that all guardianships, conservatorships, representative payeeships, and personal needs accounts that are held by the county department, and in which the county department has some financial authority or responsibility, have an established trust account.

B. The established trust account shall bear the name of the county department or the name and the title of the director of the county department as trustee for the client or as otherwise required by the Social Security Administration (SSA).

1. Withdrawals from savings, checking, or investment accounts shall require two signatures, neither of which may be the caseworker or the bookkeeper.

2. Shortages in trust accounts are the responsibility of the county department.

C. The county department shall manage any trust account established pursuant to such department's fiduciary duty as a guardian, conservator, representative payee, or other purpose in accordance with any State and Federal requirements for said accounts.

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12 CCR 2518-1-30.645

37 CR 15, August 10, 2014, effective 9/1/2014 40 CR 01, January 10, 2017, effective 2/1/2017 41 CR 05, March 10, 2018, effective 4/1/2018 41 CR 09, May 10, 2018, effective 6/1/2018 41 CR 13, July 10, 2018, effective 7/30/2018 42 CR 17, September 10, 2019, effective 10/1/2019 42 CR 23, December 10, 2019, effective 12/30/2019 43 CR 13, July 10, 2020, effective 8/1/2020 43 CR 21, November 10, 2020, effective 11/30/2020 44 CR 11, June 10, 2021, effective 6/30/2021 45 CR 03, February 10, 2022, effective 3/2/2022 45 CR 19, October 10, 2022, effective 11/1/2022