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CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS
TITLE 4. BUSINESS REGULATIONS
DIVISION 4. CALIFORNIA HORSE RACING BOARD
ARTICLE 23. CHARITY FOUNDATIONS AND WELFARE FUNDS
Date:
08/31/2009
Document:
ยง 2050. Beneficiaries, Welfare Programs and Activities
These regulations establish the appropriate uses for funds paid to the designated charitable corporations under the provisions of Section 19641(b) of the Business and Professions Code. The directors or trustees of the welfare fund shall limit the eligibility for benefits to natural persons who engage in occupations directly relating to the physical care of horses at California racetracks or approved auxiliary stable areas and to the spouse or dependent children of such persons. Natural persons who have engaged in occupations directly relating to the physical care of horses at California racetracks or approved auxiliary stable areas, and their spouse or dependent children, may be eligible for benefits for not more than one year after the termination of such employment. Welfare funds may be expended for:
(1) Health care services including costs associated with the contracting for physicians' or dentists' professional services, hospitalization of an eligible beneficiary or dependent, outpatient, rehabilitative or preventative medical programs, restorative dental services, alcohol and drug abuse treatments, and capital outlay for medical or dental clinics and necessary equipment.
(2) Extended medical and health assurance including supplemental medical and hospitalization insurance coverage premiums, support or residential board and care facilities including capital outlay expenditures and reimbursements for beneficiaries confined to convalescent facilities or to facilities or institutions providing geriatric care.
(3) Emergency financial assistance including temporary family assistance financial aid, food or subsidized meal tickets or food vouchers, temporary housing expenses, emergency transportation expenses, burial expenses for an eligible beneficiary or immediate family member, and legal expenses of an eligible beneficiary.
(4) Educational and recreational activities including counseling and chaplaincy programs, Alcoholics Anonymous or similar programs, intra-mural sports activities and sports equipment, tickets and transportation to sports events, health and hygiene education classes, legal/immigration clinics, classes in spoken English, and expenditures for counselors, chaplains, and instructors for such activities.
(5) Administration costs necessary to administer, supervise and audit the operations of the charitable corporation provided that the expenditures for such administration purposes not exceed 15% of the total expenditures for any fiscal year.
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