(a) The needs of any individual who is a member of a family applying for, or receiving, aid under this chapter shall not be taken into account in making the determination under Section 11450 with respect to his or her family beginning on the date, or at any time thereafter, the individual is found in state or federal court or pursuant to an administrative hearing decision, including any determination made on the basis of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, to have committed any of the following acts: (1) Making a fraudulent statement or representation with respect to the place of residence of the individual in order to receive assistance simultaneously from two or more states or counties. (2) Submitting documents for nonexistent children, or submitting false documents for the purpose of showing ineligible children to be eligible for aid. (3) When there has been a receipt of cash benefits that exceeds ten thousand dollars ($10,000) as a result of intentionally and willfully doing any of the following acts for the purpose of establishing or maintaining the familyâs eligibility for aid or increasing or preventing a reduction in the amount of aid: (A) Making a false or misleading statement or misrepresenting, concealing, or withholding facts. (B) Committing any act intended to mislead, misrepresent, conceal, or withhold facts or propound a falsity. (b) The needs of any individual who is a member of a family applying for, or receiving, aid under this chapter shall not be taken into account in making the determination under Section 11450 with respect to his or her family for the following periods beginning on the date or any time thereafter the individual is convicted of a felony in state or federal court, including any determination made on the basis of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, for committing fraud in the receipt or attempted receipt of aid: (1) For two years, if the amount of aid is less than two thousand dollars ($2,000). (2) For five years, if the amount of aid is two thousand dollars ($2,000) or more but is less than five thousand dollars ($5,000). (3) Permanently, if the amount of aid is five thousand dollars ($5,000) or more. (c) (1) Except as provided in subdivisions (a) and (b), the needs of any individual who is a member of a family applying for, or receiving, aid under this chapter to whom paragraph (2) applies shall not be taken into account in making the determination under Section 11450 with respect to his or her family for the following periods: (A) For a period of six months upon the first occasion of any offense referred to in paragraph (2). (B) For a period of 12 months upon the second occasion of any of those offenses referred to in paragraph (2). (C) Permanently, upon the third occasion of any offense referred to in subdivision (b) and paragraph (2). (2) Except as provided in subdivisions (a), (b), and (d), paragraph (1) shall apply to any individual who is found by a federal or state court, or pursuant to a special administrative hearing meeting the requirements of regulations adopted by the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, including any determination made on the basis of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, to have done any of the following acts for the purpose of establishing or maintaining the familyâs eligibility for aid or increasing, or preventing a reduction in, the amount of that aid: (A) Making a false or misleading statement or misrepresenting, concealing, or withholding facts. (B) Committing any act intended to mislead, misrepresent, conceal, or withhold facts or propound a falsity. (d) (1) Except as provided in subdivisions (a) and (b), and notwithstanding subdivision (c), the needs of any individual who is a member of a family applying for, or receiving, aid under this chapter to whom paragraph (2) applies shall not be taken into account in making the determination under Section 11450 with respect to his or her family for the following periods: (A) For a period
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