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The department has general powers of supervision over all
matters concerning the financial and business policies of the State
and whenever it deems it necessary, or at the instance of the
Governor, shall institute or cause the institution of such
investigations and proceedings as it deems proper to conserve the
rights and interests of the State.
The Director of Finance shall be responsible for
coordinating state agency internal audits and identifying when
agencies are required to comply with federally mandated audits. The
Director of Finance, in coordinating the internal auditors of state
agencies, shall ensure that these auditors utilize the "Standards for
the Professional Practices of Internal Auditing."
Within the Department of Finance, there is the Population
Research Unit. The purposes of the unit include, but are not limited
to, the following:
(a) Providing adequate demographic data to aid effective state and local planning and policymaking.
(b) Serving all levels of government and the private sector as the centralized state source of demographic data.
(c) Assuring equitable classification of cities and counties according to population to provide equitable distribution of funds and tax rate limits.
(d) Rendering advisory, investigational, or other similar service of relevance to the establishment of population and its composition to any city, county, district, association of cities, counties, districts or any other political subdivision or the federal government upon such terms and conditions as may be satisfactory to the director, provided that the state shall be reimbursed for all costs incurred in performing services authorized by this subdivision.
(a) Providing adequate demographic data to aid effective state and local planning and policymaking.
(b) Serving all levels of government and the private sector as the centralized state source of demographic data.
(c) Assuring equitable classification of cities and counties according to population to provide equitable distribution of funds and tax rate limits.
(d) Rendering advisory, investigational, or other similar service of relevance to the establishment of population and its composition to any city, county, district, association of cities, counties, districts or any other political subdivision or the federal government upon such terms and conditions as may be satisfactory to the director, provided that the state shall be reimbursed for all costs incurred in performing services authorized by this subdivision.
Whenever the department issues reports containing
population breakdowns or analyses based on race or ethnicity, it
shall report Asian-Pacific Islanders as a distinct category, and not
combine Asian-Pacific Islanders into any other category.
The Legislature finds and declares that: (1) population
size and distribution patterns in California exert a major influence
on the physical, social, and economic structure of the state and on
the quality of the environment generally; (2) sound and current data
and methods to estimate population trends are necessary to enable
state, regional, and local agencies to plan and function properly;
and (3) there is a critical need for a proper study of the
implications of present and future population trends in order that
state, regional, and local agencies might develop or reexamine
policies and actions based thereon.
The Population Research Unit shall:
(a) Develop basic demographic data and statistical compilations, which may include a current population survey and a mid-decade census.
(b) Design and test methods of research and data collection.
(c) Conduct local population estimates as required by law.
(d) Validate all official census data and population statistics.
(e) Analyze and prepare projections of enrollments in public schools, colleges, and universities.
(f) Analyze governmental records to establish characteristics of migration and distribution.
(g) Publish annual estimates of the population of the state and its composition.
(h) Prepare short- and long-range projections of population and its composition.
(i) Provide advisory services to state agencies and other levels of government.
(j) Evaluate and recommend data requirements for determining population and population growth.
(k) Analyze the demographic features of the causes and consequences of patterns of natural increase or decrease, migration, and population concentration within the state.
(l) Assess the need for population data required for determining the allocation of federal, state, and other subvention revenues.
(m) Request and obtain from any department, division, commission, or other agency of the state all assistance and information to enable the unit to effectively carry out the provisions of this section.
(n) Cooperate with the Office of Planning and Research with respect to functions involving mutual areas of concern relating to demography and state planning.
(o) Enter into agreements to carry out the purposes of this section, including the application for and acceptance of federal funds or private foundation grants for demographic studies.
(p) Act as primary state government liaison with the Census Bureau, United States Department of Commerce, in the acquisition and distribution of census data and related documentation to state agencies.
(q) Administer, with other agencies, a State Census Data Center which will be responsible for acquiring decennial and other census data from the Bureau of the Census, and for providing necessary information to the Legislature and to the executive branch and for seeking to ensure the availability of census information to local governments. The unit and the Office of Planning and Research shall be responsible for designating subcenters of the State Census Data Center as needed. The unit will provide materials to subcenters of the State Census Data Center, will coordinate the efforts of the subcenters to avoid duplication and may consult in the design of standard reports to be offered by the center and its subcenters.
(r) Coordinate with the Office of Planning and Research Environmental Data Center for the purposes of ensuring consistency and compatibility of data products, improving public access to data, ensuring the consistent interpretation of data, and avoiding duplication of functions.
(s) (1) Determine those census tracts that are to be designated census tracts based on data from the five-year American Community Survey (ACS). The census tracts that are within the highest quartile for both civilian unemployment and poverty statistics, as determined in paragraphs (2) and (3), shall be determined to be designated census tracts as described in paragraph (7) of subdivision (b) of Section 17053.73, and paragraph (7) of subdivision (b) of Section 23626 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.
(2) To determine the census tracts that are within the highest quartile of census tracts with the highest civilian unemployment, the census tracts shall be sorted by the respective civilian unemployment rate of each in ascending order, or from the lowest (0 percent) to the highest (100 percent) according to the following:
(A) Census tracts without a civilian labor force shall be excluded.
(B) After ordering the census tracts by the civilian unemployment rate of each, the census tracts shall be divided into four equal groups or quartiles as follows:
(i) The first quartile shall represent the lowest fourth of the census tracts (the lowest 25 percent, inclusive).
(ii) The second quartile shall represent the second fourth (tracts greater than 25 percent up to 50 percent, inclusive).
(iii) The third quartile shall represent the third fourth (tracts greater than 50 percent up to 75 percent, inclusive).
(iv) The fourth quartile shall represent the fourth fourth (tracts greater than 75 percent up to 100 percent, inclusive).
(C) The last or highest quartile shall represent the top 25 percent of the census tracts with the highest civilian unemployment rates.
(3) To determine the census tracts that are within the quartile of census tracts with the highest poverty, the census tracts shall be sorted by the respective percentage of population below poverty of each in ascending order, or from the lowest (0 percent) to the highest (100 percent) according to the following:
(A) Consistent with poverty statistics in the ACS, which adhere to the standards specified by the federal Office of Management and Budget in Statistical Policy Directive 14, the poverty thresholds as specified by the United States Census Bureau shall be used to determine those individuals below poverty.
(B) To determine those individuals below poverty, different thresholds, as specified by the United States Census Bureau, shall be applied to families, people living alone, or people living with nonrelatives (unrelated individuals).
(C) If a family's total income is less than the dollar value of the appropriate threshold, then that family and every individual in it shall be considered to be below poverty.
(D) If an unrelated individual's total income is less than the appropriate threshold, then that individual shall be considered to be below poverty.
(E) Poverty status shall be determined for all people except institutionalized people, people in military group quarters, people in college dormitories, and unrelated individuals under 15 years of age.
(F) Census tracts that do not have a population for whom poverty status is determined shall be excluded.
(G) After ordering the census tracts by the respective percent below poverty of each, the census tracts shall be divided into four equal quartiles as follows:
(i) The first quartile shall represent the lowest fourth of the census tracts (the lowest 25 percent, inclusive).
(ii) The second quartile shall represent the second fourth (tracts greater than 25 percent up to 50 percent, inclusive).
(iii) The third quartile shall represent the third fourth (tracts greater than 50 percent up to 75 percent, inclusive).
(iv) The fourth quartile shall represent the fourth fourth (tracts greater than 75 percent up to 100 percent, inclusive).
(H) The last or highest quartile shall represent the top 25 percent of the census tracts with the highest percentage of population below poverty.
(t) (1) Determine those census tracts that are within the lowest quartile of census tracts with the lowest civilian unemployment and poverty based on data from the five-year ACS. The census tracts that are within the lowest quartile for both civilian unemployment and poverty statistics, as determined in paragraphs (2) and (3) of subdivision (s), shall be determined to be census tracts within the lowest quartile of census tracts with the lowest civilian unemployment and poverty, as applied in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (8) of subdivision (b) of Section 17053.73 and Section 23626 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.
(2) Based on the quartiles developed pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (s), the first or lowest quartile shall represent the bottom 25 percent of the census tracts with the lowest civilian unemployment rates.
(3) Based on the quartiles developed pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (s), the first or lowest quartile shall represent the bottom 25 percent of the census tracts with the lowest percentage of population below poverty.
(a) Develop basic demographic data and statistical compilations, which may include a current population survey and a mid-decade census.
(b) Design and test methods of research and data collection.
(c) Conduct local population estimates as required by law.
(d) Validate all official census data and population statistics.
(e) Analyze and prepare projections of enrollments in public schools, colleges, and universities.
(f) Analyze governmental records to establish characteristics of migration and distribution.
(g) Publish annual estimates of the population of the state and its composition.
(h) Prepare short- and long-range projections of population and its composition.
(i) Provide advisory services to state agencies and other levels of government.
(j) Evaluate and recommend data requirements for determining population and population growth.
(k) Analyze the demographic features of the causes and consequences of patterns of natural increase or decrease, migration, and population concentration within the state.
(l) Assess the need for population data required for determining the allocation of federal, state, and other subvention revenues.
(m) Request and obtain from any department, division, commission, or other agency of the state all assistance and information to enable the unit to effectively carry out the provisions of this section.
(n) Cooperate with the Office of Planning and Research with respect to functions involving mutual areas of concern relating to demography and state planning.
(o) Enter into agreements to carry out the purposes of this section, including the application for and acceptance of federal funds or private foundation grants for demographic studies.
(p) Act as primary state government liaison with the Census Bureau, United States Department of Commerce, in the acquisition and distribution of census data and related documentation to state agencies.
(q) Administer, with other agencies, a State Census Data Center which will be responsible for acquiring decennial and other census data from the Bureau of the Census, and for providing necessary information to the Legislature and to the executive branch and for seeking to ensure the availability of census information to local governments. The unit and the Office of Planning and Research shall be responsible for designating subcenters of the State Census Data Center as needed. The unit will provide materials to subcenters of the State Census Data Center, will coordinate the efforts of the subcenters to avoid duplication and may consult in the design of standard reports to be offered by the center and its subcenters.
(r) Coordinate with the Office of Planning and Research Environmental Data Center for the purposes of ensuring consistency and compatibility of data products, improving public access to data, ensuring the consistent interpretation of data, and avoiding duplication of functions.
(s) (1) Determine those census tracts that are to be designated census tracts based on data from the five-year American Community Survey (ACS). The census tracts that are within the highest quartile for both civilian unemployment and poverty statistics, as determined in paragraphs (2) and (3), shall be determined to be designated census tracts as described in paragraph (7) of subdivision (b) of Section 17053.73, and paragraph (7) of subdivision (b) of Section 23626 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.
(2) To determine the census tracts that are within the highest quartile of census tracts with the highest civilian unemployment, the census tracts shall be sorted by the respective civilian unemployment rate of each in ascending order, or from the lowest (0 percent) to the highest (100 percent) according to the following:
(A) Census tracts without a civilian labor force shall be excluded.
(B) After ordering the census tracts by the civilian unemployment rate of each, the census tracts shall be divided into four equal groups or quartiles as follows:
(i) The first quartile shall represent the lowest fourth of the census tracts (the lowest 25 percent, inclusive).
(ii) The second quartile shall represent the second fourth (tracts greater than 25 percent up to 50 percent, inclusive).
(iii) The third quartile shall represent the third fourth (tracts greater than 50 percent up to 75 percent, inclusive).
(iv) The fourth quartile shall represent the fourth fourth (tracts greater than 75 percent up to 100 percent, inclusive).
(C) The last or highest quartile shall represent the top 25 percent of the census tracts with the highest civilian unemployment rates.
(3) To determine the census tracts that are within the quartile of census tracts with the highest poverty, the census tracts shall be sorted by the respective percentage of population below poverty of each in ascending order, or from the lowest (0 percent) to the highest (100 percent) according to the following:
(A) Consistent with poverty statistics in the ACS, which adhere to the standards specified by the federal Office of Management and Budget in Statistical Policy Directive 14, the poverty thresholds as specified by the United States Census Bureau shall be used to determine those individuals below poverty.
(B) To determine those individuals below poverty, different thresholds, as specified by the United States Census Bureau, shall be applied to families, people living alone, or people living with nonrelatives (unrelated individuals).
(C) If a family's total income is less than the dollar value of the appropriate threshold, then that family and every individual in it shall be considered to be below poverty.
(D) If an unrelated individual's total income is less than the appropriate threshold, then that individual shall be considered to be below poverty.
(E) Poverty status shall be determined for all people except institutionalized people, people in military group quarters, people in college dormitories, and unrelated individuals under 15 years of age.
(F) Census tracts that do not have a population for whom poverty status is determined shall be excluded.
(G) After ordering the census tracts by the respective percent below poverty of each, the census tracts shall be divided into four equal quartiles as follows:
(i) The first quartile shall represent the lowest fourth of the census tracts (the lowest 25 percent, inclusive).
(ii) The second quartile shall represent the second fourth (tracts greater than 25 percent up to 50 percent, inclusive).
(iii) The third quartile shall represent the third fourth (tracts greater than 50 percent up to 75 percent, inclusive).
(iv) The fourth quartile shall represent the fourth fourth (tracts greater than 75 percent up to 100 percent, inclusive).
(H) The last or highest quartile shall represent the top 25 percent of the census tracts with the highest percentage of population below poverty.
(t) (1) Determine those census tracts that are within the lowest quartile of census tracts with the lowest civilian unemployment and poverty based on data from the five-year ACS. The census tracts that are within the lowest quartile for both civilian unemployment and poverty statistics, as determined in paragraphs (2) and (3) of subdivision (s), shall be determined to be census tracts within the lowest quartile of census tracts with the lowest civilian unemployment and poverty, as applied in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (8) of subdivision (b) of Section 17053.73 and Section 23626 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.
(2) Based on the quartiles developed pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (s), the first or lowest quartile shall represent the bottom 25 percent of the census tracts with the lowest civilian unemployment rates.
(3) Based on the quartiles developed pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (s), the first or lowest quartile shall represent the bottom 25 percent of the census tracts with the lowest percentage of population below poverty.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any revision,
subsequent to the first revision, of the annual provisional county
population estimates, made by the Department of Finance, shall not be
the basis for a change in the amount of state funds received by
local agencies or funds owed or paid by local agencies to the state.
(a) When authorized or required by the Legislature in the
Budget Act, the Department of Finance may exercise control over the
adoption of regulations as provided in this section. The Legislature
shall not authorize or require the Department of Finance in the
Budget Act to review and approve regulations adopted by state
agencies except:
(1) Regulations adopted by the Department of Social Services which add to the cost of any public assistance programs as these are defined in Section 10061 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
(2) Regulations adopted by a state agency which would have the effect of increasing expenditures from the Health Care Deposit Fund under the Medical Assistance Program. The Department of Finance shall limit its review of a regulation under this section to making a determination as to whether sufficient funds are available to fund the added program expenditures which would be incurred if the regulation were adopted. In making the determination concerning the sufficiency of funds to meet the costs of the regulation, the Director of Finance shall consider the amount of the costs which would be added to the program or the increased expenditures from the Health Care Deposit Fund for the fiscal year during which the costs or expenditures would be incurred, the effect such a change would have on the expenditure limitations established in the Budget Act for that year, and the extent to which the regulation constitutes a deviation from the program requirements, the assumptions, and the estimates which were the basis for establishing the expenditure limitations in the Budget Act.
(b) The Department of Finance shall issue written instructions to the state agencies which adopt regulations subject to the provisions of this section. The instructions shall include the data requirements, methods of estimating costs or expenditures, and the narrative explanation which the department requires in order to review regulations which it is authorized or required to review. The instructions shall also include an explanation of the department's review procedures and the methods the department uses in making decisions concerning the sufficiency of funds to pay for added program costs or increased expenditures.
(c) The Department of Finance shall complete the review of any regulation subject to the provisions of this section within 15 working days following its receipt. If the department fails to act within that period of time, the regulation shall be deemed approved by the department.
(1) Regulations adopted by the Department of Social Services which add to the cost of any public assistance programs as these are defined in Section 10061 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
(2) Regulations adopted by a state agency which would have the effect of increasing expenditures from the Health Care Deposit Fund under the Medical Assistance Program. The Department of Finance shall limit its review of a regulation under this section to making a determination as to whether sufficient funds are available to fund the added program expenditures which would be incurred if the regulation were adopted. In making the determination concerning the sufficiency of funds to meet the costs of the regulation, the Director of Finance shall consider the amount of the costs which would be added to the program or the increased expenditures from the Health Care Deposit Fund for the fiscal year during which the costs or expenditures would be incurred, the effect such a change would have on the expenditure limitations established in the Budget Act for that year, and the extent to which the regulation constitutes a deviation from the program requirements, the assumptions, and the estimates which were the basis for establishing the expenditure limitations in the Budget Act.
(b) The Department of Finance shall issue written instructions to the state agencies which adopt regulations subject to the provisions of this section. The instructions shall include the data requirements, methods of estimating costs or expenditures, and the narrative explanation which the department requires in order to review regulations which it is authorized or required to review. The instructions shall also include an explanation of the department's review procedures and the methods the department uses in making decisions concerning the sufficiency of funds to pay for added program costs or increased expenditures.
(c) The Department of Finance shall complete the review of any regulation subject to the provisions of this section within 15 working days following its receipt. If the department fails to act within that period of time, the regulation shall be deemed approved by the department.
The director shall visit or cause to be visited from time to
time every public institution maintained in whole or in part by
State appropriations, to ascertain their condition, and their wants
and requirements.
Whenever a nonprofit corporation or foundation enters into a
contract with a state educational institution, maintained in whole
or in part by state appropriation, under the terms of which services
are to be performed for the state educational institution, the books
and records of such nonprofit corporation or foundation, insofar as
they relate to revenues and expenditures applicable to the contract,
may be audited by the Department of Finance.
The director may exempt from his approval or from approval
of the department any transactions involving not more than
twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for which such approval is
required by statute whenever, in his judgment, such exemption is
appropriate and in the best interests of the state. Written notice of
exemptions shall be given to the Controller.
With the consent of the Legislature, the director may make
application for and accept loans of funds made available by the
federal government or a federal department or agency to aid in
financing the costs of engineering and architectural surveys,
designs, plans, working drawings, specifications, or other action
preliminary to and in preparation for the construction of public
works authorized by the Legislature. Repayment of such loans shall be
pursuant to appropriation by the Legislature.
Such amount as may be necessary to pay monthly the amount
required for liquidation of the investment, with interest at the rate
agreed upon between the parties, in any agreements entered into
between the State Department of the California Highway Patrol and the
Governor and any other state agency, pursuant to the provisions of
Section 14681 of the Government Code, is hereby appropriated each
fiscal year from the State Treasury. Of the amount so appropriated,
so much thereof as is necessary to liquidate the investment in the
building for the State Department of the California Highway Patrol is
payable from the Motor Vehicle Fund, and the balance necessary for
such liquidation is payable from the General Fund. The money herein
appropriated shall be allotted to the State Department of the
California Highway Patrol and the Governor by the Director of Finance
for support in such amounts as he may determine to be necessary, and
shall become available only if the Department of Finance certifies
to the State Controller that the amount required monthly to liquidate
the investment, with interest at the rate agreed upon, has not been
included in the Budget Act for such fiscal year for support of the
State Department of the California Highway Patrol for such portion of
the building which has been provided for its use, or has not been
included in the Budget Act for any fiscal year for such portion of
the building which has been provided for the use of the Office of
Civil Defense.
Such amount as may be necessary to pay monthly the amount
required for liquidation of the investment, with interest at the rate
agreed upon between the parties, in any agreements entered into
between the State Department of Motor Vehicles or the State
Department of California Highway Patrol, and any other state agency,
pursuant to the provisions of Sections 14679 and 14682 of the
Government Code, is hereby appropriated each fiscal year from the
Motor Vehicle Fund in the State Treasury. The money herein
appropriated shall be allotted to the State Department of California
Highway Patrol or to the State Department of Motor Vehicles by the
Director of Finance for support in such amounts as he may determine
to be necessary, and shall become available only if the Department of
Finance certifies to the State Controller that the amount required
monthly to liquidate the investment, with interest at the rate agreed
upon, has not been included in the Budget Act for such fiscal year
for support of said departments.
Subject to the approval of the Capitol Building and Planning
Commission, the department shall acquire and do all acts necessary
to erect and maintain a monument to Father Junípero Serra on the
grounds of the State Capitol.
The State Agricultural Society has control of the real
property in the City of Sacramento, described as Lots 62, 63, 64 and
65 on Fifth Avenue and Fifty-seventh Street, and now merged with the
land comprising the State Fair Grounds, for use for State Fair
purposes.
(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions
shall apply:
(1) "Beneficiary" means an individual who is all of the following:
(A) Has been enrolled in a public assistance program for six consecutive months within the preceding budget year.
(B) Employed by the same employer for at least one quarter or three months.
(C) Is not enrolled by reason of disability or of being under 18 years of age or over 65 years of age.
(2) (A) "Employer" means an individual or type of organization that employs for wages and salary 100 or more beneficiaries to work in this state and includes all of the members of a controlled group of corporations as defined in Section 1563(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, except that "more than 50 percent" shall be substituted for "at least 80 percent" each place it appears in Section 1563(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code, and the determination shall be made without regard to Sections 1563(a)(4) and 1563(e)(3)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(B) "Employer" shall include the state, a city, county, city and county, district, or any other governmental employer.
(3) "Public assistance program" means the Medi-Cal program (Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 14000) of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code).
(b) The department shall, after obtaining the information from the Employment Development Department described in paragraphs (1) to (5), inclusive, annually transmit to the Legislature and post on the department's Internet Web site no later than the third week of January of each year beginning in 2016, a report that includes the information described in paragraphs (1) to (6), inclusive. The report shall only list the 500 employers in the state with the most number of employees enrolled in a public assistance program ranked by the number of those employees. The report shall be submitted to the Legislature pursuant to Section 9795. The report shall include all of the following:
(1) The employer's name.
(2) The employer's address, as filed with the Employment Development Department.
(3) The number of beneficiaries each employer employs who are enrolled in a public assistance program.
(4) The percentage of the employer's total workforce in the state that are beneficiaries.
(5) The total average cost of state and federally funded benefits provided to each identified employer's employees who are beneficiaries calculated using the average per individual cost of state and federally funded benefits excluding administrative costs.
(6) The methodology used by the department, the Employment Development Department, the State Department of Social Services, and the State Department of Health Care Services to calculate the average total cost of state and federally funded benefits provided to an identified employer's employees who are beneficiaries.
(c) The report described in subdivision (b) shall also include the information provided to the Employment Development Department by the State Department of Social Services pursuant to Section 11026.5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
(d) The Employment Development Department, in collaboration with the State Department of Health Care Services and the State Department of Social Services, shall determine the total costs to the state described in paragraph (5) of subdivision (b) using the average per individual cost of state and federally funded benefits provided by those departments to the Employment Development Department.
(e) (1) The report, and any list provided to the department, shall not include the name or identifying information of an individual beneficiary.
(2) The report shall remain available to the public on the department's Internet Web site for at least five years.
(f) Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize an employer to discourage or prevent an employee from enrolling or continuing enrollment in a public benefit program while employed nor to discriminate against an applicant for employment or employee for applying to be or being enrolled in a public assistance program.
(g) The department and the Employment Development Department shall be permitted access to, and be provided data and information from, other state agencies as required to implement this section, to the extent not prohibited by state and federal confidentiality statutes and regulations. The department may enter into interagency agreements or adopt regulations as are reasonably necessary to implement this section.
(h) (1) An employer shall not discharge or in any manner discriminate or retaliate against an employee who enrolls in a public assistance program and shall not refuse to hire a beneficiary for reason of being enrolled in a public assistance program.
(2) An employer shall not disclose to any person or entity, unless otherwise permitted by state or federal law, that an employee receives or is applying for public benefits.
(i) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2020, and as of that date is repealed.
(1) "Beneficiary" means an individual who is all of the following:
(A) Has been enrolled in a public assistance program for six consecutive months within the preceding budget year.
(B) Employed by the same employer for at least one quarter or three months.
(C) Is not enrolled by reason of disability or of being under 18 years of age or over 65 years of age.
(2) (A) "Employer" means an individual or type of organization that employs for wages and salary 100 or more beneficiaries to work in this state and includes all of the members of a controlled group of corporations as defined in Section 1563(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, except that "more than 50 percent" shall be substituted for "at least 80 percent" each place it appears in Section 1563(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code, and the determination shall be made without regard to Sections 1563(a)(4) and 1563(e)(3)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(B) "Employer" shall include the state, a city, county, city and county, district, or any other governmental employer.
(3) "Public assistance program" means the Medi-Cal program (Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 14000) of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code).
(b) The department shall, after obtaining the information from the Employment Development Department described in paragraphs (1) to (5), inclusive, annually transmit to the Legislature and post on the department's Internet Web site no later than the third week of January of each year beginning in 2016, a report that includes the information described in paragraphs (1) to (6), inclusive. The report shall only list the 500 employers in the state with the most number of employees enrolled in a public assistance program ranked by the number of those employees. The report shall be submitted to the Legislature pursuant to Section 9795. The report shall include all of the following:
(1) The employer's name.
(2) The employer's address, as filed with the Employment Development Department.
(3) The number of beneficiaries each employer employs who are enrolled in a public assistance program.
(4) The percentage of the employer's total workforce in the state that are beneficiaries.
(5) The total average cost of state and federally funded benefits provided to each identified employer's employees who are beneficiaries calculated using the average per individual cost of state and federally funded benefits excluding administrative costs.
(6) The methodology used by the department, the Employment Development Department, the State Department of Social Services, and the State Department of Health Care Services to calculate the average total cost of state and federally funded benefits provided to an identified employer's employees who are beneficiaries.
(c) The report described in subdivision (b) shall also include the information provided to the Employment Development Department by the State Department of Social Services pursuant to Section 11026.5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
(d) The Employment Development Department, in collaboration with the State Department of Health Care Services and the State Department of Social Services, shall determine the total costs to the state described in paragraph (5) of subdivision (b) using the average per individual cost of state and federally funded benefits provided by those departments to the Employment Development Department.
(e) (1) The report, and any list provided to the department, shall not include the name or identifying information of an individual beneficiary.
(2) The report shall remain available to the public on the department's Internet Web site for at least five years.
(f) Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize an employer to discourage or prevent an employee from enrolling or continuing enrollment in a public benefit program while employed nor to discriminate against an applicant for employment or employee for applying to be or being enrolled in a public assistance program.
(g) The department and the Employment Development Department shall be permitted access to, and be provided data and information from, other state agencies as required to implement this section, to the extent not prohibited by state and federal confidentiality statutes and regulations. The department may enter into interagency agreements or adopt regulations as are reasonably necessary to implement this section.
(h) (1) An employer shall not discharge or in any manner discriminate or retaliate against an employee who enrolls in a public assistance program and shall not refuse to hire a beneficiary for reason of being enrolled in a public assistance program.
(2) An employer shall not disclose to any person or entity, unless otherwise permitted by state or federal law, that an employee receives or is applying for public benefits.
(i) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2020, and as of that date is repealed.
