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          SENATE THIRD READING
          SB 1141 (Hancock)
          As Introduced  February 20, 2014
          Majority vote 

           SENATE VOTE  :37-0  
           
           INSURANCE           13-0        APPROPRIATIONS      17-0        
           
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          |Ayes:|Perea, Hagman, Allen,     |Ayes:|Gatto, Bigelow,           |
          |     |Bradord,                  |     |Bocanegra, Bradford, Ian  |
          |     |Ian Calderon, Cooley,     |     |Calderon, Campos,         |
          |     |Dababneh, Frazier, Beth   |     |Donnelly, Eggman, Gomez,  |
          |     |Gaines, Gonzalez, Olsen,  |     |Holden, Jones, Linder,    |
          |     |V. Manuel Pérez,          |     |Pan, Quirk,               |
          |     |Wieckowski                |     |Ridley-Thomas, Wagner,    |
          |     |                          |     |Lowenthal                 |
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          |     |                          |     |                          |
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           SUMMARY  :  Permits the Employment Development Department (EDD) to  
          share wage data with the California Department of Corrections  
          and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to evaluate the effectiveness of  
          rehabilitation programs.  

           EXISTING LAW  :

          1)Prohibits, as a matter of federal law, the use of unemployment  
            insurance (UI) information by governmental agencies for non-UI  
            purposes unless there is a state law authorizing the use and  
            requiring other agencies to pay the cost of producing the UI  
            information.

          2)Provides for numerous data sharing agreements between EDD and  
            other agencies.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :  Unknown

           COMMENTS  :   

          1)Purpose.  According to the author, the goal of prison  
            rehabilitation programs is to not only decrease the overall  
            prison population, but also to release productive citizens out  








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            into society. Prisoners should be able to take the knowledge  
            and skills they learn while in prison and apply them to a job  
            once they have completed their sentences and are released into  
            the community. 
             a)   Providing CDCR with access to wage and employment data  
               of former inmates will allow the department to assess which  
               rehabilitation programs are more successful or less  
               successful in preparing inmates for future employment. 

          2)CDCR capability.  CDCR has indicated that its systems are  
            capable of using this data to provide informative reports  
            which will indicate the value of its rehabilitative programs.   
            The data can be used to provide an indication of the possible  
            gains inmates can achieve from participating in rehabilitative  
            programs.  CDCR has also indicated that it has sufficient  
            internal controls to limit the use of this data to program  
            evaluation purposes.  

          3)Legislative history.  A number of similar bills have been  
            enacted in recent years.  For example:

             a)   2013 - AB 908 (Bonilla), Chapter 553, Statutes of 2013 -  
               Allowed the Department of Motor Vehicles to access EDD  
               information in the course of identity theft investigations.

             b)   2012 - AB 174 (Monning), Chapter 815, Statutes of 2012 -  
               Allowed the State Department of Health Care Services, the  
               California Health Benefit Exchange, the Managed Risk  
               Medical Insurance Board, and county departments and  
               agencies access to EDD records.  

             c)   2012 - SB 691 (Lieu), Chapter 832, Statutes of 2012 -  
               Allowed the Contractors' State License Board and the  
               Agricultural Labor Relations Board access to EDD records.  

             d)   2008 - AB 1844 (Hernandez), Chapter 369, Statutes of  
               2008 - Implemented various recommendations made by the  
               Governors Public Employee Post-Employment Benefits  
               Commission, allowing PERS access to EDD records to seek  
               criminal, civil, or administrative remedies in connection  
               with the unlawful application for, or receipt of, benefits.  
                

             e)   2007 - SB 869 (Ridley-Thomas), Chapter 662, Statutes of  








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               2007 - Allowed the Labor Commissioner's Office access to  
               EDD records to go after employers who failed to obtain  
               workers' compensation insurance.

             f)   2007 - AB 798 (Insurance Committee), Chapter 272,  
               Statutes of 2007 - Authorized the Chancellor of the  
               California Community Colleges to obtain data from EDD on  
               community college students. 


           Analysis Prepared by  :    Paul Riches / INS. / (916) 319-2086


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