BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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SENATE THIRD READING
SB 1141 (Hancock)
As Amended August 22, 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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SUMMARY : Permits the Employment Development Department (EDD) to
share wage data with the California Department of Corrections
(CDCR) to evaluate the effectiveness of rehabilitation programs
and addresses chaptering out conflicts with SB 1028 (Jackson) of
the current legislative session, and AB 1792 (Gomez) of the
current legislative session.
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.
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 - Allowed the
Department of Motor Vehicles to access EDD information in
the course of identity theft investigations.
b. 2012 - AB 174 (Monning), Chapter 815 - 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 - Allowed the
Contractors' State License Board and the Agricultural Labor
Relations Board access to EDD records.
d. 2008 - AB 1844 (Ed Hernandez), Chapter 369 - 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 - Allowed the
Labor Commissioner's Office access to EDD records to go
after employers who failed to obtain workers' compensation
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insurance.
f. 2007 - AB 798 (Insurance Committee), Chapter 272 -
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
FN: 0005187