BILL ANALYSIS �
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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 P�rez, | |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
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
FN: 0004477