Bill > SB747

This bill requires certain large medical groups and health care service plans to report compensation data for behavioral health employees (such as psychologists, mental health nurses, counselors, and autism service providers) and medical-surgical employees (like physicians' assistants, physical therapists, and nurses providing medical-surgical care) to the Department of Industrial Relations. If an employer fails to submit the required report, the department can seek a court order and potentially impose civil penalties of up to $100 per employee for first violations and $200 per employee for subsequent violations. The collected data will be kept confidential and exclusively available to specific state departments, but the Department of Industrial Relations must consult with other health care agencies and produce a report by January 1, 2027 that identifies any compensation disparities between behavioral health and medical-surgical employees. The bill specifically applies to medical groups and health care service plans with at least 3,500,000 enrollees and aims to understand potential wage differences while protecting the confidentiality of the data. Importantly, violations of the reporting requirement will not be considered criminal misdemeanors, and the reporting requirement is set to become inoperative on January 1, 2031.

Budget and Finance, Justice, Labor and Employment

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