Hot Issues for the Week of May 14, 2012
Privacy and Confidentiality
OPPOSE SB 1384 (Simitian; D-Palo Alto) Consumer Information — Further limits the ability of employers to use background reports to verify an applicant’s information by allowing consumers to place freezes (similar to freezes on credit checks) on consumer reports containing information on employment history, evictions, criminal conduct among other types of information. Senate Floor.
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Health
OPPOSE SB 1431 (De León; D-Los Angeles) Limits Choice for Small Business — Severely limits small employers' opportunity to select the most appropriate, affordable health care coverage for their employees as self-insurance by regulating stop-loss insurance for small employers, most notably to require the employer to bear an unreasonable level of claims costs before stop-loss coverage applies. Senate Appropriations Committee hearing May 14.
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