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CA AB2733

Bill

Status

Passed

7/18/2014

Primary Sponsor

Henry Perea

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Origin

State Assembly

2013-2014 Session

AI Summary

  • Extends indefinitely the Director of Employment Development's authority to approve a single voluntary disability plan for small-business-third-party administrators (SBTPAs) and their clients, removing the January 1, 2015 expiration date.

  • Requires SBTPAs to maintain separate accounting ledgers for each client's contributions and plan assets instead of individual subaccounts, with master trust accounts held in federally insured banks.

  • Makes the SBTPA responsible for meeting financial security requirements on behalf of all clients and their employees, rather than placing this responsibility on individual employers.

  • Authorizes the Director of Employment Development to terminate a plan for cause and recover plan assets directly from the SBTPA instead of from the employer.

  • Takes effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Legislative Description

Disability compensation: voluntary plans.

Last Action

Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 150, Statutes of 2014.

7/18/2014

Committee Referrals

Appropriations6/12/2014
Insurance5/8/2014
Rules4/24/2014
Appropriations4/2/2014
Insurance3/17/2014

Full Bill Text

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