CA SB1294

Requires the California Workforce Development Board, research institutions under contract with the board, the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA), and the California Health and Human Services Agency to draft a model plan for developing and implementing worker wellness centers providing services to transit workers and their families.

Mandates development of a statewide plan to encourage establishment of worker wellness center demonstration sites at transit authorities to reduce workplace violence, including analysis of VTA's existing wellness center effectiveness and identification of at least three additional transit authority locations for implementation.

Requires the VTA to provide aggregated and deidentified data and outcomes from its wellness center to the board or contracted research institutions for evaluation purposes.

Directs the board to consult with the Division of Occupational Safety and Health to ensure compliance with occupational safety and health laws and requires a report to the Legislature within two years of appropriation on evaluation results and developed plans.

Becomes operative only upon legislative appropriation and imposes state-mandated local program requirements on the VTA, with reimbursement procedures available through existing statutory provisions if the Commission on State Mandates determines costs are state-mandated.