(a) The department and any other state department or agency administering a state-funded early care and education program shall permit the certified provider organization to participate in a stakeholder meeting convened to provide input regarding proposed rules and regulations that are subject to the procedures set forth in Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11346) of Chapter 3.5 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code and that are within the scope of representation, as described in Section 10424.5.

(b) Except in cases of an emergency as provided in this section, the Governor, through the Department of Human Resources, or the Governor’s designee shall give reasonable written notice to the certified provider organization of any rule, resolution, or regulation directly relating to matters within the scope of representation, as described in Section 10424.5, proposed to be adopted by the department, or the State Department of Education, and shall give the certified provider organization the opportunity to meet and confer with the Governor, through the Department of Human Resources, or the Governor’s designee.

Terms Used In California Welfare and Institutions Code 10425

  • Certified provider organization: means a provider organization that is certified by the Public Employment Relations Board as the representative of family child care providers in an appropriate unit after a proceeding under Section 10424. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 10421
  • provider: means a child care provider who participates in a state-funded early care and education program as specified in subdivision (f) and is either of the following:

    California Welfare and Institutions Code 10421

  • Provider organization: means an organization that has all of the following characteristics:

    California Welfare and Institutions Code 10421

  • State-funded early care and education program: means a program administered by the department, another department or agency, or a political subdivision of the state, including programs established subsequent to the enactment of this chapter, to subsidize early learning and care for children, but does not include the public education system. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 10421

(c) In cases of an emergency where the Governor, through the Department of Human Resources, determines that a rule, resolution, or regulation must be adopted immediately without prior notice or meeting with the certified provider organization, the Department of Human Resources or the Governor’s designee shall provide a notice and opportunity to meet and confer in good faith at the earliest practical time following the adoption of that rule, resolution, or regulation.

(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 116, Sec. 260. (AB 131) Effective July 23, 2021.)

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