(a) The Governor, through the Department of Human Resources or the Governor’s designee, shall meet and confer in good faith regarding all matters within the scope of representation with representatives of a certified provider organization and, before arriving at a determination of policy or course of action, shall fully consider the presentations made by the certified provider organization on behalf of the family child care providers it represents.

(b) Unless the Governor otherwise so designates, the Department of Human Resources shall be the representative of the Governor to meet and confer regarding the scope of representation with representatives of the certified provider organization defined in subdivision (a) of Section 10421, for family child care providers and to carry out the professional functions and responsibilities in labor relations matters in accordance with this chapter.

Terms Used In California Welfare and Institutions Code 10425.5

  • 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
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • 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

(c) As used in this section, “meet and confer in good faith” means that the Governor, through the Department of Human Resources or the Governor’s designee, and representatives of the certified provider organization shall have the mutual obligation to meet and confer promptly upon request by either party and continue for a reasonable period of time in order to freely exchange information, opinions, and proposals, and to endeavor to reach agreement on matters within the scope of representation. The duty to meet and confer in good faith also requires the parties to begin negotiations sufficiently in advance of the adoption of the state’s final budget for the ensuing fiscal year so that there is adequate time for agreement to be reached before the adoption of the final budget and for the resolution of an impasse.

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

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