(a) A state or local officer or employee who is responsible for the expenditure of substantial amounts of funds under Medi-Cal, an individual who formerly was such an officer or employee, or a partner of such an officer or employee shall not commit any act, in connection with any activity concerning Medi-Cal, if the commission of such act by an officer or employee of the United States Government, an individual who was such an officer or employee, or a partner of such an officer or employee, in connection with any activity concerning the United States Government, would be prohibited by Section 207 or 208 of Title 18 of the United States Code.

(b) Upon the petition of any interested person or party, a court or state administrative agency or any officer thereof in any judicial, quasi-judicial or other proceeding may, after notice and an opportunity for hearing, exclude any person found to be in violation of this section from further participation in any judicial, quasi-judicial or other proceeding then pending before such court, agency or officer.

(c) The prohibitions of this section do not apply to any person who left government service prior to the effective date of this section except that any such person who returned to government service on or after the effective date of this section shall be covered thereby.

(Added by renumbering Section 14032 by Stats. 2019, Ch. 497, Sec. 318. (AB 991) Effective January 1, 2020. Repealed conditionally as prescribed in Section 14047.7. After repeal, see related provisions in Section 14022.)