No Medi-Cal fiscal intermediary contract shall be approved, renewed or continued if a state employee is employed in a management, consultant or technical position by the contractor or a subcontractor to the contractor within one year after the state employee terminated state employment.

For purposes of this section, “state employee” means any appointive or civil service employee of the Governor’s office, the Health and Welfare Agency, the State Department of Health Services, the Controller’s office, the Attorney General, or the Legislature who, within two years prior to leaving state employment, had responsibilities related to development, negotiation, contract management, supervision, technical assistance or audit of a Medi-Cal fiscal intermediary.

The requirements of this section shall not apply to any state employee who terminated state employment prior to the operative date of this section.

(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 193, Sec. 244. Effective January 1, 2005.)