(a) (1) Commencing July 1, 2020, and biennially on July 1 of each even-numbered year thereafter, each admitted insurer, with California premiums written of one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) or more, shall report to the commissioner on its minority, women, LGBT, veteran, and disabled veteran-owned business procurement efforts during the previous two years.
(2) The insurer shall provide all of the following:
(A) The insurer’s supplier diversity policy statement.
(B) The insurer’s outreach and communications to minority, women, LGBT, veteran, and disabled veteran business enterprises, including:
(i) How the insurer encourages and seeks out minority, women, LGBT, veteran, and disabled veteran-owned business enterprises to become potential suppliers.
(ii) How the insurer encourages its employees involved in procurement to seek out minority, women, LGBT, veteran, and disabled veteran-owned business enterprises to become potential suppliers.
(iii) How the insurer conducts outreach and communication to minority, women, LGBT, veteran, and disabled veteran business enterprises.
(iv) How the insurer supports organizations that promote or certify minority, women, LGBT, veteran, and disabled veteran-owned business enterprises.
(v) Information regarding appropriate contacts at the insurer for interested business enterprises.
(C) Information about which procurements are made from minority, women, LGBT, and veteran business enterprises with a headquarters’ address in California, and from disabled veteran business enterprises, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 927.1, with each category aggregated separately, to the extent that information is readily accessible. An insurer may also include other relevant information.
(D) Information about which procurements are made from minority, women, LGBT, veteran, and disabled veteran business enterprises with at least a majority of the enterprise’s workforce in California, with each category aggregated separately, to the extent that information is readily accessible. An insurer may also include other relevant information.
(E) Information related to total procurement contract dollars awarded, to the extent that information is readily accessible. An insurer may also include other relevant information.
(3) An insurer that does not enter into contracts to procure goods or services in California satisfies the requirements of paragraph (2) by filing a statement with the commissioner attesting that it does not enter into procurement contracts in California.
(b) This section does not require quotas, set-asides, or preferences in an admitted insurer’s procurement of goods or services, and this section does not apply to insurer producer or licensee contracts. Admitted insurers retain the authority to use business judgment to select the supplier for a particular contract.
(c) This section does not preclude an admitted insurer that is a member of an insurance holding company system, as defined in Article 4.7 (commencing with Section 1215) of Chapter 2, from complying with paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision (a) through a single filing on behalf of the entire group of affiliated companies.
(d) Failure to report the information required by subdivision (a), by the reporting deadline, shall subject the admitted insurer to a civil penalty to be fixed by the commissioner, not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000), or if the act or practice was willful, a civil penalty not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000). An insurer may request, and the commissioner may grant, a 30-day extension to report the information if needed due to unintended or unforeseen delays. If the insurer has failed to report the information within 30 days of a written notice by the commissioner that the insurer has failed to report the information, the commissioner may find that the failure to report the information was willful and increase the civil penalty to an amount not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000). The penalty imposed by this section shall be enforced by the commissioner and is appealable by means of any remedy provided by Section 12940, or by Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code. This subdivision is the sole means for enforcement of this section.
(e) By November 1 of the reporting year, the commissioner shall establish and maintain a link on the department’s internet website that provides public access to the contents of each admitted insurer’s reported information on minority, women, LGBT, veteran, and disabled veteran-owned business procurement efforts. The commissioner shall include a statement on the department’s internet website that the information on minority, women, LGBT, veteran, and disabled veteran-owned businesses posted pursuant to this subdivision is provided for informational purposes only.
(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 249, Sec. 1. (SB 534) Effective January 1, 2020.)