employers; list; welfare recipients; commission

HB 2735 requires Arizona's Industrial Commission and Department of Economic Security to publish annually, starting January 1, 2027, a list of the top 50 employers with the most employees receiving Medicaid or other public assistance. The list must include employer names, sizes, counts of employees and dependents on specific assistance programs, and data on public welfare costs - while excluding individual names for privacy. Employers offering health benefits must also report how many employees use public assistance. This mandates transparency about public assistance usage among large employers without disclosing confidential personal information.