State employees: payroll: health care.

(1) Existing law requires that, on and after January 1, 2010, payments to employees made through the Uniform State Payroll System for a pay period ending on June 30 of each year shall be on or after July 1, provided that employees, in any event, be paid promptly. This bill would require that, on and after January 1, 2010, payments to employees made through the Uniform State Payroll System for a master payroll paid on June 30 of each year shall be issue dated on July 1. (2) Existing law requires the Department of Finance to install and supervise an accounting system for state agencies. Existing law requires, in regard to this system, that the payments to employees made in July through the Uniform State Payroll System for services rendered prior to July 1 of each year are to be considered payables incurred in the fiscal year in which the warrant is issued. This bill would provide that payments to employees made through the Uniform State Payroll System, as specified, with an issue date each year of July 1 shall be considered payables incurred in the fiscal year in which the payment is issue dated. (3) Existing law authorizes the Board of Administration of the Public Employees' Retirement System to use reserves generated by one or more self-funded health benefit plans to reduce the premiums charged for enrollment in one or more separate self-funded health benefit plans offered by the board, as specified. This bill would make technical changes to that section.