California Code of Regulations › Title 10 - Investment › Chapter 5 - Insurance Commissioner › Subchapter 9 - Insurance Fraud › Article 3 - Program for Investigation and Prosecution of Workers' Compensation Insurance Fraud › Section 2698.52 - Application Procedure

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a)
				  A Request for Application (RFA) shall be distributed annually on or before
				  April 1, to each county district attorney in the state and shall include county
				  data indicators, as outlined in Section
				  2698.54, which form the basis for
				  each district attorney's base allocation.
(b) The RFA shall specify a deadline for
				  submission of applications to the Commissioner, which shall be 30 days after
				  distribution of the RFA.
(c) Any
				  district attorney who fails to submit an application, or whose application is
				  not received by the Commissioner at the address specified in the RFA, by the
				  deadline date and time set forth in the RFA, shall not be considered for
				  funding.
(d) Applications for
				  funding submitted by the district attorneys shall list the County Plan and
				  budget elements as outlined in Section
				  2698.55 and shall include a Table
				  of Contents to facilitate plan review.
(e) Two or more counties may coordinate
				  planning and submit applications addressing a multi-county area so long as each
				  individual county plan identifies its proportion of the budget.
(f) At such time as the Fraud Assessment
				  Commission makes funds available through initiating an assessment to augment
				  fund availability, the Review Panel, as established by Section
				  2698.55 of these regulations,
				  shall analyze applications for the purpose of assisting the Commissioner in
				  making funding determinations using the criteria set forth in Section
				  2698.54 of these regulations. The
				  Commissioner shall make the Commissioner's determination and shall obtain the
				  advice and consent of the Fraud Division and the Fraud Assessment Commission,
				  as to the most effective distribution of moneys.
1. New
					 section filed 10-8-93; operative 11-8-93 (Register 93, No. 41).
2.
					 Amendment of subsection (c) filed 3-30-2006 as an emergency; operative
					 3-30-2006 (Register 2006, No. 13). A Certificate of Compliance must be
					 transmitted to OAL by 7-28-2006 or emergency language will be repealed by
					 operation of law on the following day.
3. Amendment of subsection
					 (c) refiled 7-28-2006 as an emergency; operative 7-28-2006 (Register 2006, No.
					 30). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 11-27-2006 or
					 emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following
					 day.
4. Certificate of Compliance as to 7-28-2006 order transmitted
					 to OAL 11-22-2006 and filed 1-8-2007 (Register 2007, No. 2).
5.
					 Change without regulatory effect amending subsections (a), (d) and (f) filed
					 5-29-2019 pursuant to section
					 100, title 1, California Code of
					 Regulations (Register 2019, No. 22).
6. Change without regulatory
					 effect amending subsection (f) filed 7-14-2021 pursuant to section
					 100, title 1, California Code of
					 Regulations (Register 2021, No. 29). Filing deadline specified in Government
					 Code section
					 11349.3(a)
					 extended 60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order
					 N-40-20.
Note: Authority cited: Section
						1872.83,
						Insurance Code; CalFarm Insurance Company, et al. v. Deukmejian, et al. (1989)
						48 Cal.3d 805, 824. Reference: Section
						1872.83,
						Insurance Code.