Policy/Procedure Title: Conflict of Interest Code – Attachment A / ☒External Policy
☒Internal Policy
Original Date: 03/12/2010 / Next Review Date: 05/24/2019
Last Review Date: 05/24/2018
Applies to: / ☒Medi-Cal / ☐ Healthy Kids / ☒ Employees
EXHIBIT A:CONFLICT OF INTEREST DISCLOSURE CATEGORIES
- PLACE OF FILING OF STATEMENTS OF ECONOMIC INTERESTS
Individuals holding designated positions shall file statements of economic interests with Partnership HealthPlan of California, which will make the statements available for public inspection and reproduction. (Gov. Code Sec. 81008.) Upon receipt of the statements, Partnership HealthPlan of California shall make and retain copies and forward the originals of these statements to the Fair Political Practices Commission. All original statements shall be retained by the Fair Political Practices Commission.
- DISCLOSURE CATEGORIES (REFER TO EXHIBIT “A”)
The categories listed in Exhibit “A” provides the type of personal interest that must be disclosed on the Statements of Economic Interests (Form 700).
- DESIGNATED POSITIONS (REFER TO EXHIBIT “B”)
Persons holding designated positions listed in Exhibit “B” shall file Statements of Economic Interests pursuant to §5 of the Model Code with the information required for the disclosure category assigned to them and specified in Exhibit “A”. - Addendum to Conflict of Interest Code
Gifts: Pursuant to Government Code Section 89503(c) and Title 2, California Code of Regulations Section 18730(b)(8.1), designated employees pursuant to the Conflict of Interest Code of Partnership HealthPlan of California may not accept gifts with a total value of more than four hundred seventy dollars ($470) in a calendar year from any single source, if the employee would be required to report the receipt of such income or gifts from that source on his or her statement of economic interests. The $470 threshold is updated annually by the Fair Political Practices Commission to reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index, rounded to the nearest ten dollars ($10). (Government Code Section 89503(f)).
Honoraria: Pursuant to Government Code Section 89502(c), no designated employee of Partnership HealthPlan of California may accept an honorarium from any source if the employee would be required to report the receipt of income or gifts from that source on his or her statement of economic interests.
DISCLOSURE CATEGORIES
Category 1
Interests in real property within 2,000 feet from property owned or used by Partnership HealthPlan of California or that may be acquired by the Partnership HealthPlan of California for its use.
Category 2
Investments, business positions in business entities and income (including receipt of gifts, loans and travel payments) from sources of the type to provide:
- Medical/health care treatment, facilities, services, products, equipment, machines,
- Medical insurance products and services and,
- Other products and services utilized by the District including telecommunications and information technology, janitorial, and legal.
The medical/health care sources include the full range of products and services including: medical providers, hospitals, pharmaceutical products/facilities, transportation companies and consultants.
Category 3
Investments, business positions, and sources of income (including receipt of loans, gifts, and travel payments) from sources that provide, or have provided, services, supplies, materials, machinery, or equipment of the type utilized by the designated position’s department or division.
Category 4
Investments and business positions in business entities and sources of income (including receipt of loans, gifts, and travel payments) that have filed a claim or have a claim pending against Partnership HealthPlan of California.