Cal-Peculiarities 2025 Edition

©2025 Seyfarth Shaw LLP  www.seyfarth.com 2025 Cal-Peculiarities | 339 34 California Assembly Bill No. 716 (2023-2024 Regular Session), adding Health & Safety Code §§ 1371.56, 1797.124, and 1797.233 and repealing § 1376.11, and adding Ins. Code § 10126.66 and repealing § 10352. 35 Id. 36 Id. 37 Id. 38 29 U.S.C. § 1161. 39 29 U.S.C. § 1162. 40 Id. 41 Health & Safety Code §§ 1366.20 et seq.; Ins. Code §§ 10128.50 et seq. (California Continuation Benefits Replacement Act, or “CalCOBRA”). 42 Health & Safety Code §§ 1366.21(e), 1366.27(a)(1); Ins. Code §§ 10128.50(b), 10128.57(a)(1). 43 Health & Safety Code § 1366.29; Ins. Code § 10128.59. 44 Lab. Code § 2807. 45 Health & Safety Code § 1373.6. 46 Id. 47 San Francisco CA Admin. Code ch. 14, §§ 14.1-14.7. 48 Article 121 of the San Francisco Labor and Employment Code, available at https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/san_francisco/latest/sf_laboremployment/0-0-0-2426 (last visited Mar. 21, 2025); Health Care Accountability Ordinance, available at https://www.sf.gov/information--health-care-accountability-ordinance (last visited Mar. 21, 2025). 49 Article 121 of the San Francisco Labor and Employment Code, available at https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/san_francisco/latest/sf_laboremployment/0-0-0-2426 (last visited Mar. 21, 2025). 50 Id. 51 San Francisco Health Care Accountability Ordinance Minimum Standards – Effective Jan. 1, 2025, available at https://www.sf.gov/sites/default/files/202411/HCAO%20Minimum%20Standards%20Table%2C%202025%20updated%20Oct%202024_2.pdf (last visited Mar. 21, 2025). 52 Health Care Accountability Ordinance, available at https://www.sf.gov/information--health-care-accountability-ordinance (last visited Mar. 21, 2025). 53 Id. 54 San Francisco Healthy Airport Ordinance (Amendment to the Health Care Accountability Ordinance) Implementation Guidance, Updated Apr. 30, 2021, available at https://media.api.sf.gov/documents/HCAO_-_Healthy_Airport_Ordinance_FAQs_04.30.21.pdf (last visited Mar. 21, 2025). QSP-covered employees are those who either: (1) require Airport Badge issuance with Airfield Operations Area (AOA) access, and work in and around the AOA to perform their job duties; or (2) are directly involved in passenger and facility security or safety (e.g., checkpoint screenings, passenger check-ins, and skycap and baggage check-in and handling). 55 San Francisco Healthy Airport Ordinance (HCAO Amendment), available at https://sf.gov/information/understanding-healthy-airportordinance (last visited Feb. 14, 2025). 56 San Francisco Healthy Airport Ordinance (Amendment to the Health Care Accountability Ordinance) Implementation Guidance, Updated Apr. 30, 2021, available at https://media.api.sf.gov/documents/HCAO_-_Healthy_Airport_Ordinance_FAQs_04.30.21.pdf (last visited Mar. 21, 2025). 57 Id. 58 Id. 59 Healthy Airport Ordinance, available at https://sfbos.org/sites/default/files/o0235-20.pdf (last visited Feb. 14, 2025). 60 Airlines for America v. City and County of San Francisco, 78 F.4th 1146 (9th Cir. 2023). 61 Id. at 1150. 62 Id. at 1154-55. 63 Id. at 1152-53. 64 Id. at 1153. 65 State of California Franchise Tax Board, Personal Health Care Mandate, available at https://www.ftb.ca.gov/about-ftb/newsroom/healthcare-mandate/personal.html (last visited Feb. 14, 2025). 66 18 Cal. Code Regs. § 26000.61010; 2024 Instructions for Form FTB 3853, available at https://www.ftb.ca.gov/forms/2024/2024-3853instructions.pdf (last visited Feb. 14, 2025). 67 Id. 68 Lab. Code § 2806. 69 Lab. Code § 2808. 70 Lab. Code § 2809.

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