HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 05082012 - C.39RECOMMENDATION(S):
ADOPT Resolution No. 2012/173 approving and authorizing the District Attorney, or designee, to submit an
application and execute a grant award agreement and any extensions or amendments thereof, pursuant to State
guidelines, with the State Department of Insurance for the 2012 Worker's Compensation Insurance Fraud Prosecution
Program in an amount not to exceed $781,895 for the investigation and prosecution of worker's compensation fraud
cases, for the period July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013.
FISCAL IMPACT:
$781,895, 100% State revenue. No County match. Budgeted in the 2012/13 Recommended Budget.
BACKGROUND:
The State Legislature has determined that one of the significant factors driving up the cost of workers' compensation
insurance is fraud. While fraud is recognized as a growing problem across the country, California is an area of
concerted criminal activity in insurance fraud. The cost of insurance is a factor in the high cost of doing business in
the State. SB 1218
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 05/08/2012 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I
Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III
Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV
Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
ABSENT:Gayle B. Uilkema, District II
Supervisor
Contact: Cherie Mathisen, 957-2234
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the
Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: May 8, 2012
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: June McHuen, Deputy
cc:
C. 39
To:Board of Supervisors
From:Mark Peterson, District Attorney
Date:May 8, 2012
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:2012 Workers' Compensation Insurance Fraud Prosecution Program Grant Application
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
(Presley) was enacted to provide resources for enforcement of current laws. If the grant is approved, the District
Attorney will continue to place specially trained staff in the criminal fraud division, who will be able to
concentrate on the growing problem of workers' compensation fraud.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Failure to approve the recommendation will result in the inability of the District Attorney to apply for State funds
designated for use by Contra Costa County in the prosecution of workers' compensation insurance fraud. A
County which fails to submit the application shall not be considered for funding, and their undistributed funds
shall be returned to the Department of Insurance to be reprogrammed.
ATTACHMENTS
Resolution No. 2012/173