State Compensation Insurance Fund: appointments.

Existing law provides for the existence of the State Compensation Insurance Fund (SCIF) to be administered by a board of directors for the purpose of transacting workers' compensation insurance, and insurance against the expense of defending any suit for serious and willful misconduct, against an employer or his or her agent, and insurance to employees and other persons of the compensation fixed by the workers' compensation laws for employees and their dependents. Existing law requires the SCIF board of directors to appoint a president, a chief financial officer, a chief operating officer, a chief information technology officer, a chief investment officer, a chief risk officer, and a general counsel. Existing law exempts those positions from provisions of the Government Code and Public Contract Code that are otherwise applicable to state agencies and public entities and for these purposes existing law provides that the SCIF is not considered a state agency or other public entity. This bill would require the SCIF board of directors to appoint additional positions, including a claims medical officer, a chief actuarial officer, a chief of internal affairs, and 3 senior management employees with specialized training and knowledge in infrastructure engineering, data management, and systems engineering or applications.