Wages: behavioral health and medical-surgical employees.

Senator Wiener's wage reporting legislation requires large healthcare service plans and medical groups to disclose compensation data for behavioral health and medical-surgical employees to California's Department of Industrial Relations (DIR). The reporting mandate applies to medical groups and health plans with at least 3.5 million enrollees that operate their own pharmacies.

The bill establishes DIR's authority to enforce compliance through court orders and civil penalties. Employers failing to submit required reports face fines up to $100 per employee for initial violations and $200 per employee for subsequent infractions. DIR may recover costs associated with obtaining compliance orders, though violations do not constitute misdemeanors under existing labor code provisions.

The legislation defines covered behavioral health employees as licensed psychologists, behavioral scientists, psychiatric nurses, substance dependency counselors, and autism service providers - including contracted specialists providing these services. Medical-surgical employees encompass physician assistants, occupational and physical therapists, respiratory care practitioners, radiologic technologists, speech pathologists, audiologists, and medical-surgical nurses. The reporting requirements extend to professionals working directly for covered employers as well as those providing services through contracting entities.