10427.5. (Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 116, Sec. 260.)
It is unlawful for the Department of Human Resources or the Governor’s designee, the department, or any state agency or department charged with the administration of any state-funded early care and education program, as defined in subdivision (f) of Section 10421, to do any of the following:
(a)Impose or threaten to impose reprisals on providers, to…#
(a) Impose or threaten to impose reprisals on providers, to discriminate or threaten to discriminate against providers, or otherwise to interfere with, restrain, or coerce providers because of their exercise of rights guaranteed by this chapter. For purposes of this subdivision and subdivision (f), “provider” includes individuals seeking to participate in state-funded early care and education programs as providers.
(b)Deny to provider organizations rights guaranteed to…#
(b) Deny to provider organizations rights guaranteed to them by this chapter.
(c)Refuse or fail to meet and confer in good faith with…#
(c) Refuse or fail to meet and confer in good faith with the certified provider organization.