116423. (a) The program shall provide opportunities for public participation. Public participation may include, but is not limited to, conducting periodic stakeholder meetings and workshops to solicit relevant information, data, suggestions, and feedback for the development and implementation of the program.
(b) The state board may maintain a program internet website and make relevant research, reports, and data available to the public.
(c) The state board may provide an annual program update, as an informational item, at a regularly noticed meeting of the state board.
(d) (1) If the deputy director convenes a panel pursuant to this article, the deputy director shall, three years after the panel is convened, post a report to the state board’s internet website on the work conducted by the panel.
(2) The requirement for posting a report imposed under paragraph (1) is inoperative on June 1, 2030.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 676, Sec. 2. (SB 230) Effective January 1, 2023.)