14844. (a) The department shall contract for a statewide procurement and contracting disparity study, in order to guide outreach strategies, state government program development, and improvements to contracting policies.
(b) On or before January 1, 2025, the department shall post a report to its internet website setting forth the results of the study and implementation actions taken in response to it.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 730, Sec. 10. (AB 2019) Effective January 1, 2023.)