Cal. Welfare and Institutions Code § 14199.75

(a) In serving as a conduit for payments under this article, qualified clinics are carrying out a state program. This article does not create a private right of action in any civil litigation against qualified clinics regarding the administration of the retention payment program and in the receipt and transmittal of retention payment program funds except as set forth in Section 14199.74. (b) This article does not create a private right of action in any civil litigation or administrative proceeding against the state or the department or any other state agency or department. (c) Notwithstanding any other law, retention payments paid out pursuant to Section 14199.72 are not wages as defined in Section 200 of the Labor Code. (d) Except as provided in Sections 1493 and 1494 of the Labor Code, and notwithstanding any other law, qualified clinics, the state, and the department and any other state agency or department shall not be liable for damages awarded under Section 3294 of the Civil Code or Sections 2698 to 2699.5, inclusive, of the Labor Code, or other damages imposed primarily for the sake of example and by way of punishing the defendant, in any civil litigation related to the payments described in this article.