(b) For purposes of this section, “state employee” means any appointive or civil service employee of the department or of the Health and Welfare Agency who, within two years prior to leaving state employment, was responsible for development, negotiation, contract management, or supervision of a prepaid health plan or prepaid health plan contract.

1. (1) To fulfill the purposes of a federal grant, provided that such person does not supervise, develop, manage, or negotiate a prepaid health plan contract; or
2. (2) To fulfill on a temporary basis, not to exceed 120 days, a specific function for the department which does not include supervising, developing, managing, or negotiating a prepaid health plan contract.

For purposes of this section, employees of the department who are assigned as contract managers shall not be subject to the provisions of this section unless they are employed by a prepaid health plan or a subcontractor of a prepaid health plan for which, within two years prior to leaving state employment, they were responsible for the development, negotiation, contract management, or direct supervision over the prepaid health plan contract. This section shall not apply to any employee, appointee, or person on contract with the department who is employed, appointed, or contracted with by the department either: