Bill Text: CA AB2105 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Workforce development: allied health professions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-09-21 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 410, Statutes of 2016. [AB2105 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AB2105-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 2105	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 14, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 28, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 12, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Rodriguez

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2016

   An act to amend Section 14017 of the Unemployment Insurance Code,
relating to workforce development.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2105, as amended, Rodriguez. Workforce development: 
report:  allied health  care professionals.
  professions. 
   Existing law establishes the California Workforce Development
Board as the body responsible for assisting the Governor in the
development, oversight, and continuous improvement of California's
workforce investment system and the alignment of the education and
workforce investment systems to the needs of the 21st century economy
and workforce. Existing law requires the board, among other things,
to prepare and submit to the appropriate policy committees of the
Legislature a report on the board's findings and recommendations
regarding  "earn and learn" job training opportunities,
models, and programs.   expanding job training and
employment for allied health professions. 
   This bill would require the  board to consider the
recommendations in the report to determine whether the
recommendations should be included within the board's work plan for
the 2017-18 fiscal year, contact, or delegate to another state entity
to contact, Medicare and Medicaid Services to determine how these
federal entities could become engaged in a cross-sector collaboration
on expanding the use of apprenticeship programs to help prepare
allied health care professionals to meet the needs of California
businesses and the public, and approve the progress and outcomes of
these activities as an agenda item.   Department of
Consumer Affairs,   by January 1, 2020, to engage in a
stakeholder process to update policies and remove barriers to
facilitate the development of earn and learn training programs in the
allied health professions, including barriers identified in the
report described above, as specified. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 14017 of the Unemployment Insurance Code is
amended to read:
   14017.  (a) In efforts to expand job training and employment for
allied health professions, the California Workforce Development
Board, in consultation with the Division of Apprenticeship Standards,
shall do the following:
   (1) Identify opportunities for "earn and learn" job training
opportunities that meet the industry's workforce demands and that are
in high-wage, high-demand jobs.
   (2) Identify and develop specific requirements and qualifications
for entry into "earn and learn" job training models.
   (3) Establish standards for "earn and learn" job training programs
that are outcome oriented and accountable. The standards shall
measure the results from program participation, including a
measurement of how many complete the program with an
industry-recognized credential that certifies that the individual is
ready to enter the specific allied health profession for which he or
she has been trained.
   (4) Develop means to identify, assess, and prepare a pool of
qualified candidates seeking to enter "earn and learn" job training
models.
   (b) (1) The board, on or before December 1, 2015, shall prepare
and submit to the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature a
report on the findings and recommendations of the board. 
   (2) The board shall consider the recommendations in the report to
determine whether any or all of the recommendations should be
included within the board's work plan for the 2017-18 fiscal year or
referred to another state entity for possible action. At a minimum,
the board shall contact, or shall delegate to another state entity to
contact, Medicare and Medicaid Services to determine how these
federal entities could become engaged in a cross-sector collaboration
on expanding the use of apprenticeship programs to help prepare
allied health care professionals to meet the needs of California
businesses and the public. The board shall approve the progress and
outcomes of these activities as an agenda item.  
   (3) 
    (2)  The requirement for submitting a report imposed
pursuant to this subdivision is inoperative on January 1, 2019,
pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code. 
   (c) (1) The Department of Consumer Affairs shall engage in a
stakeholder process to update policies and remove barriers to
facilitate the development of earn and learn training programs in the
allied health professions, including barriers identified in the
report prepared by the board pursuant to subdivision (b), entitled
Expanding Earn and Learn Models in the California Health Care
Industry. The stakeholder process shall include all of the following:
 
   (A) The department convening allied health workforce stakeholders,
which shall include, but are not limited to, the department's
relevant licensure boards, the California community College system,
the California Workforce Development Board, and the State Department
of Public Health, and which may include other relevant entities such
as the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, employer
and worker representatives, and community-based organizations. 

   (B) Addressing issues that include, but are not limited to,
prelicensure classifications in allied health occupations that would
allow students, in a supervised setting, to gain experience in their
chosen field before obtaining licensure, and the payment of wages
while in a workplace-based training program.  
   (C) The department ensuring that existing standards of consumer
protection are maintained.  
   (D) The sharing of any statutory barriers identified through this
process with the relevant committees of the Legislature.  
   (2) The process described in paragraph (1) shall be completed by,
and this subdivision shall be inoperative on, January 1, 2020.