Bill Text: CA AB2143 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Military and veterans: benefits programs: workforce
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-08-05 - Re-referred to Com. on V.A. [AB2143 Detail]
Download: California-2009-AB2143-Amended.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 2143 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN SENATE JULY 15, 2010
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JUNE 1, 2010
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 27, 2010
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 19, 2010
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 6, 2010
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Gilmore
(Principal coauthors: Assembly Members Arambula and Cook)
FEBRUARY 18, 2010
An act relating to workforce development
military and veterans, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take
effect immediately .
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2143, as amended, Gilmore. Workforce development:
Employment Development Department: veterans: report.
Military and veterans: benefits programs: workforce development:
report.
Existing law establishes the Department of Veterans Affairs within
state government and sets forth its powers and duties, including,
but not limited to, administration of veterans benefits programs.
This bill would require the Department of Veterans Affairs to
consult with other state agencies and departments, as specified, for
the purpose of coordinating and administering veterans assistance
programs in the state.
Existing law contains various programs for job training and
employment investment, including work incentive and employment
training outreach programs.
This bill would require the Employment Development Department to
submit a report, on or before March 1, 2011, to the Joint Legislative
Budget Committee and to the appropriate policy committees of the
Legislature, regarding the department's veteran employment and job
training programs and suggested options for a governance and
management model to increase program integration and coordination,
improve service delivery efficiency, and enhance program performance.
This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute.
Vote: majority 2/3 . Appropriation:
no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The Department of Veterans Affairs
shall consult with other state agencies and departments, including,
but not limited to, the Employment Development Department, the Labor
Workforce Development Agency, the Employment Training Panel, the
California Workforce Investment Board, the State Department of Mental
Health, the Department of General Services, the State Department of
Alcohol and Drug Programs, and representatives of the University of
California, the California State University, and the California
Community Colleges, for the purpose of coordinating and administering
veterans assistance programs in the state.
SECTION 1. SEC. 2. (a) On or before
March 1, 2011, the Employment Development Department, in coordination
with the Department of Veterans Affairs, shall report to the Joint
Legislative Budget Committee and to the appropriate policy committees
of the Legislature regarding both of the following:
(1) How the Employment Development Department's veteran employment
and job training programs are currently structured.
(2) Suggested options for a governance and management model to
increase program integration and coordination, improve service
delivery efficiency, and enhance program performance.
(b) The report required by subdivision (a) shall include, but not
be limited to, all of the following:
(1) A recommended set of goals and objectives, in relation to
increasing employment and training opportunities for veterans, and
appropriate performance standards that may be established to evaluate
the effectiveness and accountability of veteran employment and job
training programs administered by, or funded through, state agencies
and departments.
(2) A description of the extent to which veterans are integrated
in California's Strategic Plan under the federal Workforce Investment
Act of 1998 and the Wagner-Peyser Act.
(3) Information regarding how federal Veteran Employment and
Assistance Program and Workforce Investment Act grants are integrated
and coordinated to support veteran employment and job training
programs and how these grants could more significantly contribute to
the effectiveness of the state's veteran employment and job training
programs.
(4) Identification of federal and state funding for veteran
employment and job training programs, including, but not limited to,
funding from the federal Jobs for Veterans Act, the Wagner-Peyser
Act, and the Workforce Investment Act of 1998; statutory or
regulatory restrictions, if any, which prevent the integration and
coordination of the programs; and recommendations regarding securing
or leveraging additional government and nongovernmental funding
sources.
(5) The status of any federal waivers necessary to increase the
integration and coordination of veteran employment and job training
programs.
(6) A description of other integrated and coordinated state
veteran employment and job training program delivery models that
represent best practices, and whether those models could be employed
in this state to improve the delivery of veteran employment and job
training services.
(7) Recommendations on how a state integrated and coordinated
veteran employment and job training program could improve the
percentage of California veterans qualifying for unemployment
insurance and federal veteran compensation and pension benefits to
which veterans are entitled.
(8) The type of training necessary for state and local personnel
to better support the operation of veteran employment and job
training programs and the delivery of these services.
(c) The Employment Development Department shall consult with the
Labor and Workforce Development Agency, the California Research
Bureau, and other state and local agencies and departments that
administer or offer veteran employment and job training programs, or
have related programs and services that serve veterans, in order to
ascertain the information required to be submitted in the report as
specified in subdivision (b).
(d) (1) The requirement for submitting a report imposed under
subdivision (a) is inoperative on March 1, 2015, pursuant to Section
10231.5 of the Government Code.
(2) A report to be submitted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be
submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
SEC. 3. This act is an urgency statute necessary
for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety
within the meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go
into immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
In order to provide veterans with assistance programs and
employment and job training services as soon as possible, it is
necessary that this act go into immediate effect.
