Amended in Assembly March 21, 2013

California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly BillNo. 987

Introduced by Assembly Member Jones

February 22, 2013

An act tobegin delete amend Section 1374.3 of the Health and Safety Codeend deletebegin insert add Article 2.5 (commencing with Section 128300) of Chapter 4 of Part 3 of Division 107 of the Health and Safety Codeend insert, relating to healthbegin delete care service plansend deletebegin insert professionsend insert.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 987, as amended, Jones. begin deleteHealth care service plans. end deletebegin insertPersonal and Home Care Aide training program.end insert

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Existing law requires the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development to prepare a Health Manpower Plan for California. Existing law also provides various programs to develop the health care workforce.

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This bill would require the Secretary of State and Consumer Services to submit an application on behalf of the state to the federal Department of Health and Human Services to receive a 3-year grant to establish a Personal and Home Care Aide training program, as specified, that would include opportunities for honorably discharged veterans in California.

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Existing law, the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975, provides for the licensure and regulation of health care service plans by the Department of Managed Health Care and makes a willful violation of the act a crime. Existing law requires a health care service plan to meet specified requirements.

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This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to these provisions.

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Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: begin deleteno end deletebegin insertyesend insert. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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begin insertArticle 2.5 (commencing with Section 128300) is
2added to Chapter 4 of Part 3 of Division 107 of the end insertbegin insertHealth and
3Safety Codeend insertbegin insert, to read:end insert

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5Article begin insert2.5.end insert  Personal and Home Care Aide Training Program
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(a) The Secretary of State and Consumer Services
8shall submit an application on behalf of the state to the federal
9Department of Health and Human Services to receive a three-year
10grant to establish a Personal and Home Care Aide training
11program, as provided in Sections 4002 and 5507(b) of the federal
12Affordable Care Act.

13(b) The secretary shall write the application so that the program
14includes opportunities for honorably discharged veterans in
15California to be hired in the training program.

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SECTION 1.  

Section 1374.3 of the Health and Safety Code is
17amended to read:

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1374.3.  

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter
19or health care service plan contract, every health care service plan
20shall comply with the requirements of Chapter 7 (commencing
21with Section 3750) of Part 1 of Division 9 of the Family Code and
22Section 14124.94 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.

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