BILL NUMBER: AB 987	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 1, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 21, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member  Jones  
Maienschein 

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2013

   An act to add Article 2.5 (commencing with Section 128300) of
Chapter 4 of Part 3 of Division 107 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to health professions.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 987, as amended,  Jones   Maienschein
 . Personal and Home Care Aide training program.
   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.
   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.
   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.  Article 2.5 (commencing with Section 128300) is added
to Chapter 4 of Part 3 of Division 107 of the Health and Safety Code,
to read:

      Article 2.5.  Personal and Home Care Aide Training Program


   128300.  (a) The Secretary of State and Consumer Services shall
submit an application on behalf of the state to the federal
Department of Health and Human Services to receive a three-year grant
to establish a Personal and Home Care Aide training program, as
provided in Sections 4002 and 5507(b) of the federal  Patient
Protection and  Affordable Care Act  (Public Law 111-148)
 .
   (b) The secretary shall write the application so that the program
includes opportunities for honorably discharged veterans in
California to be hired in the training program.