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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 1797
Author: Rodriguez (D)
Amended: 6/4/14 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE LABOR & INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE : 5-0, 6/11/14
AYES: Hueso, Wyland, Leno, Padilla, Mitchell
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 64-12, 5/15/14 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : California Workforce Investment Board
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill requires the California Workforce
Investment Board (CWIB), in consultation with the Division of
Apprenticeship Standards (DAS), to conduct specified activities
related to expanding job training and employment for allied
health professions, as defined.
ANALYSIS : The federal Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998
provides funding for activities and programs for job training
and employment investment in which states may participate,
including work incentive and employment training outreach
programs.
Following passage of the federal WIA, the state established CWIB
and charged the CWIB with the responsibility of developing a
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unified, strategic planning process to coordinate various
education, training, and employment programs into an integrated
workforce development system. There are 49 Local WIBs and
within each local workforce area there are one or more One-Stop
Centers, which provide access to career information, counseling,
funding for education, training and supportive services.
Among its responsibilities, the CWIB must establish criteria for
development of the formula to be used for allocating funds to
the local areas, dissemination of the Governor's 15% WIA
discretionary funding, and certification and re-certification of
local WIBs. Additionally, the CWIB works closely with
Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz)
to identify the needs of industry and to create career pathways
that provide businesses with the skilled workforce they need
while putting unemployed and underemployed Californians back to
work. The CWIB engages State and local workforce, education,
and economic development partners in this critical work through
its Special Committees which include the Advanced Manufacturing
Workforce Development Council, the Health Workforce Development
Council, and the Green Collar Jobs Council.
This bill requires CWIB, in consultation with DAS, to conduct
specified activities related to expanding job training and
employment for allied health professions. Specifically, this
bill:
1.Requires the CWIB, in consultation with the DAS, to do the
following:
A. 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.
B. Identify and develop specific requirements and
qualifications for entry into "earn and learn" job training
models.
C. Establish standards for "earn and learn" job training
programs that are outcome oriented and accountable,
including a measurement of participants completing the
program with an industry-recognized credential certifying
that he/she is ready to enter the specific allied health
profession for which he/she has been trained.
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D. Develop means to identify, assess, and prepare a pool of
qualified candidates seeking to enter "earn and learn" job
training models.
1.Requires the CWIB to prepare and submit to the appropriate
policy committees of the Legislature a report on its findings
and recommendations on or before December 1, 2015.
2.Sunsets on January 1, 2019.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 6/20/14)
AFSCME
California State Council of the Service Employees International
Union
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : According to the author, the demand for
healthcare workers in the United States has remained high for
many years, growing at a rate faster than the overall employment
rate for the past fifty years. The U.S. Department of Labor's
Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that of the twenty
industries projected to gain the most jobs between 2008 and
2018, five of those industries relate to health care: (1)
offices of physicians (772,000 new jobs); (2) home health care
services (441,000); (3) services for the elderly and persons
with disabilities (431,000); (4) nursing care facilities
(394,000); and (5) offices of dentists (233,000).
The author states that currently, health care providers face a
range of employment and workforce issues. According to a
recently published survey by the California Hospital
Association, California's hospitals could need more than one
million new allied health professionals by 2030. An aging
population, population growth, and federal health reform will
likely contribute to the increased demand. Unfortunately, the
author argues, employers want to recruit qualified candidates
but are not finding candidates who are adequately prepared.
According to proponents, "earn and learn" job training programs
(including apprenticeships) have been increasingly recognized as
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a highly effective workforce strategy for building skills and
earnings in entry- and middle-level jobs, for increasing
productivity and for aligning employer demands with the supply
of workers for this critical industry. They argue that these
programs provide the flexibility students need to acquire
knowledge and skills while earning a living, and can also
provide the greatly needed bridge that connects workers with
employers. The author aims to address this critical workforce
need by requiring the CWIB, in consultation with the DAS, to
identify "earn and learn" job training models in the allied
health care professions and report its findings and
recommendations to the Legislature.
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 64-12, 5/15/14
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Ammiano, Bloom, Bocanegra, Bonilla,
Bonta, Bradford, Brown, Buchanan, Ian Calderon, Campos, Chau,
Chesbro, Cooley, Dababneh, Dahle, Daly, Dickinson, Eggman,
Fong, Fox, Frazier, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon,
Gorell, Gray, Hall, Roger Hernández, Holden, Jones-Sawyer,
Levine, Linder, Lowenthal, Maienschein, Medina, Melendez,
Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian, Nestande, Olsen, Pan, Patterson,
Perea, John A. Pérez, V. Manuel Pérez, Quirk, Quirk-Silva,
Rendon, Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Skinner, Stone, Ting,
Weber, Wieckowski, Williams, Yamada, Atkins
NOES: Allen, Chávez, Conway, Donnelly, Beth Gaines, Grove,
Hagman, Harkey, Jones, Logue, Wagner, Wilk
NO VOTE RECORDED: Bigelow, Mansoor, Waldron, Vacancy
PQ:nl 6/23/14 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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