Amended in Senate August 10, 2016

Amended in Senate June 14, 2016

Amended in Assembly April 28, 2016

Amended in Assembly April 12, 2016

California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly BillNo. 2105


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: allied health 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 expanding job training and employment for allied health professions.

This bill would require the 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:

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SECTION 1.  

Section 14017 of the Unemployment Insurance
2Code
is amended to read:

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14017.  

(a) In efforts to expand job training and employment
4for allied health professions, the California Workforce
5Development Board, in consultation with the Division of
6Apprenticeship Standards, shall do the following:

7(1) Identify opportunities for “earn and learn” job training
8opportunities that meet the industry’s workforce demands and that
9are in high-wage, high-demand jobs.

10(2) Identify and develop specific requirements and qualifications
11for entry into “earn and learn” job training models.

12(3) Establish standards for “earn and learn” job training
13programs that are outcome oriented and accountable. The standards
14shall measure the results from program participation, including a
15measurement of how many complete the program with an
16industry-recognized credential that certifies that the individual is
17ready to enter the specific allied health profession for which he or
18she has been trained.

19(4) Develop means to identify, assess, and prepare a pool of
20qualified candidates seeking to enter “earn and learn” job training
21models.

22(b) (1) The board, on or before December 1, 2015, shall prepare
23and submit to the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature
24a report on the findings and recommendations of the board.

25(2) The requirement for submitting a report imposed pursuant
26to this subdivision is inoperative on January 1, 2019, pursuant to
27Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.

28(c) (1) The Department of Consumer Affairs shall engage in a
29stakeholder process to update policies and remove barriers to
30facilitate the development of earn and learn training programs in
31the allied health professions, including barriers identified in the
32report prepared by the board pursuant to subdivision (b), entitled
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2Industry. The stakeholder process shall include all of the following:

3(A) The department convening allied health workforce
4stakeholders, which shall include, but are not limited to, the
5department’s relevant licensure boards,begin insert the Division of
6Apprenticeship Standards, representatives appointed by the board
7of governors fromend insert
the California communitybegin delete Collegeend deletebegin insert collegeend insert
8 system, the California Workforce Development Board, and the
9State Department of Public Health, and which may include other
10relevant entities such as the Office of Statewide Health Planning
11and Development, employer and worker representatives, and
12community-based organizations.

13(B) Addressing issues that include, but are not limited to,
14prelicensure classifications in allied health occupations that would
15allow students, in a supervised setting, to gain experience in their
16chosen field before obtaining licensure, and the payment of wages
17while in a workplace-based training program.

18(C) The department ensuring that existing standards of consumer
19protection are maintained.

20(D) begin deleteThe sharing ofend deletebegin insert Sharingend insert any statutory barriers identified
21through this process with the relevant committees of the
22Legislature.

23(2) The process described in paragraph (1) shall be completed
24by, and this subdivision shall be inoperative on, January 1, 2020.



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