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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 2105
Author: Rodriguez (D)
Amended: 8/10/16 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE LABOR & IND. REL. COMMITTEE: 5-0, 6/22/16
AYES: Mendoza, Stone, Jackson, Leno, Mitchell
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE: Senate Rule 28.8
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 79-0, 5/5/16 (Consent) - See last page for
vote
SUBJECT: Workforce development: allied health professions
SOURCE: Author
DIGEST: This bill requires the Department of Consumer Affairs
to engage in a stakeholder process to update policies and
identify barriers in order to facilitate the development of
"Earn and learn" training programs in the allied health
professions.
Senate Floor Amendments of 8/10/16 add a stakeholder to this
process and specify that other stakeholder representatives from
the California Community Colleges will be appointed by its board
of governors; and make two technical grammatical and stylistic
changes.
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ANALYSIS:
Existing law:
1)Establishes the California Workforce Development Board (CWDB),
whose members are appointed by the Governor and are
representative of the areas of business, labor, public
education, higher education, economic development, youth
activities, employment and training, as well as the
Legislature. The executive director of the CWDB reports to the
Secretary of the California Labor and Workforce Development
Agency (Unemployment Insurance Code §14011 and §14012).
2)States that the CWDB assists 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 economy
and workforce (Unemployment Insurance Code §14010).
3)Defines "Earn and learn" programs as those that combine
applied learning in a workplace setting with paid wages, which
in turn allow workers or students to gain work experience and
develop skills and competencies directly relevant to the
occupation or career for which they are preparing. These
programs can also combine classroom instruction with paid
on-the-job training (Unemployment Insurance Code §14005).
4)Requires the CWDB, by December 1, 2015, to prepare and submit
to the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature a
report on the board's findings and recommendations with
respect to the issue of expanding job training and employment
for allied health professions (Unemployment Insurance Code
§14005).
This bill:
1)Requires the Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA), by January
1, 2020, to engage in a stakeholder process to update policies
and identify barriers in order to facilitate the development
of "Earn and learn" training programs in the allied health
professions, including those barriers identified in the report
referenced above which is required by Unemployment Insurance
Code §14005(b).
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2)Stipulates that those involved stakeholders shall include, but
are not limited to, DCA's relevant licensure boards, the
Division of Apprenticeship Standards, representatives
appointed by the board of governors from the California
Community College system, the CWDB, and the State Department
of Public Health. Other relevant entities such as the Office
of Statewide Health Planning and Development, employer and
worker representatives, and community-based organizations are
also allowed to participate in the process.
3)States that the issues to be addressed in this process
include, but are not limited to, pre-licensure classifications
that would allow supervised students in a workplace-based
training program to gain experience and receive pay before
obtaining licensure.
4)Requires any statutory barriers identified in this process be
shared with the relevant policy committees of the Legislature,
and that this process be completed by January 1, 2020, at
which time the provisions of the bill will become inoperative.
Comments
Need for this bill? The author argues that the demand for
healthcare workers in the U.S. has remained high for many years,
growing at a rate faster than the overall employment rate for
the past 50 years. The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of
Labor Statistics projects that of the 20 industries projected to
gain the most jobs in the next two years, five of those
industries relate to health care including the work in the
offices of dentists and physicians, home health care services,
services for the elderly and persons with disabilities, and
nursing care facilities.
Furthermore, the author states that health care providers face a
range of employment and workforce issues including significant
shortages of health care workers in certain occupations and
geographic areas and oversupply in others. Additionally, the
author believes that an aging population, population growth, and
federal health care reform will likely contribute to the
increased demand. To address this state of affairs, the author
contends that "Earn and learn" job training programs can be a
critical part of the workforce development strategy in these
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professions. "Earn and learn" programs could address industry
issues including recruitment, retention, training, and quality
of patient care. Thus, the author would like to assess the
barriers and issues related to facilitating the development of
these programs.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal
Com.:YesLocal: No
SUPPORT: (Verified8/8/16)
Jewish Vocational Services of San Francisco
Service Employees International Union Local 1000
OPPOSITION: (Verified8/8/16)
None received
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT: Proponents state that the process
mandated by this bill ensures that individuals working in the
allied health professions could, in a supervised setting, get
the experience needed to up-skill and obtain licensure while on
the job. Proponents believe that "Earn and learn" programs are
an excellent model for developing career ladders in the health
professions, but that more investment is needed at the state
level to ensure that the relevant educational, workforce,
licensing and health workforce stakeholders are working together
toward that aim. Finally, proponents claim that AB 2015 will
ensure that California makes meaningful progress toward these
goals.
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 79-0, 5/5/16
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Travis Allen, Arambula, Atkins, Baker,
Bigelow, Bloom, Bonilla, Bonta, Brough, Brown, Burke,
Calderon, Campos, Chang, Chau, Chávez, Chiu, Chu, Cooley,
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Cooper, Dababneh, Dahle, Daly, Dodd, Eggman, Frazier,
Gallagher, Cristina Garcia, Eduardo Garcia, Gatto, Gipson,
Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gray, Grove, Hadley, Harper, Roger
Hernández, Holden, Irwin, Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Kim, Lackey,
Levine, Linder, Lopez, Low, Maienschein, Mathis, Mayes,
McCarty, Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Nazarian, Obernolte,
O'Donnell, Olsen, Patterson, Quirk, Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez,
Salas, Santiago, Steinorth, Mark Stone, Thurmond, Ting,
Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wilk, Williams, Wood, Rendon
NO VOTE RECORDED: Beth Gaines
Prepared by:Brandon Seto / L. & I.R. / (916) 651-1556
8/12/16 13:22:00
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