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                   Senate Appropriations Committee Fiscal Summary
                           Senator Christine Kehoe, Chair

                                           2551 (Hernandez)
          
          Hearing Date:  8/12/2010        Amended: 8/2/2010
          Consultant: Katie Johnson       Policy Vote: Health 6-2
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          BILL SUMMARY: AB 2551, an urgency measure, would enact the  
          California Health Workforce Development Act of 2010 and would  
          require the California Workforce Investment Board (CWIB) and the  
          Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) to  
          establish the Health Workforce Development Council which would  
          develop a strategic health workforce initiative.
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                            Fiscal Impact (in thousands)
           Major Provisions         2010-11      2011-12       2012-13     Fund  
          OSHPD staff            $125       $250        $220      Special*

          CWIB staff             $75 - $100 $150 - 200  $150 - $200General

          *California Health Data and Planning Fund
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          STAFF COMMENTS: This bill meets the criteria for referral to the  
          Suspense File.
          This bill would require CWIB and OSHPD to jointly establish a  
          special committee to be known as the Health Workforce  
          Development Council (Council) whose membership would include  
          representatives from CWIB, including their K-12, Employment  
          Development Department (EDD), and California Community Colleges  
          (CCCs) representatives, OSHPD, and the California Department of  
          Public Health (CDPH). The council would be required to develop a  
          strategic initiative, which would include identifying and  
          developing the framework, funding, strategies, programs,  
          policies, partnerships, and opportunities necessary to address  
          the growing need for a highly skilled and well-trained health  
          workforce. The council would also be tasked with providing  
          policy guidance, fostering regional collaboration in the health  
          sector, and identifying funding resources and making  
          recommendations on how to expand and leverage these funds.

          This bill would require CWIB and OSHPD to report to the  










          Legislature by April 1, 2012, and annually thereafter until  
          April 1, 2016, on the status of the council's activities and its  
          development of a health workforce strategic initiative. OSHPD  
          would need staff resources of at least $150,000 in FY 2010-2011,  
          $250,000 in FY 2011-2012, and $220,000 annually thereafter, in  
          order to fully participate in the council and its activities and  
          to produce the necessary reports. OSHPD would utilize funds from  
          its California Health Data and Planning Fund and would need its  
          fee authority to be increased to cover costs. CWIB would likely  
          need resources of approximately $150,000 to $200,000 General  
          Fund annually ongoing.

          The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), enacted  
          March 23, 2010, provides for planning grants for workforce  
          development activities of $150,000 one-time. CWIB and OSHPD  
          jointly applied for the grant.