BILL NUMBER: AB 2214	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 6, 2012
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 3, 2012
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 20, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 25, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 27, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Monning

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

   An act to add Section 1227.5 to the Business and Professions Code,
and to add Sections 106967 and 107156 to, and to add and repeal Part
3.5 (commencing with Section 128590) of Division 107 of, the Health
and Safety Code, relating to health workforce development.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2214, as amended, Monning. Health workforce development.
   Existing law requires the Office of Statewide Health Planning and
Development within the California Health and Human Services Agency
to, among other things, (1) develop a Health Manpower Plan for
California that consists of, among other things, appropriate
standards for determining the adequacy of supply of specified health
personnel, (2) maintain a Health Professions Career Opportunity
Program that includes supporting and encouraging minority health
professionals in training to practice in health professional shortage
areas, and (3) establish a health care workforce clearinghouse to
serve as the central source of health care workforce and educational
data in the state.
   Existing law, the Song-Brown Health Care Workforce Training Act,
creates the California Healthcare Workforce Policy Commission to,
among other things, identify specific areas of the state where unmet
priority needs for primary care family physicians and registered
nurses exist.
   Existing law establishes the California Workforce Investment Board
within the Labor and Workforce Development Agency to assist the
Governor in the development, oversight, and continuous improvement of
California's workforce investment system.
   This bill would require, until January 1, 2019, the California
Workforce Investment Board to establish the Health Workforce
Development Council to help expand California's health workforce in
order to provide access to quality health care for all Californians.
The bill would require the council to perform certain duties,
including seeking expertise from multisector representatives to
enhance the understanding of the issues and policies needed to ensure
that California has the necessary workforce to provide access to
quality, and culturally and linguistically appropriate, health care,
as specified. The bill would require the council to inform the
Legislature of its health initiatives and progress, as specified.
   Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of persons
who engage in clinical laboratory practice, conduct radiologic
technology, and perform nuclear medicine technology, as defined, by
the State Department of Public Health, and makes a violation of those
provisions a crime.
   This bill would require every person described above to report to
the department, upon issuance and renewal of his or her license,
certificate, or permit, his or her practice status, as specified,
and, unless the licensee declines to state them, his or her cultural
background and foreign language proficiency. This bill would exempt
the failure to report this information from those criminal
provisions. This bill would require the department to collect the
information as provided under those provisions, and authorize the
department to aggregate and post this information on the department's
Internet Web site.
   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.  Section 1227.5 is added to the Business and Professions
Code, to read:
   1227.5.  (a) Each person licensed under this chapter shall report
to the department, immediately upon issuance of an initial license
and upon renewal, his or her practice status, which shall be
designated as one of the following:
   (1) Full-time practice in California.
   (2) Part-time practice in California.
   (3) Full-time practice outside of California.
   (4) Retired.
   (5) Other practice status, as may be determined by the department.

   (b) The licenseholder described in subdivision (a) shall report to
the department, immediately upon issuance of an initial license and
upon renewal, information regarding his or her cultural background
and foreign language proficiency. The department shall use the racial
and foreign language categories used by the United States Census
Bureau. The department shall provide an option for the licensee to
decline to state his or her cultural background and foreign language
proficiency.
   (c) The department shall collect any information as provided under
subdivisions (a) and (b), and may aggregate and post this
information on the department's Internet Web site.
   (d) A failure to report under this section does not constitute a
violation within the meaning of Section 1287.
   (e) For purposes of this section:
   (1) "Full-time practice" means a holder of a certificate or permit
described in subdivision (a) who works  more than 
35  or more  hours per week or is determined by his or her
employer to be employed full-time.
   (2) "Part-time practice" means a holder of a certificate or permit
described in subdivision (a) who works  less than 35
  34 or fewer  hours per week or is determined by
his or her employer to be employed part-time.
  SEC. 2.  Section 106967 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to
read:
   106967.  (a) A radiologic technologist certified pursuant to
subdivision (b) of Section 114870 of the Radiologic Technology Act
(Section 27) and a limited X-ray technician granted a limited permit
pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 114870 of the Radiologic
Technology Act (Section 27) shall report to the department,
immediately upon issuance of an initial certificate or permit and
upon renewal, his or her practice status, which shall be designated
as one of the following:
   (1) Full-time practice in California.
   (2) Part-time practice in California.
   (3) Full-time practice outside of California.
   (4) Retired.
   (5) Other practice status, as may be determined by the department.

   (b) The holder of a certificate or permit described in subdivision
(a) shall report to the department, immediately upon issuance of an
initial certificate or permit and upon renewal, information regarding
his or her cultural background and foreign language proficiency. The
department shall use the racial and foreign language categories used
by the United States Census Bureau. The department shall provide an
option for the holder of the certificate or permit to decline to
state his or her cultural background and foreign language
proficiency.
   (c) The department shall collect any information as provided under
subdivisions (a) and (b), and may aggregate and post this
information on the department's Internet Web site.
   (d) A failure to report under this section does not constitute a
violation within the meaning of Section 107075.
   (e) For purposes of this section:
   (1) "Full-time practice" means a holder of a certificate or permit
described in subdivision (a) who works  more than 
35  or more  hours per week or is determined by his or her
employer to be employed full-time.
   (2) "Part-time practice" means a holder of a certificate or permit
described in subdivision (a) who works  less than 35
  34 or fewer  hours per week or is determined by
his or her employer to be employed part-time.
  SEC. 3.  Section 107156 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to
read:
   107156.  (a) A person who is certified as meeting the standards of
competence in nuclear medicine technology pursuant to this article
shall report to the department, immediately upon issuance of an
initial certificate and upon renewal, his or her practice status,
which shall be designated as one of the following:
   (1) Full-time practice in California.
   (2) Part-time practice in California.
   (3) Full-time practice outside of California.
   (4) Retired.
   (5) Other practice status, as may be determined by the department.

   (b) The holder of a certificate described in subdivision (a) shall
report to the department, immediately upon issuance of an initial
certificate and at the time of renewal, information regarding his or
her cultural background and foreign language proficiency. The
department shall use the racial and foreign language categories used
by the United States Census Bureau. The department shall provide an
option for the holder of the certificate to decline to state his or
her cultural background and foreign language proficiency.
   (c) The department shall collect any information as provided under
subdivisions (a) and (b), and may aggregate and post this
information on the department's Internet Web site.
   (d) A failure to report under this section does not constitute a
violation within the meaning of Section 107170.
   (e) For purposes of this section:
   (1) "Full-time practice" means a holder of a certificate described
in subdivision (a) who works  more than  35  or
more  hours per week or is determined by his or her employer to
be employed full-time.
   (2) "Part-time practice" means a holder of a certificate described
in subdivision (a) who works  less than 35   34
or fewer  hours per week or is determined by his or her
employer to be employed part-time.
  SEC. 4.  Part 3.5 (commencing with Section 128590) is added to
Division 107 of the Health and Safety Code, to read:

      PART 3.5.  Health Workforce Development


   128590.  (a) The California Workforce Investment Board shall
establish a special committee known as the Health Workforce
Development Council to help expand the state's health workforce in
order to provide access to quality health care for all Californians.
In this regard, it is the intent of the Legislature to expand the
state's full-time primary care workforce between 2013 and 2023. The
membership of the council shall consist of the appropriate
representatives from the board's existing membership, as well as
representatives from other state agencies and departments, higher
education, labor, the health care industry, workforce groups,
philanthropic and nongovernmental entities, and other appropriate
health advocates.
    (b) The council shall do all of the following:
   (1) Develop a comprehensive statewide plan and implementation
strategy for health workforce development through strategic
partnerships.
   (2) Examine proven strategies and policies to increase health
workforce supply that can be replicated and deployed through sector
strategy and other models.
   (3) Provide guidance on the development and maturation of regional
health workforce partnerships to address regional health care and
delivery system needs.
   (4) Use regional partnerships to identify and inform regional and
statewide health workforce development priorities.
   (5) Seek expertise from multisector representatives to enhance the
understanding of the issues and policies needed to ensure that
California has the necessary workforce to provide access to quality,
and culturally and linguistically appropriate, health care.
   (c) The board representative on the council shall be the chair of
the council.
   (d) (1) The council shall inform the Legislature of its health
initiatives and progress by providing the Legislature with a copy of
the board's annual report to the federal Department of Labor.
   (2) The report submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be
submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
   (e) For purposes of this part:
   (1) "Board" means the California Workforce Investment Board.
   (2) "Council" means the Health Workforce Development Council.
   128591.  This part shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2019, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2019, deletes or extends
that date.