BILL NUMBER: AB 2214INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Monning FEBRUARY 24, 2012 An act to add Part 3.5 (commencing with Section 128590) to Division 107 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to health workforce development. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2214, as introduced, 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 establish within the California Workforce Investment Board 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 office to provide staff support to the council. 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. 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 Health Workforce Development Council is hereby established within the California Workforce Investment Board (board) 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. (b) The council shall do both of the following: (1) Understand the current and future health workforce needs of California. (2) Develop a comprehensive strategy to meet those needs. (c) The board representative shall be the chair of the council. (d) The office shall provide staff support to the council.