Amended IN Assembly March 17, 2022 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2069Introduced by Assembly Member VillapuduaFebruary 14, 2022 An act to add Article 13 (commencing with Section 1796.75) to Chapter 13 of Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to home care services. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2069, as amended, Villapudua. Home care services: scholarships. California Caregivers Training Scholarship Act.Existing law establishes the Home Care Services Consumer Protection Act, which provides for the licensure and regulation of home care organizations, as defined, by the State Department of Social Services, and for the registration of home care aides. A violation of the act is a misdemeanor.This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact the California Caregivers Training Scholarship Act to award scholarships to students to be used for home care aid or home health aide training programs, as specified.This bill would create the California Caregivers Training Scholarship Act, to be administered by the department to incentivize enrollment in home care aide or home health aide training programs. The bill would require the department to, among other things in administering the act, award scholarships of $1,500 to up to 1,000 people. The bill would require individuals who apply for a scholarship to use the scholarship funds for enrollment in a home care aide or home health aide training program and to commit to working as a home care aide or home health aide for at least 5 years following completion of the training program. The bill would make these provisions operative upon appropriation.The bill would make related findings and declarations.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NOYES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) Californias master plan for aging (MPA) stipulates a goal titled caregiving that works, with a target of 1,000,000 high-quality direct care jobs by 2030. (b) The MPA notes that at some point in their lives, most Californians will seek care from families, friends, or paid caregivers.(c) A 2018 AARP survey finds that 75 percent of those surveyed said they preferred to age in place.(d) The people providing direct care to individuals aging at home and people with disabilities are often home care aides, who provide nonmedical services and assistance with activities of daily living, such as bathing, dressing, feeding, exercising, personal hygiene, and ambulating, and instrumental activities of daily living, such as grocery shopping and housekeeping, and home health aides, who provide personal care services under a plan of treatment prescribed by the patients physician and surgeon.(e) The issues impacting the direct care workforce are extraordinarily complex, and include low wages; a gray or underground labor market; intricate laws regarding scope of practice; inherent institutional inequities resulting in women, particularly black, indigenous, Latino, and Asian American women, performing a disproportionately large share of caregiving jobs; and inconsistent training for a profession that has been egregiously marginalized.(f) According to the California Department of Agings summary of home- and community- based services spending plan proposals issued on June 3, 2021, $150,000,000 in one-time federal funds is available for direct care workforce training (not including in-home supportive services) and stipends.SEC. 2. Article 13 (commencing with Section 1796.75) is added to Chapter 13 of Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code, to read: Article 13. California Caregivers Training Scholarship Act1796.75. The California Caregivers Training Scholarship Act is hereby created to be administered by the department. The purpose of the act is to incentivize enrollment in home care aide or home health aide training programs.1796.76. In administering the act, the department shall do all of the following:(a) Solicit applications from those interested in training as a home care aide or home health aide.(b) Develop an application process.(c) Award scholarships on a rolling basis to qualified applicants.(d) Award scholarship to up to 1,000 people.(e) Award scholarships of one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) per person.1796.77. Individuals who apply for a scholarship pursuant to this article shall meet both of the following requirements:(a) Use the scholarship funds for enrollment in a home care aide or home health aide training program.(b) Commit to working as a home care aide or home health aide for at least five years following completion of the training program.1796.78. This article shall be operative upon appropriation by the Legislature.SECTION 1.It is the intent of the Legislature to enact the California Caregivers Training Scholarship Act to award 1,000 scholarships of one thousand, five hundred dollars ($1,500) each to students to be used for home care aid or home health aide training programs at the California Community Colleges or an adult education program. It is the intent of the Legislature that this legislation award scholarships through December 30, 2026, and that scholarship recipients agree to work in the field at least one year.
Amended IN Assembly March 17, 2022 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2069Introduced by Assembly Member VillapuduaFebruary 14, 2022 An act to add Article 13 (commencing with Section 1796.75) to Chapter 13 of Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to home care services. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2069, as amended, Villapudua. Home care services: scholarships. California Caregivers Training Scholarship Act.Existing law establishes the Home Care Services Consumer Protection Act, which provides for the licensure and regulation of home care organizations, as defined, by the State Department of Social Services, and for the registration of home care aides. A violation of the act is a misdemeanor.This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact the California Caregivers Training Scholarship Act to award scholarships to students to be used for home care aid or home health aide training programs, as specified.This bill would create the California Caregivers Training Scholarship Act, to be administered by the department to incentivize enrollment in home care aide or home health aide training programs. The bill would require the department to, among other things in administering the act, award scholarships of $1,500 to up to 1,000 people. The bill would require individuals who apply for a scholarship to use the scholarship funds for enrollment in a home care aide or home health aide training program and to commit to working as a home care aide or home health aide for at least 5 years following completion of the training program. The bill would make these provisions operative upon appropriation.The bill would make related findings and declarations.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NOYES Local Program: NO
Amended IN Assembly March 17, 2022
Amended IN Assembly March 17, 2022
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 2069
Introduced by Assembly Member VillapuduaFebruary 14, 2022
Introduced by Assembly Member Villapudua
February 14, 2022
An act to add Article 13 (commencing with Section 1796.75) to Chapter 13 of Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to home care services.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2069, as amended, Villapudua. Home care services: scholarships. California Caregivers Training Scholarship Act.
Existing law establishes the Home Care Services Consumer Protection Act, which provides for the licensure and regulation of home care organizations, as defined, by the State Department of Social Services, and for the registration of home care aides. A violation of the act is a misdemeanor.This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact the California Caregivers Training Scholarship Act to award scholarships to students to be used for home care aid or home health aide training programs, as specified.This bill would create the California Caregivers Training Scholarship Act, to be administered by the department to incentivize enrollment in home care aide or home health aide training programs. The bill would require the department to, among other things in administering the act, award scholarships of $1,500 to up to 1,000 people. The bill would require individuals who apply for a scholarship to use the scholarship funds for enrollment in a home care aide or home health aide training program and to commit to working as a home care aide or home health aide for at least 5 years following completion of the training program. The bill would make these provisions operative upon appropriation.The bill would make related findings and declarations.
Existing law establishes the Home Care Services Consumer Protection Act, which provides for the licensure and regulation of home care organizations, as defined, by the State Department of Social Services, and for the registration of home care aides. A violation of the act is a misdemeanor.
This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact the California Caregivers Training Scholarship Act to award scholarships to students to be used for home care aid or home health aide training programs, as specified.
This bill would create the California Caregivers Training Scholarship Act, to be administered by the department to incentivize enrollment in home care aide or home health aide training programs. The bill would require the department to, among other things in administering the act, award scholarships of $1,500 to up to 1,000 people. The bill would require individuals who apply for a scholarship to use the scholarship funds for enrollment in a home care aide or home health aide training program and to commit to working as a home care aide or home health aide for at least 5 years following completion of the training program. The bill would make these provisions operative upon appropriation.
The bill would make related findings and declarations.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) Californias master plan for aging (MPA) stipulates a goal titled caregiving that works, with a target of 1,000,000 high-quality direct care jobs by 2030. (b) The MPA notes that at some point in their lives, most Californians will seek care from families, friends, or paid caregivers.(c) A 2018 AARP survey finds that 75 percent of those surveyed said they preferred to age in place.(d) The people providing direct care to individuals aging at home and people with disabilities are often home care aides, who provide nonmedical services and assistance with activities of daily living, such as bathing, dressing, feeding, exercising, personal hygiene, and ambulating, and instrumental activities of daily living, such as grocery shopping and housekeeping, and home health aides, who provide personal care services under a plan of treatment prescribed by the patients physician and surgeon.(e) The issues impacting the direct care workforce are extraordinarily complex, and include low wages; a gray or underground labor market; intricate laws regarding scope of practice; inherent institutional inequities resulting in women, particularly black, indigenous, Latino, and Asian American women, performing a disproportionately large share of caregiving jobs; and inconsistent training for a profession that has been egregiously marginalized.(f) According to the California Department of Agings summary of home- and community- based services spending plan proposals issued on June 3, 2021, $150,000,000 in one-time federal funds is available for direct care workforce training (not including in-home supportive services) and stipends.SEC. 2. Article 13 (commencing with Section 1796.75) is added to Chapter 13 of Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code, to read: Article 13. California Caregivers Training Scholarship Act1796.75. The California Caregivers Training Scholarship Act is hereby created to be administered by the department. The purpose of the act is to incentivize enrollment in home care aide or home health aide training programs.1796.76. In administering the act, the department shall do all of the following:(a) Solicit applications from those interested in training as a home care aide or home health aide.(b) Develop an application process.(c) Award scholarships on a rolling basis to qualified applicants.(d) Award scholarship to up to 1,000 people.(e) Award scholarships of one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) per person.1796.77. Individuals who apply for a scholarship pursuant to this article shall meet both of the following requirements:(a) Use the scholarship funds for enrollment in a home care aide or home health aide training program.(b) Commit to working as a home care aide or home health aide for at least five years following completion of the training program.1796.78. This article shall be operative upon appropriation by the Legislature.SECTION 1.It is the intent of the Legislature to enact the California Caregivers Training Scholarship Act to award 1,000 scholarships of one thousand, five hundred dollars ($1,500) each to students to be used for home care aid or home health aide training programs at the California Community Colleges or an adult education program. It is the intent of the Legislature that this legislation award scholarships through December 30, 2026, and that scholarship recipients agree to work in the field at least one year.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) Californias master plan for aging (MPA) stipulates a goal titled caregiving that works, with a target of 1,000,000 high-quality direct care jobs by 2030. (b) The MPA notes that at some point in their lives, most Californians will seek care from families, friends, or paid caregivers.(c) A 2018 AARP survey finds that 75 percent of those surveyed said they preferred to age in place.(d) The people providing direct care to individuals aging at home and people with disabilities are often home care aides, who provide nonmedical services and assistance with activities of daily living, such as bathing, dressing, feeding, exercising, personal hygiene, and ambulating, and instrumental activities of daily living, such as grocery shopping and housekeeping, and home health aides, who provide personal care services under a plan of treatment prescribed by the patients physician and surgeon.(e) The issues impacting the direct care workforce are extraordinarily complex, and include low wages; a gray or underground labor market; intricate laws regarding scope of practice; inherent institutional inequities resulting in women, particularly black, indigenous, Latino, and Asian American women, performing a disproportionately large share of caregiving jobs; and inconsistent training for a profession that has been egregiously marginalized.(f) According to the California Department of Agings summary of home- and community- based services spending plan proposals issued on June 3, 2021, $150,000,000 in one-time federal funds is available for direct care workforce training (not including in-home supportive services) and stipends.
SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) Californias master plan for aging (MPA) stipulates a goal titled caregiving that works, with a target of 1,000,000 high-quality direct care jobs by 2030. (b) The MPA notes that at some point in their lives, most Californians will seek care from families, friends, or paid caregivers.(c) A 2018 AARP survey finds that 75 percent of those surveyed said they preferred to age in place.(d) The people providing direct care to individuals aging at home and people with disabilities are often home care aides, who provide nonmedical services and assistance with activities of daily living, such as bathing, dressing, feeding, exercising, personal hygiene, and ambulating, and instrumental activities of daily living, such as grocery shopping and housekeeping, and home health aides, who provide personal care services under a plan of treatment prescribed by the patients physician and surgeon.(e) The issues impacting the direct care workforce are extraordinarily complex, and include low wages; a gray or underground labor market; intricate laws regarding scope of practice; inherent institutional inequities resulting in women, particularly black, indigenous, Latino, and Asian American women, performing a disproportionately large share of caregiving jobs; and inconsistent training for a profession that has been egregiously marginalized.(f) According to the California Department of Agings summary of home- and community- based services spending plan proposals issued on June 3, 2021, $150,000,000 in one-time federal funds is available for direct care workforce training (not including in-home supportive services) and stipends.
SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
### SECTION 1.
(a) Californias master plan for aging (MPA) stipulates a goal titled caregiving that works, with a target of 1,000,000 high-quality direct care jobs by 2030.
(b) The MPA notes that at some point in their lives, most Californians will seek care from families, friends, or paid caregivers.
(c) A 2018 AARP survey finds that 75 percent of those surveyed said they preferred to age in place.
(d) The people providing direct care to individuals aging at home and people with disabilities are often home care aides, who provide nonmedical services and assistance with activities of daily living, such as bathing, dressing, feeding, exercising, personal hygiene, and ambulating, and instrumental activities of daily living, such as grocery shopping and housekeeping, and home health aides, who provide personal care services under a plan of treatment prescribed by the patients physician and surgeon.
(e) The issues impacting the direct care workforce are extraordinarily complex, and include low wages; a gray or underground labor market; intricate laws regarding scope of practice; inherent institutional inequities resulting in women, particularly black, indigenous, Latino, and Asian American women, performing a disproportionately large share of caregiving jobs; and inconsistent training for a profession that has been egregiously marginalized.
(f) According to the California Department of Agings summary of home- and community- based services spending plan proposals issued on June 3, 2021, $150,000,000 in one-time federal funds is available for direct care workforce training (not including in-home supportive services) and stipends.
SEC. 2. Article 13 (commencing with Section 1796.75) is added to Chapter 13 of Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code, to read: Article 13. California Caregivers Training Scholarship Act1796.75. The California Caregivers Training Scholarship Act is hereby created to be administered by the department. The purpose of the act is to incentivize enrollment in home care aide or home health aide training programs.1796.76. In administering the act, the department shall do all of the following:(a) Solicit applications from those interested in training as a home care aide or home health aide.(b) Develop an application process.(c) Award scholarships on a rolling basis to qualified applicants.(d) Award scholarship to up to 1,000 people.(e) Award scholarships of one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) per person.1796.77. Individuals who apply for a scholarship pursuant to this article shall meet both of the following requirements:(a) Use the scholarship funds for enrollment in a home care aide or home health aide training program.(b) Commit to working as a home care aide or home health aide for at least five years following completion of the training program.1796.78. This article shall be operative upon appropriation by the Legislature.
SEC. 2. Article 13 (commencing with Section 1796.75) is added to Chapter 13 of Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code, to read:
### SEC. 2.
Article 13. California Caregivers Training Scholarship Act1796.75. The California Caregivers Training Scholarship Act is hereby created to be administered by the department. The purpose of the act is to incentivize enrollment in home care aide or home health aide training programs.1796.76. In administering the act, the department shall do all of the following:(a) Solicit applications from those interested in training as a home care aide or home health aide.(b) Develop an application process.(c) Award scholarships on a rolling basis to qualified applicants.(d) Award scholarship to up to 1,000 people.(e) Award scholarships of one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) per person.1796.77. Individuals who apply for a scholarship pursuant to this article shall meet both of the following requirements:(a) Use the scholarship funds for enrollment in a home care aide or home health aide training program.(b) Commit to working as a home care aide or home health aide for at least five years following completion of the training program.1796.78. This article shall be operative upon appropriation by the Legislature.
Article 13. California Caregivers Training Scholarship Act1796.75. The California Caregivers Training Scholarship Act is hereby created to be administered by the department. The purpose of the act is to incentivize enrollment in home care aide or home health aide training programs.1796.76. In administering the act, the department shall do all of the following:(a) Solicit applications from those interested in training as a home care aide or home health aide.(b) Develop an application process.(c) Award scholarships on a rolling basis to qualified applicants.(d) Award scholarship to up to 1,000 people.(e) Award scholarships of one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) per person.1796.77. Individuals who apply for a scholarship pursuant to this article shall meet both of the following requirements:(a) Use the scholarship funds for enrollment in a home care aide or home health aide training program.(b) Commit to working as a home care aide or home health aide for at least five years following completion of the training program.1796.78. This article shall be operative upon appropriation by the Legislature.
Article 13. California Caregivers Training Scholarship Act
Article 13. California Caregivers Training Scholarship Act
1796.75. The California Caregivers Training Scholarship Act is hereby created to be administered by the department. The purpose of the act is to incentivize enrollment in home care aide or home health aide training programs.
1796.75. The California Caregivers Training Scholarship Act is hereby created to be administered by the department. The purpose of the act is to incentivize enrollment in home care aide or home health aide training programs.
1796.76. In administering the act, the department shall do all of the following:(a) Solicit applications from those interested in training as a home care aide or home health aide.(b) Develop an application process.(c) Award scholarships on a rolling basis to qualified applicants.(d) Award scholarship to up to 1,000 people.(e) Award scholarships of one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) per person.
1796.76. In administering the act, the department shall do all of the following:
(a) Solicit applications from those interested in training as a home care aide or home health aide.
(b) Develop an application process.
(c) Award scholarships on a rolling basis to qualified applicants.
(d) Award scholarship to up to 1,000 people.
(e) Award scholarships of one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) per person.
1796.77. Individuals who apply for a scholarship pursuant to this article shall meet both of the following requirements:(a) Use the scholarship funds for enrollment in a home care aide or home health aide training program.(b) Commit to working as a home care aide or home health aide for at least five years following completion of the training program.
1796.77. Individuals who apply for a scholarship pursuant to this article shall meet both of the following requirements:
(a) Use the scholarship funds for enrollment in a home care aide or home health aide training program.
(b) Commit to working as a home care aide or home health aide for at least five years following completion of the training program.
1796.78. This article shall be operative upon appropriation by the Legislature.
1796.78. This article shall be operative upon appropriation by the Legislature.
It is the intent of the Legislature to enact the California Caregivers Training Scholarship Act to award 1,000 scholarships of one thousand, five hundred dollars ($1,500) each to students to be used for home care aid or home health aide training programs at the California Community Colleges or an adult education program. It is the intent of the Legislature that this legislation award scholarships through December 30, 2026, and that scholarship recipients agree to work in the field at least one year.