Enrolled August 25, 2022 Passed IN Senate August 23, 2022 Passed IN Assembly May 23, 2022 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2666Introduced by Assembly Member SalasFebruary 18, 2022 An act to add Chapter 1.6 (commencing with Section 127840) to Part 3 of Division 107 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to behavioral health.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2666, Salas. Behavioral health internship grant program.Existing law establishes various health professions education programs within the Department of Health Care Access and Information, through which scholarships, loan repayment grants, recruitment or training services, or other benefits are provided to certain health professionals, including mental health service providers, physicians, registered nurses, and vocational nurses, if they meet specified criteria. Existing law authorizes the department to award competitive grants to expand the supply of certain behavioral health professionals serving children and youth, as specified.This bill would, subject to an appropriation, require the department to establish and administer a grant program to allocate funding in the form of stipends, to be distributed to students in behavioral health fields of study and practice, who are participating in internships or completing licensure hours, through unpaid positions, at federally qualified health centers. The bill would require the department, in making grant determinations, to consider mental health professional shortage areas, as defined, and underrepresented groups in the behavioral health workforce.The bill would require the department to collect data in order to evaluate the impact of the grant program on serving the behavioral health needs of the patient community and the diversity of the behavioral health workforce, as specified. The bill would require the department to prepare annual reports based on the evaluation and to publish the annual reports on its internet website.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Chapter 1.6 (commencing with Section 127840) is added to Part 3 of Division 107 of the Health and Safety Code, to read: CHAPTER 1.6. Behavioral Health Internship Grant Program127840. (a) Upon an appropriation by the Legislature for the purposes described in this section, the Department of Health Care Access and Information shall establish and administer a grant program to allocate funding, in the form of stipends, to be distributed to students in behavioral health fields of study and practice, who are participating in internships or completing licensure hours, through unpaid positions, at federally qualified health centers.(b) In determining the allocation of stipends based on applications submitted by the students, the department shall consider mental health professional shortage areas and underrepresented groups in the behavioral health workforce.(c) (1) The department shall collect data, from the grant recipients and the federally qualified health centers affiliated with those recipients, in order to evaluate the impact of the grant program on serving the behavioral health needs of the patient community and the diversity of the behavioral health workforce by various demographic characteristics, including, but not limited to, languages spoken, race, and ethnicity.(2) The department shall prepare annual reports based on the evaluation described in paragraph (1), excluding any personally identifiable information, and shall publish the annual reports on its internet website.(d) For purposes of this chapter, mental health professional shortage area means an area designated as such by the Health Resources and Services Administration of the United States Department of Health and Human Services.
Enrolled August 25, 2022 Passed IN Senate August 23, 2022 Passed IN Assembly May 23, 2022 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2666Introduced by Assembly Member SalasFebruary 18, 2022 An act to add Chapter 1.6 (commencing with Section 127840) to Part 3 of Division 107 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to behavioral health.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2666, Salas. Behavioral health internship grant program.Existing law establishes various health professions education programs within the Department of Health Care Access and Information, through which scholarships, loan repayment grants, recruitment or training services, or other benefits are provided to certain health professionals, including mental health service providers, physicians, registered nurses, and vocational nurses, if they meet specified criteria. Existing law authorizes the department to award competitive grants to expand the supply of certain behavioral health professionals serving children and youth, as specified.This bill would, subject to an appropriation, require the department to establish and administer a grant program to allocate funding in the form of stipends, to be distributed to students in behavioral health fields of study and practice, who are participating in internships or completing licensure hours, through unpaid positions, at federally qualified health centers. The bill would require the department, in making grant determinations, to consider mental health professional shortage areas, as defined, and underrepresented groups in the behavioral health workforce.The bill would require the department to collect data in order to evaluate the impact of the grant program on serving the behavioral health needs of the patient community and the diversity of the behavioral health workforce, as specified. The bill would require the department to prepare annual reports based on the evaluation and to publish the annual reports on its internet website.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
Enrolled August 25, 2022 Passed IN Senate August 23, 2022 Passed IN Assembly May 23, 2022
Enrolled August 25, 2022
Passed IN Senate August 23, 2022
Passed IN Assembly May 23, 2022
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 2666
Introduced by Assembly Member SalasFebruary 18, 2022
Introduced by Assembly Member Salas
February 18, 2022
An act to add Chapter 1.6 (commencing with Section 127840) to Part 3 of Division 107 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to behavioral health.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2666, Salas. Behavioral health internship grant program.
Existing law establishes various health professions education programs within the Department of Health Care Access and Information, through which scholarships, loan repayment grants, recruitment or training services, or other benefits are provided to certain health professionals, including mental health service providers, physicians, registered nurses, and vocational nurses, if they meet specified criteria. Existing law authorizes the department to award competitive grants to expand the supply of certain behavioral health professionals serving children and youth, as specified.This bill would, subject to an appropriation, require the department to establish and administer a grant program to allocate funding in the form of stipends, to be distributed to students in behavioral health fields of study and practice, who are participating in internships or completing licensure hours, through unpaid positions, at federally qualified health centers. The bill would require the department, in making grant determinations, to consider mental health professional shortage areas, as defined, and underrepresented groups in the behavioral health workforce.The bill would require the department to collect data in order to evaluate the impact of the grant program on serving the behavioral health needs of the patient community and the diversity of the behavioral health workforce, as specified. The bill would require the department to prepare annual reports based on the evaluation and to publish the annual reports on its internet website.
Existing law establishes various health professions education programs within the Department of Health Care Access and Information, through which scholarships, loan repayment grants, recruitment or training services, or other benefits are provided to certain health professionals, including mental health service providers, physicians, registered nurses, and vocational nurses, if they meet specified criteria. Existing law authorizes the department to award competitive grants to expand the supply of certain behavioral health professionals serving children and youth, as specified.
This bill would, subject to an appropriation, require the department to establish and administer a grant program to allocate funding in the form of stipends, to be distributed to students in behavioral health fields of study and practice, who are participating in internships or completing licensure hours, through unpaid positions, at federally qualified health centers. The bill would require the department, in making grant determinations, to consider mental health professional shortage areas, as defined, and underrepresented groups in the behavioral health workforce.
The bill would require the department to collect data in order to evaluate the impact of the grant program on serving the behavioral health needs of the patient community and the diversity of the behavioral health workforce, as specified. The bill would require the department to prepare annual reports based on the evaluation and to publish the annual reports on its internet website.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Chapter 1.6 (commencing with Section 127840) is added to Part 3 of Division 107 of the Health and Safety Code, to read: CHAPTER 1.6. Behavioral Health Internship Grant Program127840. (a) Upon an appropriation by the Legislature for the purposes described in this section, the Department of Health Care Access and Information shall establish and administer a grant program to allocate funding, in the form of stipends, to be distributed to students in behavioral health fields of study and practice, who are participating in internships or completing licensure hours, through unpaid positions, at federally qualified health centers.(b) In determining the allocation of stipends based on applications submitted by the students, the department shall consider mental health professional shortage areas and underrepresented groups in the behavioral health workforce.(c) (1) The department shall collect data, from the grant recipients and the federally qualified health centers affiliated with those recipients, in order to evaluate the impact of the grant program on serving the behavioral health needs of the patient community and the diversity of the behavioral health workforce by various demographic characteristics, including, but not limited to, languages spoken, race, and ethnicity.(2) The department shall prepare annual reports based on the evaluation described in paragraph (1), excluding any personally identifiable information, and shall publish the annual reports on its internet website.(d) For purposes of this chapter, mental health professional shortage area means an area designated as such by the Health Resources and Services Administration of the United States Department of Health and Human Services.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Chapter 1.6 (commencing with Section 127840) is added to Part 3 of Division 107 of the Health and Safety Code, to read: CHAPTER 1.6. Behavioral Health Internship Grant Program127840. (a) Upon an appropriation by the Legislature for the purposes described in this section, the Department of Health Care Access and Information shall establish and administer a grant program to allocate funding, in the form of stipends, to be distributed to students in behavioral health fields of study and practice, who are participating in internships or completing licensure hours, through unpaid positions, at federally qualified health centers.(b) In determining the allocation of stipends based on applications submitted by the students, the department shall consider mental health professional shortage areas and underrepresented groups in the behavioral health workforce.(c) (1) The department shall collect data, from the grant recipients and the federally qualified health centers affiliated with those recipients, in order to evaluate the impact of the grant program on serving the behavioral health needs of the patient community and the diversity of the behavioral health workforce by various demographic characteristics, including, but not limited to, languages spoken, race, and ethnicity.(2) The department shall prepare annual reports based on the evaluation described in paragraph (1), excluding any personally identifiable information, and shall publish the annual reports on its internet website.(d) For purposes of this chapter, mental health professional shortage area means an area designated as such by the Health Resources and Services Administration of the United States Department of Health and Human Services.
SECTION 1. Chapter 1.6 (commencing with Section 127840) is added to Part 3 of Division 107 of the Health and Safety Code, to read:
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CHAPTER 1.6. Behavioral Health Internship Grant Program127840. (a) Upon an appropriation by the Legislature for the purposes described in this section, the Department of Health Care Access and Information shall establish and administer a grant program to allocate funding, in the form of stipends, to be distributed to students in behavioral health fields of study and practice, who are participating in internships or completing licensure hours, through unpaid positions, at federally qualified health centers.(b) In determining the allocation of stipends based on applications submitted by the students, the department shall consider mental health professional shortage areas and underrepresented groups in the behavioral health workforce.(c) (1) The department shall collect data, from the grant recipients and the federally qualified health centers affiliated with those recipients, in order to evaluate the impact of the grant program on serving the behavioral health needs of the patient community and the diversity of the behavioral health workforce by various demographic characteristics, including, but not limited to, languages spoken, race, and ethnicity.(2) The department shall prepare annual reports based on the evaluation described in paragraph (1), excluding any personally identifiable information, and shall publish the annual reports on its internet website.(d) For purposes of this chapter, mental health professional shortage area means an area designated as such by the Health Resources and Services Administration of the United States Department of Health and Human Services.
CHAPTER 1.6. Behavioral Health Internship Grant Program127840. (a) Upon an appropriation by the Legislature for the purposes described in this section, the Department of Health Care Access and Information shall establish and administer a grant program to allocate funding, in the form of stipends, to be distributed to students in behavioral health fields of study and practice, who are participating in internships or completing licensure hours, through unpaid positions, at federally qualified health centers.(b) In determining the allocation of stipends based on applications submitted by the students, the department shall consider mental health professional shortage areas and underrepresented groups in the behavioral health workforce.(c) (1) The department shall collect data, from the grant recipients and the federally qualified health centers affiliated with those recipients, in order to evaluate the impact of the grant program on serving the behavioral health needs of the patient community and the diversity of the behavioral health workforce by various demographic characteristics, including, but not limited to, languages spoken, race, and ethnicity.(2) The department shall prepare annual reports based on the evaluation described in paragraph (1), excluding any personally identifiable information, and shall publish the annual reports on its internet website.(d) For purposes of this chapter, mental health professional shortage area means an area designated as such by the Health Resources and Services Administration of the United States Department of Health and Human Services.
CHAPTER 1.6. Behavioral Health Internship Grant Program
CHAPTER 1.6. Behavioral Health Internship Grant Program
127840. (a) Upon an appropriation by the Legislature for the purposes described in this section, the Department of Health Care Access and Information shall establish and administer a grant program to allocate funding, in the form of stipends, to be distributed to students in behavioral health fields of study and practice, who are participating in internships or completing licensure hours, through unpaid positions, at federally qualified health centers.(b) In determining the allocation of stipends based on applications submitted by the students, the department shall consider mental health professional shortage areas and underrepresented groups in the behavioral health workforce.(c) (1) The department shall collect data, from the grant recipients and the federally qualified health centers affiliated with those recipients, in order to evaluate the impact of the grant program on serving the behavioral health needs of the patient community and the diversity of the behavioral health workforce by various demographic characteristics, including, but not limited to, languages spoken, race, and ethnicity.(2) The department shall prepare annual reports based on the evaluation described in paragraph (1), excluding any personally identifiable information, and shall publish the annual reports on its internet website.(d) For purposes of this chapter, mental health professional shortage area means an area designated as such by the Health Resources and Services Administration of the United States Department of Health and Human Services.
127840. (a) Upon an appropriation by the Legislature for the purposes described in this section, the Department of Health Care Access and Information shall establish and administer a grant program to allocate funding, in the form of stipends, to be distributed to students in behavioral health fields of study and practice, who are participating in internships or completing licensure hours, through unpaid positions, at federally qualified health centers.
(b) In determining the allocation of stipends based on applications submitted by the students, the department shall consider mental health professional shortage areas and underrepresented groups in the behavioral health workforce.
(c) (1) The department shall collect data, from the grant recipients and the federally qualified health centers affiliated with those recipients, in order to evaluate the impact of the grant program on serving the behavioral health needs of the patient community and the diversity of the behavioral health workforce by various demographic characteristics, including, but not limited to, languages spoken, race, and ethnicity.
(2) The department shall prepare annual reports based on the evaluation described in paragraph (1), excluding any personally identifiable information, and shall publish the annual reports on its internet website.
(d) For purposes of this chapter, mental health professional shortage area means an area designated as such by the Health Resources and Services Administration of the United States Department of Health and Human Services.