Amended IN Assembly April 13, 2023 Amended IN Assembly March 23, 2023 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1311Introduced by Assembly Member SoriaFebruary 16, 2023 An act to amend Section 1179.3 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to public health. An act to add and repeal Section 66026.5 of the Education Code, relating to public postsecondary education.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1311, as amended, Soria. Public health: rural and underserved areas. Public postsecondary education: allied health programs: assessment.Existing law establishes the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California, and the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges as the 3 segments of public postsecondary education in this state.This bill would require the Legislative Analysts Office to conduct an assessment, on or before January 1, 2025, evaluating the efficacy of existing programs in allied health jointly offered between campuses of the California Community Colleges, California State University, and University of California. The bill would require the final assessment to be reported, in writing, to the Legislature and the Governor on or before January 1, 2025, as specified. The bill would repeal these provisions as of January 1, 2026.Existing law requires the Department of Health Care Access and Information, formerly the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, to develop and administer a competitive grants program for projects located in rural areas of California for the purpose of funding innovative, collaborative, cost-effective, and efficient projects that pertain to the delivery of health and medical services in rural areas. Existing law requires the department to develop and establish uses for the funds to fund special projects that alleviate problems of access to quality health care in rural areas and to compensate public and private health care providers associated with direct delivery of patient care.This bill would expand the application of the program to fund projects that pertain to the delivery of health and medical services in underserved areas.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YESNO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 66026.5 is added to the Education Code, to read:66026.5. (a) The Legislative Analysts Office shall conduct an assessment, on or before January 1, 2025, evaluating the efficacy of existing programs in allied health, including, but not limited to, nursing, jointly offered between campuses of the California Community Colleges, California State University, and University of California.(b) The results of the final assessment shall be reported, in writing, to the Legislature and the Governor on or before January 1, 2025. The final assessment shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:(1) The total number of joint programs currently implemented, including information identifying the number of programs, applicants, admissions, enrollments, and degree recipients.(2) The extent to which existing allied health programs fulfill identified workforce shortages, including statewide supply and demand data that considers capacity at the California Community Colleges, the California State University, the University of California, and Californias independent colleges and universities.(3) Information on the job placement of graduates.(4) Joint allied health program costs and the funding sources that were used to finance these programs.(5) Time-to-degree rates and completion rates for students in joint allied health programs.(6) Recommendations on whether and how joint, intersegmental allied health programs can or should be extended and expanded.(c) The report submitted pursuant to subdivision (b) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.(d) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2026, and as of that date is repealed.SECTION 1.Section 1179.3 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:1179.3.(a)(1)The Department of Health Care Access and Information shall develop and administer a competitive grants program for projects located in rural or underserved areas of California.(2)The department shall define rural area for the purposes of this section after receiving public input and upon recommendation of the Interdepartmental Rural Health Coordinating Committee and the Rural Health Programs Liaison.(3)The purpose of the grants program shall be to fund innovative, collaborative, cost-effective, and efficient projects that pertain to the delivery of health and medical services in rural or underserved areas of the state.(4)The department shall develop and establish uses for the funds to fund special projects that alleviate problems of access to quality health care in rural or underserved areas and to compensate public and private health care providers associated with direct delivery of patient care. The funds shall be used for medical and hospital care and treatment of patients who cannot afford to pay for services and for whom payment will not be made through private or public programs.(5)The department shall administer the funds appropriated by the Legislature for purposes of this section. Entities eligible for these funds shall include health providers operating in underserved areas and rural health providers served by the programs operated by the department, the Emergency Medical Services Authority, the State Department of Health Care Services, the State Department of Public Health, and the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board. The grant funds shall be used to expand existing services or establish new services and shall not be used to supplant existing levels of service. Funds appropriated by the Legislature for this purpose may be expended in the fiscal year of the appropriation or the subsequent fiscal year.(b)The department shall establish the criteria and standards for eligibility to be used in requests for proposals or requests for application, the application review process, determining the maximum amount and number of grants to be awarded, preference and priority of projects, compliance monitoring, and the measurement of outcomes achieved after receiving comment from the public at a meeting held pursuant to the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act (Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).(c)The department shall make information regarding the status of the funded projects available at the public meetings described in subdivision (b).
Amended IN Assembly April 13, 2023 Amended IN Assembly March 23, 2023 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1311Introduced by Assembly Member SoriaFebruary 16, 2023 An act to amend Section 1179.3 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to public health. An act to add and repeal Section 66026.5 of the Education Code, relating to public postsecondary education.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1311, as amended, Soria. Public health: rural and underserved areas. Public postsecondary education: allied health programs: assessment.Existing law establishes the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California, and the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges as the 3 segments of public postsecondary education in this state.This bill would require the Legislative Analysts Office to conduct an assessment, on or before January 1, 2025, evaluating the efficacy of existing programs in allied health jointly offered between campuses of the California Community Colleges, California State University, and University of California. The bill would require the final assessment to be reported, in writing, to the Legislature and the Governor on or before January 1, 2025, as specified. The bill would repeal these provisions as of January 1, 2026.Existing law requires the Department of Health Care Access and Information, formerly the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, to develop and administer a competitive grants program for projects located in rural areas of California for the purpose of funding innovative, collaborative, cost-effective, and efficient projects that pertain to the delivery of health and medical services in rural areas. Existing law requires the department to develop and establish uses for the funds to fund special projects that alleviate problems of access to quality health care in rural areas and to compensate public and private health care providers associated with direct delivery of patient care.This bill would expand the application of the program to fund projects that pertain to the delivery of health and medical services in underserved areas.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YESNO Local Program: NO
Amended IN Assembly April 13, 2023 Amended IN Assembly March 23, 2023
Amended IN Assembly April 13, 2023
Amended IN Assembly March 23, 2023
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 1311
Introduced by Assembly Member SoriaFebruary 16, 2023
Introduced by Assembly Member Soria
February 16, 2023
An act to amend Section 1179.3 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to public health. An act to add and repeal Section 66026.5 of the Education Code, relating to public postsecondary education.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1311, as amended, Soria. Public health: rural and underserved areas. Public postsecondary education: allied health programs: assessment.
Existing law establishes the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California, and the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges as the 3 segments of public postsecondary education in this state.This bill would require the Legislative Analysts Office to conduct an assessment, on or before January 1, 2025, evaluating the efficacy of existing programs in allied health jointly offered between campuses of the California Community Colleges, California State University, and University of California. The bill would require the final assessment to be reported, in writing, to the Legislature and the Governor on or before January 1, 2025, as specified. The bill would repeal these provisions as of January 1, 2026.Existing law requires the Department of Health Care Access and Information, formerly the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, to develop and administer a competitive grants program for projects located in rural areas of California for the purpose of funding innovative, collaborative, cost-effective, and efficient projects that pertain to the delivery of health and medical services in rural areas. Existing law requires the department to develop and establish uses for the funds to fund special projects that alleviate problems of access to quality health care in rural areas and to compensate public and private health care providers associated with direct delivery of patient care.This bill would expand the application of the program to fund projects that pertain to the delivery of health and medical services in underserved areas.
Existing law establishes the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California, and the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges as the 3 segments of public postsecondary education in this state.
This bill would require the Legislative Analysts Office to conduct an assessment, on or before January 1, 2025, evaluating the efficacy of existing programs in allied health jointly offered between campuses of the California Community Colleges, California State University, and University of California. The bill would require the final assessment to be reported, in writing, to the Legislature and the Governor on or before January 1, 2025, as specified. The bill would repeal these provisions as of January 1, 2026.
Existing law requires the Department of Health Care Access and Information, formerly the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, to develop and administer a competitive grants program for projects located in rural areas of California for the purpose of funding innovative, collaborative, cost-effective, and efficient projects that pertain to the delivery of health and medical services in rural areas. Existing law requires the department to develop and establish uses for the funds to fund special projects that alleviate problems of access to quality health care in rural areas and to compensate public and private health care providers associated with direct delivery of patient care.
This bill would expand the application of the program to fund projects that pertain to the delivery of health and medical services in underserved areas.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 66026.5 is added to the Education Code, to read:66026.5. (a) The Legislative Analysts Office shall conduct an assessment, on or before January 1, 2025, evaluating the efficacy of existing programs in allied health, including, but not limited to, nursing, jointly offered between campuses of the California Community Colleges, California State University, and University of California.(b) The results of the final assessment shall be reported, in writing, to the Legislature and the Governor on or before January 1, 2025. The final assessment shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:(1) The total number of joint programs currently implemented, including information identifying the number of programs, applicants, admissions, enrollments, and degree recipients.(2) The extent to which existing allied health programs fulfill identified workforce shortages, including statewide supply and demand data that considers capacity at the California Community Colleges, the California State University, the University of California, and Californias independent colleges and universities.(3) Information on the job placement of graduates.(4) Joint allied health program costs and the funding sources that were used to finance these programs.(5) Time-to-degree rates and completion rates for students in joint allied health programs.(6) Recommendations on whether and how joint, intersegmental allied health programs can or should be extended and expanded.(c) The report submitted pursuant to subdivision (b) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.(d) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2026, and as of that date is repealed.SECTION 1.Section 1179.3 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:1179.3.(a)(1)The Department of Health Care Access and Information shall develop and administer a competitive grants program for projects located in rural or underserved areas of California.(2)The department shall define rural area for the purposes of this section after receiving public input and upon recommendation of the Interdepartmental Rural Health Coordinating Committee and the Rural Health Programs Liaison.(3)The purpose of the grants program shall be to fund innovative, collaborative, cost-effective, and efficient projects that pertain to the delivery of health and medical services in rural or underserved areas of the state.(4)The department shall develop and establish uses for the funds to fund special projects that alleviate problems of access to quality health care in rural or underserved areas and to compensate public and private health care providers associated with direct delivery of patient care. The funds shall be used for medical and hospital care and treatment of patients who cannot afford to pay for services and for whom payment will not be made through private or public programs.(5)The department shall administer the funds appropriated by the Legislature for purposes of this section. Entities eligible for these funds shall include health providers operating in underserved areas and rural health providers served by the programs operated by the department, the Emergency Medical Services Authority, the State Department of Health Care Services, the State Department of Public Health, and the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board. The grant funds shall be used to expand existing services or establish new services and shall not be used to supplant existing levels of service. Funds appropriated by the Legislature for this purpose may be expended in the fiscal year of the appropriation or the subsequent fiscal year.(b)The department shall establish the criteria and standards for eligibility to be used in requests for proposals or requests for application, the application review process, determining the maximum amount and number of grants to be awarded, preference and priority of projects, compliance monitoring, and the measurement of outcomes achieved after receiving comment from the public at a meeting held pursuant to the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act (Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).(c)The department shall make information regarding the status of the funded projects available at the public meetings described in subdivision (b).
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 66026.5 is added to the Education Code, to read:66026.5. (a) The Legislative Analysts Office shall conduct an assessment, on or before January 1, 2025, evaluating the efficacy of existing programs in allied health, including, but not limited to, nursing, jointly offered between campuses of the California Community Colleges, California State University, and University of California.(b) The results of the final assessment shall be reported, in writing, to the Legislature and the Governor on or before January 1, 2025. The final assessment shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:(1) The total number of joint programs currently implemented, including information identifying the number of programs, applicants, admissions, enrollments, and degree recipients.(2) The extent to which existing allied health programs fulfill identified workforce shortages, including statewide supply and demand data that considers capacity at the California Community Colleges, the California State University, the University of California, and Californias independent colleges and universities.(3) Information on the job placement of graduates.(4) Joint allied health program costs and the funding sources that were used to finance these programs.(5) Time-to-degree rates and completion rates for students in joint allied health programs.(6) Recommendations on whether and how joint, intersegmental allied health programs can or should be extended and expanded.(c) The report submitted pursuant to subdivision (b) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.(d) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2026, and as of that date is repealed.
SECTION 1. Section 66026.5 is added to the Education Code, to read:
### SECTION 1.
66026.5. (a) The Legislative Analysts Office shall conduct an assessment, on or before January 1, 2025, evaluating the efficacy of existing programs in allied health, including, but not limited to, nursing, jointly offered between campuses of the California Community Colleges, California State University, and University of California.(b) The results of the final assessment shall be reported, in writing, to the Legislature and the Governor on or before January 1, 2025. The final assessment shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:(1) The total number of joint programs currently implemented, including information identifying the number of programs, applicants, admissions, enrollments, and degree recipients.(2) The extent to which existing allied health programs fulfill identified workforce shortages, including statewide supply and demand data that considers capacity at the California Community Colleges, the California State University, the University of California, and Californias independent colleges and universities.(3) Information on the job placement of graduates.(4) Joint allied health program costs and the funding sources that were used to finance these programs.(5) Time-to-degree rates and completion rates for students in joint allied health programs.(6) Recommendations on whether and how joint, intersegmental allied health programs can or should be extended and expanded.(c) The report submitted pursuant to subdivision (b) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.(d) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2026, and as of that date is repealed.
66026.5. (a) The Legislative Analysts Office shall conduct an assessment, on or before January 1, 2025, evaluating the efficacy of existing programs in allied health, including, but not limited to, nursing, jointly offered between campuses of the California Community Colleges, California State University, and University of California.(b) The results of the final assessment shall be reported, in writing, to the Legislature and the Governor on or before January 1, 2025. The final assessment shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:(1) The total number of joint programs currently implemented, including information identifying the number of programs, applicants, admissions, enrollments, and degree recipients.(2) The extent to which existing allied health programs fulfill identified workforce shortages, including statewide supply and demand data that considers capacity at the California Community Colleges, the California State University, the University of California, and Californias independent colleges and universities.(3) Information on the job placement of graduates.(4) Joint allied health program costs and the funding sources that were used to finance these programs.(5) Time-to-degree rates and completion rates for students in joint allied health programs.(6) Recommendations on whether and how joint, intersegmental allied health programs can or should be extended and expanded.(c) The report submitted pursuant to subdivision (b) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.(d) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2026, and as of that date is repealed.
66026.5. (a) The Legislative Analysts Office shall conduct an assessment, on or before January 1, 2025, evaluating the efficacy of existing programs in allied health, including, but not limited to, nursing, jointly offered between campuses of the California Community Colleges, California State University, and University of California.(b) The results of the final assessment shall be reported, in writing, to the Legislature and the Governor on or before January 1, 2025. The final assessment shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:(1) The total number of joint programs currently implemented, including information identifying the number of programs, applicants, admissions, enrollments, and degree recipients.(2) The extent to which existing allied health programs fulfill identified workforce shortages, including statewide supply and demand data that considers capacity at the California Community Colleges, the California State University, the University of California, and Californias independent colleges and universities.(3) Information on the job placement of graduates.(4) Joint allied health program costs and the funding sources that were used to finance these programs.(5) Time-to-degree rates and completion rates for students in joint allied health programs.(6) Recommendations on whether and how joint, intersegmental allied health programs can or should be extended and expanded.(c) The report submitted pursuant to subdivision (b) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.(d) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2026, and as of that date is repealed.
66026.5. (a) The Legislative Analysts Office shall conduct an assessment, on or before January 1, 2025, evaluating the efficacy of existing programs in allied health, including, but not limited to, nursing, jointly offered between campuses of the California Community Colleges, California State University, and University of California.
(b) The results of the final assessment shall be reported, in writing, to the Legislature and the Governor on or before January 1, 2025. The final assessment shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:
(1) The total number of joint programs currently implemented, including information identifying the number of programs, applicants, admissions, enrollments, and degree recipients.
(2) The extent to which existing allied health programs fulfill identified workforce shortages, including statewide supply and demand data that considers capacity at the California Community Colleges, the California State University, the University of California, and Californias independent colleges and universities.
(3) Information on the job placement of graduates.
(4) Joint allied health program costs and the funding sources that were used to finance these programs.
(5) Time-to-degree rates and completion rates for students in joint allied health programs.
(6) Recommendations on whether and how joint, intersegmental allied health programs can or should be extended and expanded.
(c) The report submitted pursuant to subdivision (b) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
(d) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2026, and as of that date is repealed.
(a)(1)The Department of Health Care Access and Information shall develop and administer a competitive grants program for projects located in rural or underserved areas of California.
(2)The department shall define rural area for the purposes of this section after receiving public input and upon recommendation of the Interdepartmental Rural Health Coordinating Committee and the Rural Health Programs Liaison.
(3)The purpose of the grants program shall be to fund innovative, collaborative, cost-effective, and efficient projects that pertain to the delivery of health and medical services in rural or underserved areas of the state.
(4)The department shall develop and establish uses for the funds to fund special projects that alleviate problems of access to quality health care in rural or underserved areas and to compensate public and private health care providers associated with direct delivery of patient care. The funds shall be used for medical and hospital care and treatment of patients who cannot afford to pay for services and for whom payment will not be made through private or public programs.
(5)The department shall administer the funds appropriated by the Legislature for purposes of this section. Entities eligible for these funds shall include health providers operating in underserved areas and rural health providers served by the programs operated by the department, the Emergency Medical Services Authority, the State Department of Health Care Services, the State Department of Public Health, and the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board. The grant funds shall be used to expand existing services or establish new services and shall not be used to supplant existing levels of service. Funds appropriated by the Legislature for this purpose may be expended in the fiscal year of the appropriation or the subsequent fiscal year.
(b)The department shall establish the criteria and standards for eligibility to be used in requests for proposals or requests for application, the application review process, determining the maximum amount and number of grants to be awarded, preference and priority of projects, compliance monitoring, and the measurement of outcomes achieved after receiving comment from the public at a meeting held pursuant to the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act (Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).
(c)The department shall make information regarding the status of the funded projects available at the public meetings described in subdivision (b).