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| 1 | + | Amended IN Assembly March 23, 2023 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 689Introduced by Assembly Member Wendy CarrilloFebruary 13, 2023 An act to amend Section 78261.5 of of, and to add Sections 70901.6 and 70901.7 to, the Education Code, relating to community colleges.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 689, as amended, Wendy Carrillo. Community colleges: registered nursing programs. Community colleges: enrollment and registration: incumbent health care workers.(1) Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges. Existing law requires the board of governors to prescribe minimum standards for the formation and operation of, and to exercise general supervision over, the California Community Colleges.The bill would require a community college with a limited enrollment course or program, as defined, to ensure that at least 15 percent of the admitted students, but no less than 3 students per incoming cohort, in the course or program are incumbent health care workers, as provided. The bill would require a community college that administers a priority enrollment system to grant priority in that system to students who are incumbent health care workers, as specified. The bill would define incumbent health care worker and health care facility for purposes of these provisions.(2) Existing law authorizes a community college registered nursing program, if it determines that the number of applicants to the program exceeds its capacity, to admit students to the program using a multicriteria screening process, a random selection process, or a blended combination of random selection and a multicriteria screening process, as specified. Existing law repeals these provisions relating to admission to community college registered nursing programs on January 1, 2025.This bill would extend operation of these provisions indefinitely, would require at least 15 percent of the admitted students, but no less than 3 students per incoming cohort, in a community college registered nursing program to be incumbent health care workers, as provided, and would define incumbent health care worker and health care facility for purposes of these provisions.Existing law authorizes a community college registered nursing program, if it determines that the number of applicants to the program exceeds its capacity, to admit students to the program using a multicriteria screening process, a random selection process, or a blended combination of random selection and a multicriteria screening process, as specified. Existing law repeals these provisions relating to admission to community college registered nursing programs on January 1, 2025.This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.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. Section 70901.6 is added to the Education Code, to read:70901.6. (a) Commencing with the 202425 academic year, a community college with a limited enrollment course or program shall ensure that at least 15 percent of admitted students, but no less than 3 students per incoming cohort, in the course or program are incumbent health care workers. This section does not require a community college to admit any incumbent health care worker into a limited enrollment course or program if the incumbent health care worker would otherwise be ineligible for admittance into the course or program.(b) A community colleges limited enrollment course or program is in compliance with subdivision (a) if, after following the admittance requirement in subdivision (a), the community college does not receive a sufficient number of incumbent health care workers who apply for admittance into the course or program.(c) As used in this section, the following definitions apply:(1) Health care facility means any of the following:(A) A general acute care hospital as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code.(B) An acute psychiatric hospital as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code.(C) A skilled nursing facility as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code.(D) A clinic organized under subdivision (l) of Section 1206 of the Health and Safety Code that is affiliated, owned, or controlled by a person or entity that owns or operates a facility described in subparagraph (A).(E) A clinic organized under subdivision (b), (d), or (r) of Section 1206 of the Health and Safety Code that is affiliated, owned, or controlled by a person or entity that owns or operates a facility described in subparagraph (A) or Parts 405 and 491 of Title 42 of the United States Code.(F) A physician organization that is part of a fully integrated delivery system that includes a physician organization, health facility or health system, and a nonprofit health care service plan that provides medical services to enrollees in a specific geographic region of the state through an affiliate hospital system and an exclusive contract between the nonprofit health care service plan and a single physician organization in each geographic region to provide those medical services.(G) A designated public hospital system that is comprised of a designated public hospital, as defined in subdivision (f) of Section 14184.10 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, and its affiliated governmental health and behavioral health provider entities, including nonhospital settings. A single designated public hospital system may include multiple designated public hospitals under common government ownership.(2) Incumbent health care worker means a worker who meets all of the following requirements:(A) The worker is paid to work in a health care facility to directly or indirectly care for or assist patients. This may include, but is not limited to, emergency medical service personnel, nurses, nursing assistants, physicians, technicians, therapists, phlebotomists, pharmacists, and persons not directly involved in patient care, such as clerical, dietary, environmental services, laundry, security, maintenance, engineering and facilities management, administrative, and billing personnel.(B) The worker has an established employment history with the health care facility for six months or more.(C) The worker meets the necessary prerequisites and corequisites established pursuant to Section 55003 of Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations.(3) Limited enrollment course or program means a course or program with limited enrollment established pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 58106 of Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations.SEC. 2. Section 70901.7 is added to the Education Code, to read:70901.7. (a) Commencing with the 202425 academic year, a community college that administers a priority enrollment system shall grant registration priority, for each term in which the registration priority system is administered, to students who are incumbent health care workers.(b) As used in this section, the following definitions apply:(1) Health care facility means any of the following:(A) A general acute care hospital as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code.(B) An acute psychiatric hospital as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code.(C) A skilled nursing facility as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code.(D) A clinic organized under subdivision (l) of Section 1206 of the Health and Safety Code that is affiliated, owned, or controlled by a person or entity that owns or operates a facility described in subparagraph (A).(E) A clinic organized under subdivision (b), (d), or (r) of Section 1206 of the Health and Safety Code that is affiliated, owned, or controlled by a person or entity that owns or operates a facility described in subparagraph (A) or Parts 405 and 491 of Title 42 of the United States Code.(F) A physician organization that is part of a fully integrated delivery system that includes a physician organization, health facility or health system, and a nonprofit health care service plan that provides medical services to enrollees in a specific geographic region of the state through an affiliate hospital system and an exclusive contract between the nonprofit health care service plan and a single physician organization in each geographic region to provide those medical services.(G) A designated public hospital system that is comprised of a designated public hospital, as defined in subdivision (f) of Section 14184.10 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, and its affiliated governmental health and behavioral health provider entities, including nonhospital settings. A single designated public hospital system may include multiple designated public hospitals under common government ownership.(2) Incumbent health care worker means a worker who meets all of the following requirements:(A) The worker is paid to work in a health care facility to directly or indirectly care for or assist patients. This may include, but is not limited to, emergency medical service personnel, nurses, nursing assistants, physicians, technicians, therapists, phlebotomists, pharmacists, and persons not directly involved in patient care, such as clerical, dietary, environmental services, laundry, security, maintenance, engineering and facilities management, administrative, and billing personnel.(B) The worker has an established employment history with the health care facility for 6 months or more.(C) The worker meets the necessary prerequisites and corequisites established pursuant to Section 55003 of Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations.SECTION 1.SEC. 3. Section 78261.5 of the Education Code is amended to read:78261.5. (a) A community college registered nursing program that determines that the number of applicants to that program exceeds its capacity may admit students in accordance with any of the following procedures:(1) Administration of a multicriteria screening process, as authorized by Section 78261.3, in a manner consistent with the standards set forth in subdivision (b). subdivisions (b) and (e).(2) A random selection process. process, except as provided in subdivision (e).(3) A blended combination of random selection and a multicriteria screening process. process, except as provided in subdivision (e).(b) A community college registered nursing program that elects, on or after January 1, 2008, to use a multicriteria screening process to evaluate applicants pursuant to this article shall apply those measures in accordance with all of the following:(1) The criteria applied in a multicriteria screening process under this article shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:(A) Academic degrees or diplomas, or relevant certificates, held by an applicant.(B) Grade-point average in relevant coursework.(C) Any relevant work or volunteer experience.(D) Life experiences or special circumstances of an applicant, including, but not necessarily limited to, the following experiences or circumstances:(i) Disabilities.(ii) Low family income.(iii) First generation of family to attend college.(iv) Need to work.(v) Disadvantaged social or educational environment.(vi) Difficult personal and family situations or circumstances.(vii) Refugee or veteran status.(E) Proficiency or advanced level coursework in languages other than English. Credit for languages other than English shall be received for languages that are identified by the chancellor as high-frequency languages, as based on census data. These languages may include, but are not limited to, any of the following:(i) American Sign Language.(ii) Arabic.(iii) Chinese, including its various dialects.(iv) Farsi.(v) Russian.(vi) Spanish.(vii) Tagalog.(viii) The various languages of the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.(2) Additional criteria, such as a personal interview, a personal statement, letter of recommendation, or the number of repetitions of prerequisite classes, or other criteria, as approved by the chancellor, may be used, but are not required.(3) A community college registered nursing program using a multicriteria screening process under this article may use an approved diagnostic assessment tool, in accordance with Section 78261.3, before, during, or after the multicriteria screening process.(4) As used in this section: subdivision, the following definitions apply:(A) Disabilities has the same meaning as used in Section 2626 of the Unemployment Insurance Code.(B) Disadvantaged social or educational environment includes, but is not necessarily limited to, the status of a student who has participated in Extended Opportunity Programs and Services (EOPS).(C) Grade-point average refers to the same fixed set of required prerequisite courses that all applicants to the nursing program administering the multicriteria screening process are required to complete.(D) Low family income shall be measured by a community college registered nursing program in terms of a students eligibility for, or receipt of, financial aid under a program that may include, but is not limited to, a fee waiver from the board of governors under Section 76300, the Cal Grant Program under Chapter 1.7 (commencing with Section 69430) of Part 42 of Division 5, the federal Pell Grant program, or CalWORKs.(E) Need to work means that the student is working at least part time while completing academic work that is a prerequisite for admission to the nursing program.(5) A community college registered nursing program that uses a multicriteria screening process pursuant to this article shall report its nursing program admissions policies to the chancellor annually, in writing. The admissions policies reported under this paragraph shall include the weight given to any criteria used by the program, and shall include demographic information relating to both the persons admitted to the program and the persons of that group who successfully completed that program.(c) The chancellor is encouraged to develop, and make available to community college registered nursing programs by July 1, 2008, a model admissions process based on this section.(d) (1) The chancellor shall submit a report on or before March 1, 2015, and on or before each March 1 thereafter, to the Legislature and the Governor that examines and includes, but is not limited to, both of the following:(A) The participation, retention, and completion rates in community college registered nursing programs of students admitted through a multicriteria screening process, as described in this section, disaggregated by the age, gender, ethnicity, and the language spoken at the home of those students.(B) Information on the annual impact, if any, the Seymour-Campbell Student Success Act of 2012 had on the matriculation services for students admitted through the multicriteria screening process, as described in this section.(2) The chancellor shall submit the annual report required in paragraph (1) in conjunction with its annual report on associate degree nursing programs required by subdivision (h) of Section 78261.(e)This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2025, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2025, deletes or extends that date.(e) (1) Commencing with the 202425 academic year, a community college registered nursing program described in subdivision (a) shall have at least 15 percent of the admitted students, but no less than 3 students per incoming cohort, be incumbent health care workers. This subdivision does not require any community college to admit any incumbent health care worker into a registered nursing program described in subdivision (a) who would be otherwise ineligible for admittance.(2) A community college registered nursing program described in subdivision (a) is in compliance with paragraph (1) if, after following the admittance requirement in paragraph (1), the community college does not receive a sufficient number of incumbent health care workers who apply for admittance into the program.(3) As used in this subdivision, the following definitions apply:(A) Health care facility means any of the following:(i) A general acute care hospital as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code.(ii) An acute psychiatric hospital as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code.(iii) A skilled nursing facility as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code.(iv) A clinic organized under subdivision (l) of Section 1206 of the Health and Safety Code that is affiliated, owned, or controlled by a person or entity that owns or operates a facility described in clause (i).(v) A clinic organized under subdivision (b), (d), or (r) of Section 1206 of the Health and Safety Code that is affiliated, owned, or controlled by a person or entity that owns or operates a facility described in clause (i) or Parts 405 and 491 of Title 42 of the United States Code.(vi) A physician organization that is part of a fully integrated delivery system that includes a physician organization, health facility or health system, and a nonprofit health care service plan that provides medical services to enrollees in a specific geographic region of the state through an affiliate hospital system and an exclusive contract between the nonprofit health care service plan and a single physician organization in each geographic region to provide those medical services.(vii) A designated public hospital system that is comprised of a designated public hospital, as defined in subdivision (f) of Section 14184.10 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, and its affiliated governmental health and behavioral health provider entities, including nonhospital settings. A single designated public hospital system may include multiple designated public hospitals under common government ownership.(B) Incumbent health care worker means a worker who meets all of the following requirements:(i) The worker is paid to work in a health care facility to directly or indirectly care for or assist patients. This may include, but is not limited to, emergency medical service personnel, nurses, nursing assistants, physicians, technicians, therapists, phlebotomists, pharmacists, and persons not directly involved in patient care, such as clerical, dietary, environmental services, laundry, security, maintenance, engineering and facilities management, administrative, and billing personnel.(ii) The worker has an established employment history with the health care facility for 6 months or more.(iii) The worker meets the necessary prerequisites and corequisites established pursuant to Section 55003 of Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations. | |
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| 3 | + | Amended IN Assembly March 23, 2023 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 689Introduced by Assembly Member Wendy CarrilloFebruary 13, 2023 An act to amend Section 78261.5 of of, and to add Sections 70901.6 and 70901.7 to, the Education Code, relating to community colleges.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 689, as amended, Wendy Carrillo. Community colleges: registered nursing programs. Community colleges: enrollment and registration: incumbent health care workers.(1) Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges. Existing law requires the board of governors to prescribe minimum standards for the formation and operation of, and to exercise general supervision over, the California Community Colleges.The bill would require a community college with a limited enrollment course or program, as defined, to ensure that at least 15 percent of the admitted students, but no less than 3 students per incoming cohort, in the course or program are incumbent health care workers, as provided. The bill would require a community college that administers a priority enrollment system to grant priority in that system to students who are incumbent health care workers, as specified. The bill would define incumbent health care worker and health care facility for purposes of these provisions.(2) Existing law authorizes a community college registered nursing program, if it determines that the number of applicants to the program exceeds its capacity, to admit students to the program using a multicriteria screening process, a random selection process, or a blended combination of random selection and a multicriteria screening process, as specified. Existing law repeals these provisions relating to admission to community college registered nursing programs on January 1, 2025.This bill would extend operation of these provisions indefinitely, would require at least 15 percent of the admitted students, but no less than 3 students per incoming cohort, in a community college registered nursing program to be incumbent health care workers, as provided, and would define incumbent health care worker and health care facility for purposes of these provisions.Existing law authorizes a community college registered nursing program, if it determines that the number of applicants to the program exceeds its capacity, to admit students to the program using a multicriteria screening process, a random selection process, or a blended combination of random selection and a multicriteria screening process, as specified. Existing law repeals these provisions relating to admission to community college registered nursing programs on January 1, 2025.This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NOYES Local Program: NO | |
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| 16 | 15 | Introduced by Assembly Member Wendy CarrilloFebruary 13, 2023 | |
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| 18 | 17 | Introduced by Assembly Member Wendy Carrillo | |
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| 20 | + | An act to amend Section 78261.5 of of, and to add Sections 70901.6 and 70901.7 to, the Education Code, relating to community colleges. | |
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| 23 | 22 | LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST | |
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| 27 | - | AB 689, as amended, Wendy Carrillo. Community colleges: enrollment and registration: incumbent health care workers. | |
| 26 | + | AB 689, as amended, Wendy Carrillo. Community colleges: registered nursing programs. Community colleges: enrollment and registration: incumbent health care workers. | |
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| 29 | - | (1) Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges. Existing law requires the board of governors to prescribe minimum standards for the formation and operation of, and to exercise general supervision over, the California Community Colleges.The bill would require a community college with a limited enrollment course or program, as defined, to ensure that at least 15 percent of the admitted students, but no less than 3 students per incoming cohort, in the course or program are incumbent health care workers, as provided. The bill would require a community college that administers a priority enrollment system to grant priority in that system to students who are incumbent health care workers, as specified. The bill would define incumbent health care worker and health care facility for purposes of these provisions. | |
| 28 | + | (1) Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges. Existing law requires the board of governors to prescribe minimum standards for the formation and operation of, and to exercise general supervision over, the California Community Colleges.The bill would require a community college with a limited enrollment course or program, as defined, to ensure that at least 15 percent of the admitted students, but no less than 3 students per incoming cohort, in the course or program are incumbent health care workers, as provided. The bill would require a community college that administers a priority enrollment system to grant priority in that system to students who are incumbent health care workers, as specified. The bill would define incumbent health care worker and health care facility for purposes of these provisions.(2) Existing law authorizes a community college registered nursing program, if it determines that the number of applicants to the program exceeds its capacity, to admit students to the program using a multicriteria screening process, a random selection process, or a blended combination of random selection and a multicriteria screening process, as specified. Existing law repeals these provisions relating to admission to community college registered nursing programs on January 1, 2025.This bill would extend operation of these provisions indefinitely, would require at least 15 percent of the admitted students, but no less than 3 students per incoming cohort, in a community college registered nursing program to be incumbent health care workers, as provided, and would define incumbent health care worker and health care facility for purposes of these provisions.Existing law authorizes a community college registered nursing program, if it determines that the number of applicants to the program exceeds its capacity, to admit students to the program using a multicriteria screening process, a random selection process, or a blended combination of random selection and a multicriteria screening process, as specified. Existing law repeals these provisions relating to admission to community college registered nursing programs on January 1, 2025.This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to those provisions. | |
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| 31 | 30 | (1) Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges. Existing law requires the board of governors to prescribe minimum standards for the formation and operation of, and to exercise general supervision over, the California Community Colleges. | |
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| 33 | - | The bill would require a community college with a limited enrollment course or program, as defined, to ensure that at least 15 percent of the admitted students, but no less than 3 students per incoming cohort, in the course or program are incumbent health care workers, as provided. The bill would require a community college that administers a priority enrollment system to grant priority in that system to students who are incumbent health care workers, as specified. The bill would define incumbent health care worker and health care facility for purposes of these provisions. | |
| 32 | + | The bill would require a community college with a limited enrollment course or program, as defined, to ensure that at least 15 percent of the admitted students, but no less than 3 students per incoming cohort, in the course or program are incumbent health care workers, as provided. The bill would require a community college that administers a priority enrollment system to grant priority in that system to students who are incumbent health care workers, as specified. The bill would define incumbent health care worker and health care facility for purposes of these provisions. | |
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| 35 | 34 | (2) Existing law authorizes a community college registered nursing program, if it determines that the number of applicants to the program exceeds its capacity, to admit students to the program using a multicriteria screening process, a random selection process, or a blended combination of random selection and a multicriteria screening process, as specified. Existing law repeals these provisions relating to admission to community college registered nursing programs on January 1, 2025. | |
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| 37 | - | This bill would extend operation of these provisions indefinitely, indefinitely. The bill, until January 1, 2034, would require at least 15 percent of the admitted students, but no less than 3 students per incoming cohort, in a community college registered nursing program to be incumbent health care workers, as provided, and would define incumbent health care worker and health care facility for purposes of these provisions. | |
| 36 | + | This bill would extend operation of these provisions indefinitely, would require at least 15 percent of the admitted students, but no less than 3 students per incoming cohort, in a community college registered nursing program to be incumbent health care workers, as provided, and would define incumbent health care worker and health care facility for purposes of these provisions. | |
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| 38 | + | Existing law authorizes a community college registered nursing program, if it determines that the number of applicants to the program exceeds its capacity, to admit students to the program using a multicriteria screening process, a random selection process, or a blended combination of random selection and a multicriteria screening process, as specified. Existing law repeals these provisions relating to admission to community college registered nursing programs on January 1, 2025. | |
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| 42 | + | This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to those provisions. | |
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| 43 | - | The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 70901.6 is added to the Education Code, to read:70901.6. (a) Commencing with the 202425 academic year, a community college with a limited enrollment course or program shall ensure that at least 15 percent of admitted students, but no less than 3 | |
| 50 | + | The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 70901.6 is added to the Education Code, to read:70901.6. (a) Commencing with the 202425 academic year, a community college with a limited enrollment course or program shall ensure that at least 15 percent of admitted students, but no less than 3 students per incoming cohort, in the course or program are incumbent health care workers. This section does not require a community college to admit any incumbent health care worker into a limited enrollment course or program if the incumbent health care worker would otherwise be ineligible for admittance into the course or program.(b) A community colleges limited enrollment course or program is in compliance with subdivision (a) if, after following the admittance requirement in subdivision (a), the community college does not receive a sufficient number of incumbent health care workers who apply for admittance into the course or program.(c) As used in this section, the following definitions apply:(1) Health care facility means any of the following:(A) A general acute care hospital as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code.(B) An acute psychiatric hospital as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code.(C) A skilled nursing facility as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code.(D) A clinic organized under subdivision (l) of Section 1206 of the Health and Safety Code that is affiliated, owned, or controlled by a person or entity that owns or operates a facility described in subparagraph (A).(E) A clinic organized under subdivision (b), (d), or (r) of Section 1206 of the Health and Safety Code that is affiliated, owned, or controlled by a person or entity that owns or operates a facility described in subparagraph (A) or Parts 405 and 491 of Title 42 of the United States Code.(F) A physician organization that is part of a fully integrated delivery system that includes a physician organization, health facility or health system, and a nonprofit health care service plan that provides medical services to enrollees in a specific geographic region of the state through an affiliate hospital system and an exclusive contract between the nonprofit health care service plan and a single physician organization in each geographic region to provide those medical services.(G) A designated public hospital system that is comprised of a designated public hospital, as defined in subdivision (f) of Section 14184.10 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, and its affiliated governmental health and behavioral health provider entities, including nonhospital settings. A single designated public hospital system may include multiple designated public hospitals under common government ownership.(2) Incumbent health care worker means a worker who meets all of the following requirements:(A) The worker is paid to work in a health care facility to directly or indirectly care for or assist patients. This may include, but is not limited to, emergency medical service personnel, nurses, nursing assistants, physicians, technicians, therapists, phlebotomists, pharmacists, and persons not directly involved in patient care, such as clerical, dietary, environmental services, laundry, security, maintenance, engineering and facilities management, administrative, and billing personnel.(B) The worker has an established employment history with the health care facility for six months or more.(C) The worker meets the necessary prerequisites and corequisites established pursuant to Section 55003 of Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations.(3) Limited enrollment course or program means a course or program with limited enrollment established pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 58106 of Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations.SEC. 2. Section 70901.7 is added to the Education Code, to read:70901.7. (a) Commencing with the 202425 academic year, a community college that administers a priority enrollment system shall grant registration priority, for each term in which the registration priority system is administered, to students who are incumbent health care workers.(b) As used in this section, the following definitions apply:(1) Health care facility means any of the following:(A) A general acute care hospital as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code.(B) An acute psychiatric hospital as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code.(C) A skilled nursing facility as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code.(D) A clinic organized under subdivision (l) of Section 1206 of the Health and Safety Code that is affiliated, owned, or controlled by a person or entity that owns or operates a facility described in subparagraph (A).(E) A clinic organized under subdivision (b), (d), or (r) of Section 1206 of the Health and Safety Code that is affiliated, owned, or controlled by a person or entity that owns or operates a facility described in subparagraph (A) or Parts 405 and 491 of Title 42 of the United States Code.(F) A physician organization that is part of a fully integrated delivery system that includes a physician organization, health facility or health system, and a nonprofit health care service plan that provides medical services to enrollees in a specific geographic region of the state through an affiliate hospital system and an exclusive contract between the nonprofit health care service plan and a single physician organization in each geographic region to provide those medical services.(G) A designated public hospital system that is comprised of a designated public hospital, as defined in subdivision (f) of Section 14184.10 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, and its affiliated governmental health and behavioral health provider entities, including nonhospital settings. A single designated public hospital system may include multiple designated public hospitals under common government ownership.(2) Incumbent health care worker means a worker who meets all of the following requirements:(A) The worker is paid to work in a health care facility to directly or indirectly care for or assist patients. This may include, but is not limited to, emergency medical service personnel, nurses, nursing assistants, physicians, technicians, therapists, phlebotomists, pharmacists, and persons not directly involved in patient care, such as clerical, dietary, environmental services, laundry, security, maintenance, engineering and facilities management, administrative, and billing personnel.(B) The worker has an established employment history with the health care facility for 6 months or more.(C) The worker meets the necessary prerequisites and corequisites established pursuant to Section 55003 of Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations.SECTION 1.SEC. 3. Section 78261.5 of the Education Code is amended to read:78261.5. (a) A community college registered nursing program that determines that the number of applicants to that program exceeds its capacity may admit students in accordance with any of the following procedures:(1) Administration of a multicriteria screening process, as authorized by Section 78261.3, in a manner consistent with the standards set forth in subdivision (b). subdivisions (b) and (e).(2) A random selection process. process, except as provided in subdivision (e).(3) A blended combination of random selection and a multicriteria screening process. process, except as provided in subdivision (e).(b) A community college registered nursing program that elects, on or after January 1, 2008, to use a multicriteria screening process to evaluate applicants pursuant to this article shall apply those measures in accordance with all of the following:(1) The criteria applied in a multicriteria screening process under this article shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:(A) Academic degrees or diplomas, or relevant certificates, held by an applicant.(B) Grade-point average in relevant coursework.(C) Any relevant work or volunteer experience.(D) Life experiences or special circumstances of an applicant, including, but not necessarily limited to, the following experiences or circumstances:(i) Disabilities.(ii) Low family income.(iii) First generation of family to attend college.(iv) Need to work.(v) Disadvantaged social or educational environment.(vi) Difficult personal and family situations or circumstances.(vii) Refugee or veteran status.(E) Proficiency or advanced level coursework in languages other than English. Credit for languages other than English shall be received for languages that are identified by the chancellor as high-frequency languages, as based on census data. These languages may include, but are not limited to, any of the following:(i) American Sign Language.(ii) Arabic.(iii) Chinese, including its various dialects.(iv) Farsi.(v) Russian.(vi) Spanish.(vii) Tagalog.(viii) The various languages of the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.(2) Additional criteria, such as a personal interview, a personal statement, letter of recommendation, or the number of repetitions of prerequisite classes, or other criteria, as approved by the chancellor, may be used, but are not required.(3) A community college registered nursing program using a multicriteria screening process under this article may use an approved diagnostic assessment tool, in accordance with Section 78261.3, before, during, or after the multicriteria screening process.(4) As used in this section: subdivision, the following definitions apply:(A) Disabilities has the same meaning as used in Section 2626 of the Unemployment Insurance Code.(B) Disadvantaged social or educational environment includes, but is not necessarily limited to, the status of a student who has participated in Extended Opportunity Programs and Services (EOPS).(C) Grade-point average refers to the same fixed set of required prerequisite courses that all applicants to the nursing program administering the multicriteria screening process are required to complete.(D) Low family income shall be measured by a community college registered nursing program in terms of a students eligibility for, or receipt of, financial aid under a program that may include, but is not limited to, a fee waiver from the board of governors under Section 76300, the Cal Grant Program under Chapter 1.7 (commencing with Section 69430) of Part 42 of Division 5, the federal Pell Grant program, or CalWORKs.(E) Need to work means that the student is working at least part time while completing academic work that is a prerequisite for admission to the nursing program.(5) A community college registered nursing program that uses a multicriteria screening process pursuant to this article shall report its nursing program admissions policies to the chancellor annually, in writing. The admissions policies reported under this paragraph shall include the weight given to any criteria used by the program, and shall include demographic information relating to both the persons admitted to the program and the persons of that group who successfully completed that program.(c) The chancellor is encouraged to develop, and make available to community college registered nursing programs by July 1, 2008, a model admissions process based on this section.(d) (1) The chancellor shall submit a report on or before March 1, 2015, and on or before each March 1 thereafter, to the Legislature and the Governor that examines and includes, but is not limited to, both of the following:(A) The participation, retention, and completion rates in community college registered nursing programs of students admitted through a multicriteria screening process, as described in this section, disaggregated by the age, gender, ethnicity, and the language spoken at the home of those students.(B) Information on the annual impact, if any, the Seymour-Campbell Student Success Act of 2012 had on the matriculation services for students admitted through the multicriteria screening process, as described in this section.(2) The chancellor shall submit the annual report required in paragraph (1) in conjunction with its annual report on associate degree nursing programs required by subdivision (h) of Section 78261.(e)This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2025, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2025, deletes or extends that date.(e) (1) Commencing with the 202425 academic year, a community college registered nursing program described in subdivision (a) shall have at least 15 percent of the admitted students, but no less than 3 students per incoming cohort, be incumbent health care workers. This subdivision does not require any community college to admit any incumbent health care worker into a registered nursing program described in subdivision (a) who would be otherwise ineligible for admittance.(2) A community college registered nursing program described in subdivision (a) is in compliance with paragraph (1) if, after following the admittance requirement in paragraph (1), the community college does not receive a sufficient number of incumbent health care workers who apply for admittance into the program.(3) As used in this subdivision, the following definitions apply:(A) Health care facility means any of the following:(i) A general acute care hospital as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code.(ii) An acute psychiatric hospital as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code.(iii) A skilled nursing facility as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code.(iv) A clinic organized under subdivision (l) of Section 1206 of the Health and Safety Code that is affiliated, owned, or controlled by a person or entity that owns or operates a facility described in clause (i).(v) A clinic organized under subdivision (b), (d), or (r) of Section 1206 of the Health and Safety Code that is affiliated, owned, or controlled by a person or entity that owns or operates a facility described in clause (i) or Parts 405 and 491 of Title 42 of the United States Code.(vi) A physician organization that is part of a fully integrated delivery system that includes a physician organization, health facility or health system, and a nonprofit health care service plan that provides medical services to enrollees in a specific geographic region of the state through an affiliate hospital system and an exclusive contract between the nonprofit health care service plan and a single physician organization in each geographic region to provide those medical services.(vii) A designated public hospital system that is comprised of a designated public hospital, as defined in subdivision (f) of Section 14184.10 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, and its affiliated governmental health and behavioral health provider entities, including nonhospital settings. A single designated public hospital system may include multiple designated public hospitals under common government ownership.(B) Incumbent health care worker means a worker who meets all of the following requirements:(i) The worker is paid to work in a health care facility to directly or indirectly care for or assist patients. This may include, but is not limited to, emergency medical service personnel, nurses, nursing assistants, physicians, technicians, therapists, phlebotomists, pharmacists, and persons not directly involved in patient care, such as clerical, dietary, environmental services, laundry, security, maintenance, engineering and facilities management, administrative, and billing personnel.(ii) The worker has an established employment history with the health care facility for 6 months or more.(iii) The worker meets the necessary prerequisites and corequisites established pursuant to Section 55003 of Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations. | |
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| 45 | 52 | The people of the State of California do enact as follows: | |
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| 47 | 54 | ## The people of the State of California do enact as follows: | |
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| 49 | - | SECTION 1. Section 70901.6 is added to the Education Code, to read:70901.6. (a) Commencing with the 202425 academic year, a community college with a limited enrollment course or program shall ensure that at least 15 percent of admitted students, but no less than 3 | |
| 56 | + | SECTION 1. Section 70901.6 is added to the Education Code, to read:70901.6. (a) Commencing with the 202425 academic year, a community college with a limited enrollment course or program shall ensure that at least 15 percent of admitted students, but no less than 3 students per incoming cohort, in the course or program are incumbent health care workers. This section does not require a community college to admit any incumbent health care worker into a limited enrollment course or program if the incumbent health care worker would otherwise be ineligible for admittance into the course or program.(b) A community colleges limited enrollment course or program is in compliance with subdivision (a) if, after following the admittance requirement in subdivision (a), the community college does not receive a sufficient number of incumbent health care workers who apply for admittance into the course or program.(c) As used in this section, the following definitions apply:(1) Health care facility means any of the following:(A) A general acute care hospital as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code.(B) An acute psychiatric hospital as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code.(C) A skilled nursing facility as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code.(D) A clinic organized under subdivision (l) of Section 1206 of the Health and Safety Code that is affiliated, owned, or controlled by a person or entity that owns or operates a facility described in subparagraph (A).(E) A clinic organized under subdivision (b), (d), or (r) of Section 1206 of the Health and Safety Code that is affiliated, owned, or controlled by a person or entity that owns or operates a facility described in subparagraph (A) or Parts 405 and 491 of Title 42 of the United States Code.(F) A physician organization that is part of a fully integrated delivery system that includes a physician organization, health facility or health system, and a nonprofit health care service plan that provides medical services to enrollees in a specific geographic region of the state through an affiliate hospital system and an exclusive contract between the nonprofit health care service plan and a single physician organization in each geographic region to provide those medical services.(G) A designated public hospital system that is comprised of a designated public hospital, as defined in subdivision (f) of Section 14184.10 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, and its affiliated governmental health and behavioral health provider entities, including nonhospital settings. A single designated public hospital system may include multiple designated public hospitals under common government ownership.(2) Incumbent health care worker means a worker who meets all of the following requirements:(A) The worker is paid to work in a health care facility to directly or indirectly care for or assist patients. This may include, but is not limited to, emergency medical service personnel, nurses, nursing assistants, physicians, technicians, therapists, phlebotomists, pharmacists, and persons not directly involved in patient care, such as clerical, dietary, environmental services, laundry, security, maintenance, engineering and facilities management, administrative, and billing personnel.(B) The worker has an established employment history with the health care facility for six months or more.(C) The worker meets the necessary prerequisites and corequisites established pursuant to Section 55003 of Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations.(3) Limited enrollment course or program means a course or program with limited enrollment established pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 58106 of Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations. | |
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| 51 | 58 | SECTION 1. Section 70901.6 is added to the Education Code, to read: | |
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| 53 | 60 | ### SECTION 1. | |
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| 55 | - | 70901.6. (a) Commencing with the 202425 academic year, a community college with a limited enrollment course or program shall ensure that at least 15 percent of admitted students, but no less than 3 | |
| 62 | + | 70901.6. (a) Commencing with the 202425 academic year, a community college with a limited enrollment course or program shall ensure that at least 15 percent of admitted students, but no less than 3 students per incoming cohort, in the course or program are incumbent health care workers. This section does not require a community college to admit any incumbent health care worker into a limited enrollment course or program if the incumbent health care worker would otherwise be ineligible for admittance into the course or program.(b) A community colleges limited enrollment course or program is in compliance with subdivision (a) if, after following the admittance requirement in subdivision (a), the community college does not receive a sufficient number of incumbent health care workers who apply for admittance into the course or program.(c) As used in this section, the following definitions apply:(1) Health care facility means any of the following:(A) A general acute care hospital as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code.(B) An acute psychiatric hospital as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code.(C) A skilled nursing facility as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code.(D) A clinic organized under subdivision (l) of Section 1206 of the Health and Safety Code that is affiliated, owned, or controlled by a person or entity that owns or operates a facility described in subparagraph (A).(E) A clinic organized under subdivision (b), (d), or (r) of Section 1206 of the Health and Safety Code that is affiliated, owned, or controlled by a person or entity that owns or operates a facility described in subparagraph (A) or Parts 405 and 491 of Title 42 of the United States Code.(F) A physician organization that is part of a fully integrated delivery system that includes a physician organization, health facility or health system, and a nonprofit health care service plan that provides medical services to enrollees in a specific geographic region of the state through an affiliate hospital system and an exclusive contract between the nonprofit health care service plan and a single physician organization in each geographic region to provide those medical services.(G) A designated public hospital system that is comprised of a designated public hospital, as defined in subdivision (f) of Section 14184.10 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, and its affiliated governmental health and behavioral health provider entities, including nonhospital settings. A single designated public hospital system may include multiple designated public hospitals under common government ownership.(2) Incumbent health care worker means a worker who meets all of the following requirements:(A) The worker is paid to work in a health care facility to directly or indirectly care for or assist patients. This may include, but is not limited to, emergency medical service personnel, nurses, nursing assistants, physicians, technicians, therapists, phlebotomists, pharmacists, and persons not directly involved in patient care, such as clerical, dietary, environmental services, laundry, security, maintenance, engineering and facilities management, administrative, and billing personnel.(B) The worker has an established employment history with the health care facility for six months or more.(C) The worker meets the necessary prerequisites and corequisites established pursuant to Section 55003 of Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations.(3) Limited enrollment course or program means a course or program with limited enrollment established pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 58106 of Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations. | |
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| 57 | - | 70901.6. (a) Commencing with the 202425 academic year, a community college with a limited enrollment course or program shall ensure that at least 15 percent of admitted students, but no less than 3 | |
| 64 | + | 70901.6. (a) Commencing with the 202425 academic year, a community college with a limited enrollment course or program shall ensure that at least 15 percent of admitted students, but no less than 3 students per incoming cohort, in the course or program are incumbent health care workers. This section does not require a community college to admit any incumbent health care worker into a limited enrollment course or program if the incumbent health care worker would otherwise be ineligible for admittance into the course or program.(b) A community colleges limited enrollment course or program is in compliance with subdivision (a) if, after following the admittance requirement in subdivision (a), the community college does not receive a sufficient number of incumbent health care workers who apply for admittance into the course or program.(c) As used in this section, the following definitions apply:(1) Health care facility means any of the following:(A) A general acute care hospital as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code.(B) An acute psychiatric hospital as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code.(C) A skilled nursing facility as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code.(D) A clinic organized under subdivision (l) of Section 1206 of the Health and Safety Code that is affiliated, owned, or controlled by a person or entity that owns or operates a facility described in subparagraph (A).(E) A clinic organized under subdivision (b), (d), or (r) of Section 1206 of the Health and Safety Code that is affiliated, owned, or controlled by a person or entity that owns or operates a facility described in subparagraph (A) or Parts 405 and 491 of Title 42 of the United States Code.(F) A physician organization that is part of a fully integrated delivery system that includes a physician organization, health facility or health system, and a nonprofit health care service plan that provides medical services to enrollees in a specific geographic region of the state through an affiliate hospital system and an exclusive contract between the nonprofit health care service plan and a single physician organization in each geographic region to provide those medical services.(G) A designated public hospital system that is comprised of a designated public hospital, as defined in subdivision (f) of Section 14184.10 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, and its affiliated governmental health and behavioral health provider entities, including nonhospital settings. A single designated public hospital system may include multiple designated public hospitals under common government ownership.(2) Incumbent health care worker means a worker who meets all of the following requirements:(A) The worker is paid to work in a health care facility to directly or indirectly care for or assist patients. This may include, but is not limited to, emergency medical service personnel, nurses, nursing assistants, physicians, technicians, therapists, phlebotomists, pharmacists, and persons not directly involved in patient care, such as clerical, dietary, environmental services, laundry, security, maintenance, engineering and facilities management, administrative, and billing personnel.(B) The worker has an established employment history with the health care facility for six months or more.(C) The worker meets the necessary prerequisites and corequisites established pursuant to Section 55003 of Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations.(3) Limited enrollment course or program means a course or program with limited enrollment established pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 58106 of Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations. | |
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| 59 | - | 70901.6. (a) Commencing with the 202425 academic year, a community college with a limited enrollment course or program shall ensure that at least 15 percent of admitted students, but no less than 3 | |
| 66 | + | 70901.6. (a) Commencing with the 202425 academic year, a community college with a limited enrollment course or program shall ensure that at least 15 percent of admitted students, but no less than 3 students per incoming cohort, in the course or program are incumbent health care workers. This section does not require a community college to admit any incumbent health care worker into a limited enrollment course or program if the incumbent health care worker would otherwise be ineligible for admittance into the course or program.(b) A community colleges limited enrollment course or program is in compliance with subdivision (a) if, after following the admittance requirement in subdivision (a), the community college does not receive a sufficient number of incumbent health care workers who apply for admittance into the course or program.(c) As used in this section, the following definitions apply:(1) Health care facility means any of the following:(A) A general acute care hospital as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code.(B) An acute psychiatric hospital as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code.(C) A skilled nursing facility as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code.(D) A clinic organized under subdivision (l) of Section 1206 of the Health and Safety Code that is affiliated, owned, or controlled by a person or entity that owns or operates a facility described in subparagraph (A).(E) A clinic organized under subdivision (b), (d), or (r) of Section 1206 of the Health and Safety Code that is affiliated, owned, or controlled by a person or entity that owns or operates a facility described in subparagraph (A) or Parts 405 and 491 of Title 42 of the United States Code.(F) A physician organization that is part of a fully integrated delivery system that includes a physician organization, health facility or health system, and a nonprofit health care service plan that provides medical services to enrollees in a specific geographic region of the state through an affiliate hospital system and an exclusive contract between the nonprofit health care service plan and a single physician organization in each geographic region to provide those medical services.(G) A designated public hospital system that is comprised of a designated public hospital, as defined in subdivision (f) of Section 14184.10 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, and its affiliated governmental health and behavioral health provider entities, including nonhospital settings. A single designated public hospital system may include multiple designated public hospitals under common government ownership.(2) Incumbent health care worker means a worker who meets all of the following requirements:(A) The worker is paid to work in a health care facility to directly or indirectly care for or assist patients. This may include, but is not limited to, emergency medical service personnel, nurses, nursing assistants, physicians, technicians, therapists, phlebotomists, pharmacists, and persons not directly involved in patient care, such as clerical, dietary, environmental services, laundry, security, maintenance, engineering and facilities management, administrative, and billing personnel.(B) The worker has an established employment history with the health care facility for six months or more.(C) The worker meets the necessary prerequisites and corequisites established pursuant to Section 55003 of Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations.(3) Limited enrollment course or program means a course or program with limited enrollment established pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 58106 of Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations. | |
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| 63 | - | 70901.6. (a) Commencing with the 202425 academic year, a community college with a limited enrollment course or program shall ensure that at least 15 percent of admitted students, but no less than 3 | |
| 70 | + | 70901.6. (a) Commencing with the 202425 academic year, a community college with a limited enrollment course or program shall ensure that at least 15 percent of admitted students, but no less than 3 students per incoming cohort, in the course or program are incumbent health care workers. This section does not require a community college to admit any incumbent health care worker into a limited enrollment course or program if the incumbent health care worker would otherwise be ineligible for admittance into the course or program. | |
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| 65 | - | (b) A community colleges limited enrollment course or program is in compliance with subdivision (a) if, after following the admittance requirement in subdivision (a), the community college does not receive a sufficient number of incumbent health care workers who apply for admittance into the course or program. | |
| 72 | + | (b) A community colleges limited enrollment course or program is in compliance with subdivision (a) if, after following the admittance requirement in subdivision (a), the community college does not receive a sufficient number of incumbent health care workers who apply for admittance into the course or program. | |
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| 67 | 74 | (c) As used in this section, the following definitions apply: | |
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| 69 | 76 | (1) Health care facility means any of the following: | |
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| 71 | 78 | (A) A general acute care hospital as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code. | |
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| 73 | 80 | (B) An acute psychiatric hospital as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code. | |
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| 75 | 82 | (C) A skilled nursing facility as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code. | |
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| 77 | 84 | (D) A clinic organized under subdivision (l) of Section 1206 of the Health and Safety Code that is affiliated, owned, or controlled by a person or entity that owns or operates a facility described in subparagraph (A). | |
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| 79 | 86 | (E) A clinic organized under subdivision (b), (d), or (r) of Section 1206 of the Health and Safety Code that is affiliated, owned, or controlled by a person or entity that owns or operates a facility described in subparagraph (A) or Parts 405 and 491 of Title 42 of the United States Code. | |
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| 81 | 88 | (F) A physician organization that is part of a fully integrated delivery system that includes a physician organization, health facility or health system, and a nonprofit health care service plan that provides medical services to enrollees in a specific geographic region of the state through an affiliate hospital system and an exclusive contract between the nonprofit health care service plan and a single physician organization in each geographic region to provide those medical services. | |
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| 83 | 90 | (G) A designated public hospital system that is comprised of a designated public hospital, as defined in subdivision (f) of Section 14184.10 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, and its affiliated governmental health and behavioral health provider entities, including nonhospital settings. A single designated public hospital system may include multiple designated public hospitals under common government ownership. | |
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| 85 | 92 | (2) Incumbent health care worker means a worker who meets all of the following requirements: | |
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| 87 | 94 | (A) The worker is paid to work in a health care facility to directly or indirectly care for or assist patients. This may include, but is not limited to, emergency medical service personnel, nurses, nursing assistants, physicians, technicians, therapists, phlebotomists, pharmacists, and persons not directly involved in patient care, such as clerical, dietary, environmental services, laundry, security, maintenance, engineering and facilities management, administrative, and billing personnel. | |
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| 89 | - | (B) The worker has an established employment history with the health care facility for six months | |
| 96 | + | (B) The worker has an established employment history with the health care facility for six months or more. | |
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| 91 | 98 | (C) The worker meets the necessary prerequisites and corequisites established pursuant to Section 55003 of Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations. | |
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| 93 | - | (3) Limited enrollment course or program means a | |
| 100 | + | (3) Limited enrollment course or program means a course or program with limited enrollment established pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 58106 of Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations. | |
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| 95 | - | (d) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2034, and as of that date is repealed. | |
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| 97 | - | SEC. 2. Section 70901.7 is added to the Education Code, to read:70901.7. (a) Commencing with the 202425 academic year, a community college that administers a priority enrollment system shall grant registration priority, for each term in which the registration priority system is administered, to students who are incumbent health care workers.(b) As used in this section, the following definitions apply:(1) Health care facility means any of the following:(A) A general acute care hospital as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code.(B) An acute psychiatric hospital as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code.(C) A skilled nursing facility as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code.(D) A clinic organized under subdivision (l) of Section 1206 of the Health and Safety Code that is affiliated, owned, or controlled by a person or entity that owns or operates a facility described in subparagraph (A).(E) A clinic organized under subdivision (b), (d), or (r) of Section 1206 of the Health and Safety Code that is affiliated, owned, or controlled by a person or entity that owns or operates a facility described in subparagraph (A) or Parts 405 and 491 of Title 42 of the United States Code.(F) A physician organization that is part of a fully integrated delivery system that includes a physician organization, health facility or health system, and a nonprofit health care service plan that provides medical services to enrollees in a specific geographic region of the state through an affiliate hospital system and an exclusive contract between the nonprofit health care service plan and a single physician organization in each geographic region to provide those medical services.(G) A designated public hospital system that is comprised of a designated public hospital, as defined in subdivision (f) of Section 14184.10 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, and its affiliated governmental health and behavioral health provider entities, including nonhospital settings. A single designated public hospital system may include multiple designated public hospitals under common government ownership.(2) Incumbent health care worker means a worker who meets all of the following requirements:(A) The worker is paid to work in a health care facility to directly or indirectly care for or assist patients. This may include, but is not limited to, emergency medical service personnel, nurses, nursing assistants, physicians, technicians, therapists, phlebotomists, pharmacists, and persons not directly involved in patient care, such as clerical, dietary, environmental services, laundry, security, maintenance, engineering and facilities management, administrative, and billing personnel.(B) The worker has an established employment history with the health care facility for 6 months one year or more.(C) The worker meets the necessary prerequisites and corequisites established pursuant to Section 55003 of Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations.(c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2034, and as of that date is repealed. | |
| 102 | + | SEC. 2. Section 70901.7 is added to the Education Code, to read:70901.7. (a) Commencing with the 202425 academic year, a community college that administers a priority enrollment system shall grant registration priority, for each term in which the registration priority system is administered, to students who are incumbent health care workers.(b) As used in this section, the following definitions apply:(1) Health care facility means any of the following:(A) A general acute care hospital as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code.(B) An acute psychiatric hospital as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code.(C) A skilled nursing facility as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code.(D) A clinic organized under subdivision (l) of Section 1206 of the Health and Safety Code that is affiliated, owned, or controlled by a person or entity that owns or operates a facility described in subparagraph (A).(E) A clinic organized under subdivision (b), (d), or (r) of Section 1206 of the Health and Safety Code that is affiliated, owned, or controlled by a person or entity that owns or operates a facility described in subparagraph (A) or Parts 405 and 491 of Title 42 of the United States Code.(F) A physician organization that is part of a fully integrated delivery system that includes a physician organization, health facility or health system, and a nonprofit health care service plan that provides medical services to enrollees in a specific geographic region of the state through an affiliate hospital system and an exclusive contract between the nonprofit health care service plan and a single physician organization in each geographic region to provide those medical services.(G) A designated public hospital system that is comprised of a designated public hospital, as defined in subdivision (f) of Section 14184.10 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, and its affiliated governmental health and behavioral health provider entities, including nonhospital settings. A single designated public hospital system may include multiple designated public hospitals under common government ownership.(2) Incumbent health care worker means a worker who meets all of the following requirements:(A) The worker is paid to work in a health care facility to directly or indirectly care for or assist patients. This may include, but is not limited to, emergency medical service personnel, nurses, nursing assistants, physicians, technicians, therapists, phlebotomists, pharmacists, and persons not directly involved in patient care, such as clerical, dietary, environmental services, laundry, security, maintenance, engineering and facilities management, administrative, and billing personnel.(B) The worker has an established employment history with the health care facility for 6 months or more.(C) The worker meets the necessary prerequisites and corequisites established pursuant to Section 55003 of Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations. | |
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| 99 | 104 | SEC. 2. Section 70901.7 is added to the Education Code, to read: | |
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| 101 | 106 | ### SEC. 2. | |
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| 103 | - | 70901.7. (a) Commencing with the 202425 academic year, a community college that administers a priority enrollment system shall grant registration priority, for each term in which the registration priority system is administered, to students who are incumbent health care workers.(b) As used in this section, the following definitions apply:(1) Health care facility means any of the following:(A) A general acute care hospital as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code.(B) An acute psychiatric hospital as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code.(C) A skilled nursing facility as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code.(D) A clinic organized under subdivision (l) of Section 1206 of the Health and Safety Code that is affiliated, owned, or controlled by a person or entity that owns or operates a facility described in subparagraph (A).(E) A clinic organized under subdivision (b), (d), or (r) of Section 1206 of the Health and Safety Code that is affiliated, owned, or controlled by a person or entity that owns or operates a facility described in subparagraph (A) or Parts 405 and 491 of Title 42 of the United States Code.(F) A physician organization that is part of a fully integrated delivery system that includes a physician organization, health facility or health system, and a nonprofit health care service plan that provides medical services to enrollees in a specific geographic region of the state through an affiliate hospital system and an exclusive contract between the nonprofit health care service plan and a single physician organization in each geographic region to provide those medical services.(G) A designated public hospital system that is comprised of a designated public hospital, as defined in subdivision (f) of Section 14184.10 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, and its affiliated governmental health and behavioral health provider entities, including nonhospital settings. A single designated public hospital system may include multiple designated public hospitals under common government ownership.(2) Incumbent health care worker means a worker who meets all of the following requirements:(A) The worker is paid to work in a health care facility to directly or indirectly care for or assist patients. This may include, but is not limited to, emergency medical service personnel, nurses, nursing assistants, physicians, technicians, therapists, phlebotomists, pharmacists, and persons not directly involved in patient care, such as clerical, dietary, environmental services, laundry, security, maintenance, engineering and facilities management, administrative, and billing personnel.(B) The worker has an established employment history with the health care facility for 6 months | |
| 108 | + | 70901.7. (a) Commencing with the 202425 academic year, a community college that administers a priority enrollment system shall grant registration priority, for each term in which the registration priority system is administered, to students who are incumbent health care workers.(b) As used in this section, the following definitions apply:(1) Health care facility means any of the following:(A) A general acute care hospital as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code.(B) An acute psychiatric hospital as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code.(C) A skilled nursing facility as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code.(D) A clinic organized under subdivision (l) of Section 1206 of the Health and Safety Code that is affiliated, owned, or controlled by a person or entity that owns or operates a facility described in subparagraph (A).(E) A clinic organized under subdivision (b), (d), or (r) of Section 1206 of the Health and Safety Code that is affiliated, owned, or controlled by a person or entity that owns or operates a facility described in subparagraph (A) or Parts 405 and 491 of Title 42 of the United States Code.(F) A physician organization that is part of a fully integrated delivery system that includes a physician organization, health facility or health system, and a nonprofit health care service plan that provides medical services to enrollees in a specific geographic region of the state through an affiliate hospital system and an exclusive contract between the nonprofit health care service plan and a single physician organization in each geographic region to provide those medical services.(G) A designated public hospital system that is comprised of a designated public hospital, as defined in subdivision (f) of Section 14184.10 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, and its affiliated governmental health and behavioral health provider entities, including nonhospital settings. A single designated public hospital system may include multiple designated public hospitals under common government ownership.(2) Incumbent health care worker means a worker who meets all of the following requirements:(A) The worker is paid to work in a health care facility to directly or indirectly care for or assist patients. This may include, but is not limited to, emergency medical service personnel, nurses, nursing assistants, physicians, technicians, therapists, phlebotomists, pharmacists, and persons not directly involved in patient care, such as clerical, dietary, environmental services, laundry, security, maintenance, engineering and facilities management, administrative, and billing personnel.(B) The worker has an established employment history with the health care facility for 6 months or more.(C) The worker meets the necessary prerequisites and corequisites established pursuant to Section 55003 of Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations. | |
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| 105 | - | 70901.7. (a) Commencing with the 202425 academic year, a community college that administers a priority enrollment system shall grant registration priority, for each term in which the registration priority system is administered, to students who are incumbent health care workers.(b) As used in this section, the following definitions apply:(1) Health care facility means any of the following:(A) A general acute care hospital as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code.(B) An acute psychiatric hospital as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code.(C) A skilled nursing facility as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code.(D) A clinic organized under subdivision (l) of Section 1206 of the Health and Safety Code that is affiliated, owned, or controlled by a person or entity that owns or operates a facility described in subparagraph (A).(E) A clinic organized under subdivision (b), (d), or (r) of Section 1206 of the Health and Safety Code that is affiliated, owned, or controlled by a person or entity that owns or operates a facility described in subparagraph (A) or Parts 405 and 491 of Title 42 of the United States Code.(F) A physician organization that is part of a fully integrated delivery system that includes a physician organization, health facility or health system, and a nonprofit health care service plan that provides medical services to enrollees in a specific geographic region of the state through an affiliate hospital system and an exclusive contract between the nonprofit health care service plan and a single physician organization in each geographic region to provide those medical services.(G) A designated public hospital system that is comprised of a designated public hospital, as defined in subdivision (f) of Section 14184.10 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, and its affiliated governmental health and behavioral health provider entities, including nonhospital settings. A single designated public hospital system may include multiple designated public hospitals under common government ownership.(2) Incumbent health care worker means a worker who meets all of the following requirements:(A) The worker is paid to work in a health care facility to directly or indirectly care for or assist patients. This may include, but is not limited to, emergency medical service personnel, nurses, nursing assistants, physicians, technicians, therapists, phlebotomists, pharmacists, and persons not directly involved in patient care, such as clerical, dietary, environmental services, laundry, security, maintenance, engineering and facilities management, administrative, and billing personnel.(B) The worker has an established employment history with the health care facility for 6 months | |
| 110 | + | 70901.7. (a) Commencing with the 202425 academic year, a community college that administers a priority enrollment system shall grant registration priority, for each term in which the registration priority system is administered, to students who are incumbent health care workers.(b) As used in this section, the following definitions apply:(1) Health care facility means any of the following:(A) A general acute care hospital as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code.(B) An acute psychiatric hospital as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code.(C) A skilled nursing facility as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code.(D) A clinic organized under subdivision (l) of Section 1206 of the Health and Safety Code that is affiliated, owned, or controlled by a person or entity that owns or operates a facility described in subparagraph (A).(E) A clinic organized under subdivision (b), (d), or (r) of Section 1206 of the Health and Safety Code that is affiliated, owned, or controlled by a person or entity that owns or operates a facility described in subparagraph (A) or Parts 405 and 491 of Title 42 of the United States Code.(F) A physician organization that is part of a fully integrated delivery system that includes a physician organization, health facility or health system, and a nonprofit health care service plan that provides medical services to enrollees in a specific geographic region of the state through an affiliate hospital system and an exclusive contract between the nonprofit health care service plan and a single physician organization in each geographic region to provide those medical services.(G) A designated public hospital system that is comprised of a designated public hospital, as defined in subdivision (f) of Section 14184.10 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, and its affiliated governmental health and behavioral health provider entities, including nonhospital settings. A single designated public hospital system may include multiple designated public hospitals under common government ownership.(2) Incumbent health care worker means a worker who meets all of the following requirements:(A) The worker is paid to work in a health care facility to directly or indirectly care for or assist patients. This may include, but is not limited to, emergency medical service personnel, nurses, nursing assistants, physicians, technicians, therapists, phlebotomists, pharmacists, and persons not directly involved in patient care, such as clerical, dietary, environmental services, laundry, security, maintenance, engineering and facilities management, administrative, and billing personnel.(B) The worker has an established employment history with the health care facility for 6 months or more.(C) The worker meets the necessary prerequisites and corequisites established pursuant to Section 55003 of Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations. | |
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| 107 | - | 70901.7. (a) Commencing with the 202425 academic year, a community college that administers a priority enrollment system shall grant registration priority, for each term in which the registration priority system is administered, to students who are incumbent health care workers.(b) As used in this section, the following definitions apply:(1) Health care facility means any of the following:(A) A general acute care hospital as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code.(B) An acute psychiatric hospital as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code.(C) A skilled nursing facility as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code.(D) A clinic organized under subdivision (l) of Section 1206 of the Health and Safety Code that is affiliated, owned, or controlled by a person or entity that owns or operates a facility described in subparagraph (A).(E) A clinic organized under subdivision (b), (d), or (r) of Section 1206 of the Health and Safety Code that is affiliated, owned, or controlled by a person or entity that owns or operates a facility described in subparagraph (A) or Parts 405 and 491 of Title 42 of the United States Code.(F) A physician organization that is part of a fully integrated delivery system that includes a physician organization, health facility or health system, and a nonprofit health care service plan that provides medical services to enrollees in a specific geographic region of the state through an affiliate hospital system and an exclusive contract between the nonprofit health care service plan and a single physician organization in each geographic region to provide those medical services.(G) A designated public hospital system that is comprised of a designated public hospital, as defined in subdivision (f) of Section 14184.10 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, and its affiliated governmental health and behavioral health provider entities, including nonhospital settings. A single designated public hospital system may include multiple designated public hospitals under common government ownership.(2) Incumbent health care worker means a worker who meets all of the following requirements:(A) The worker is paid to work in a health care facility to directly or indirectly care for or assist patients. This may include, but is not limited to, emergency medical service personnel, nurses, nursing assistants, physicians, technicians, therapists, phlebotomists, pharmacists, and persons not directly involved in patient care, such as clerical, dietary, environmental services, laundry, security, maintenance, engineering and facilities management, administrative, and billing personnel.(B) The worker has an established employment history with the health care facility for 6 months | |
| 112 | + | 70901.7. (a) Commencing with the 202425 academic year, a community college that administers a priority enrollment system shall grant registration priority, for each term in which the registration priority system is administered, to students who are incumbent health care workers.(b) As used in this section, the following definitions apply:(1) Health care facility means any of the following:(A) A general acute care hospital as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code.(B) An acute psychiatric hospital as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code.(C) A skilled nursing facility as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code.(D) A clinic organized under subdivision (l) of Section 1206 of the Health and Safety Code that is affiliated, owned, or controlled by a person or entity that owns or operates a facility described in subparagraph (A).(E) A clinic organized under subdivision (b), (d), or (r) of Section 1206 of the Health and Safety Code that is affiliated, owned, or controlled by a person or entity that owns or operates a facility described in subparagraph (A) or Parts 405 and 491 of Title 42 of the United States Code.(F) A physician organization that is part of a fully integrated delivery system that includes a physician organization, health facility or health system, and a nonprofit health care service plan that provides medical services to enrollees in a specific geographic region of the state through an affiliate hospital system and an exclusive contract between the nonprofit health care service plan and a single physician organization in each geographic region to provide those medical services.(G) A designated public hospital system that is comprised of a designated public hospital, as defined in subdivision (f) of Section 14184.10 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, and its affiliated governmental health and behavioral health provider entities, including nonhospital settings. A single designated public hospital system may include multiple designated public hospitals under common government ownership.(2) Incumbent health care worker means a worker who meets all of the following requirements:(A) The worker is paid to work in a health care facility to directly or indirectly care for or assist patients. This may include, but is not limited to, emergency medical service personnel, nurses, nursing assistants, physicians, technicians, therapists, phlebotomists, pharmacists, and persons not directly involved in patient care, such as clerical, dietary, environmental services, laundry, security, maintenance, engineering and facilities management, administrative, and billing personnel.(B) The worker has an established employment history with the health care facility for 6 months or more.(C) The worker meets the necessary prerequisites and corequisites established pursuant to Section 55003 of Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations. | |
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| 111 | 116 | 70901.7. (a) Commencing with the 202425 academic year, a community college that administers a priority enrollment system shall grant registration priority, for each term in which the registration priority system is administered, to students who are incumbent health care workers. | |
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| 113 | 118 | (b) As used in this section, the following definitions apply: | |
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| 115 | 120 | (1) Health care facility means any of the following: | |
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| 117 | 122 | (A) A general acute care hospital as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code. | |
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| 119 | 124 | (B) An acute psychiatric hospital as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code. | |
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| 121 | 126 | (C) A skilled nursing facility as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code. | |
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| 123 | 128 | (D) A clinic organized under subdivision (l) of Section 1206 of the Health and Safety Code that is affiliated, owned, or controlled by a person or entity that owns or operates a facility described in subparagraph (A). | |
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| 125 | 130 | (E) A clinic organized under subdivision (b), (d), or (r) of Section 1206 of the Health and Safety Code that is affiliated, owned, or controlled by a person or entity that owns or operates a facility described in subparagraph (A) or Parts 405 and 491 of Title 42 of the United States Code. | |
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| 127 | 132 | (F) A physician organization that is part of a fully integrated delivery system that includes a physician organization, health facility or health system, and a nonprofit health care service plan that provides medical services to enrollees in a specific geographic region of the state through an affiliate hospital system and an exclusive contract between the nonprofit health care service plan and a single physician organization in each geographic region to provide those medical services. | |
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| 129 | 134 | (G) A designated public hospital system that is comprised of a designated public hospital, as defined in subdivision (f) of Section 14184.10 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, and its affiliated governmental health and behavioral health provider entities, including nonhospital settings. A single designated public hospital system may include multiple designated public hospitals under common government ownership. | |
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| 131 | 136 | (2) Incumbent health care worker means a worker who meets all of the following requirements: | |
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| 133 | 138 | (A) The worker is paid to work in a health care facility to directly or indirectly care for or assist patients. This may include, but is not limited to, emergency medical service personnel, nurses, nursing assistants, physicians, technicians, therapists, phlebotomists, pharmacists, and persons not directly involved in patient care, such as clerical, dietary, environmental services, laundry, security, maintenance, engineering and facilities management, administrative, and billing personnel. | |
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| 135 | - | (B) The worker has an established employment history with the health care facility for 6 months | |
| 140 | + | (B) The worker has an established employment history with the health care facility for 6 months or more. | |
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| 137 | 142 | (C) The worker meets the necessary prerequisites and corequisites established pursuant to Section 55003 of Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations. | |
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| 139 | - | (c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, | |
| 144 | + | SECTION 1.SEC. 3. Section 78261.5 of the Education Code is amended to read:78261.5. (a) A community college registered nursing program that determines that the number of applicants to that program exceeds its capacity may admit students in accordance with any of the following procedures:(1) Administration of a multicriteria screening process, as authorized by Section 78261.3, in a manner consistent with the standards set forth in subdivision (b). subdivisions (b) and (e).(2) A random selection process. process, except as provided in subdivision (e).(3) A blended combination of random selection and a multicriteria screening process. process, except as provided in subdivision (e).(b) A community college registered nursing program that elects, on or after January 1, 2008, to use a multicriteria screening process to evaluate applicants pursuant to this article shall apply those measures in accordance with all of the following:(1) The criteria applied in a multicriteria screening process under this article shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:(A) Academic degrees or diplomas, or relevant certificates, held by an applicant.(B) Grade-point average in relevant coursework.(C) Any relevant work or volunteer experience.(D) Life experiences or special circumstances of an applicant, including, but not necessarily limited to, the following experiences or circumstances:(i) Disabilities.(ii) Low family income.(iii) First generation of family to attend college.(iv) Need to work.(v) Disadvantaged social or educational environment.(vi) Difficult personal and family situations or circumstances.(vii) Refugee or veteran status.(E) Proficiency or advanced level coursework in languages other than English. Credit for languages other than English shall be received for languages that are identified by the chancellor as high-frequency languages, as based on census data. These languages may include, but are not limited to, any of the following:(i) American Sign Language.(ii) Arabic.(iii) Chinese, including its various dialects.(iv) Farsi.(v) Russian.(vi) Spanish.(vii) Tagalog.(viii) The various languages of the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.(2) Additional criteria, such as a personal interview, a personal statement, letter of recommendation, or the number of repetitions of prerequisite classes, or other criteria, as approved by the chancellor, may be used, but are not required.(3) A community college registered nursing program using a multicriteria screening process under this article may use an approved diagnostic assessment tool, in accordance with Section 78261.3, before, during, or after the multicriteria screening process.(4) As used in this section: subdivision, the following definitions apply:(A) Disabilities has the same meaning as used in Section 2626 of the Unemployment Insurance Code.(B) Disadvantaged social or educational environment includes, but is not necessarily limited to, the status of a student who has participated in Extended Opportunity Programs and Services (EOPS).(C) Grade-point average refers to the same fixed set of required prerequisite courses that all applicants to the nursing program administering the multicriteria screening process are required to complete.(D) Low family income shall be measured by a community college registered nursing program in terms of a students eligibility for, or receipt of, financial aid under a program that may include, but is not limited to, a fee waiver from the board of governors under Section 76300, the Cal Grant Program under Chapter 1.7 (commencing with Section 69430) of Part 42 of Division 5, the federal Pell Grant program, or CalWORKs.(E) Need to work means that the student is working at least part time while completing academic work that is a prerequisite for admission to the nursing program.(5) A community college registered nursing program that uses a multicriteria screening process pursuant to this article shall report its nursing program admissions policies to the chancellor annually, in writing. The admissions policies reported under this paragraph shall include the weight given to any criteria used by the program, and shall include demographic information relating to both the persons admitted to the program and the persons of that group who successfully completed that program.(c) The chancellor is encouraged to develop, and make available to community college registered nursing programs by July 1, 2008, a model admissions process based on this section.(d) (1) The chancellor shall submit a report on or before March 1, 2015, and on or before each March 1 thereafter, to the Legislature and the Governor that examines and includes, but is not limited to, both of the following:(A) The participation, retention, and completion rates in community college registered nursing programs of students admitted through a multicriteria screening process, as described in this section, disaggregated by the age, gender, ethnicity, and the language spoken at the home of those students.(B) Information on the annual impact, if any, the Seymour-Campbell Student Success Act of 2012 had on the matriculation services for students admitted through the multicriteria screening process, as described in this section.(2) The chancellor shall submit the annual report required in paragraph (1) in conjunction with its annual report on associate degree nursing programs required by subdivision (h) of Section 78261.(e)This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2025, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2025, deletes or extends that date.(e) (1) Commencing with the 202425 academic year, a community college registered nursing program described in subdivision (a) shall have at least 15 percent of the admitted students, but no less than 3 students per incoming cohort, be incumbent health care workers. This subdivision does not require any community college to admit any incumbent health care worker into a registered nursing program described in subdivision (a) who would be otherwise ineligible for admittance.(2) A community college registered nursing program described in subdivision (a) is in compliance with paragraph (1) if, after following the admittance requirement in paragraph (1), the community college does not receive a sufficient number of incumbent health care workers who apply for admittance into the program.(3) As used in this subdivision, the following definitions apply:(A) Health care facility means any of the following:(i) A general acute care hospital as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code.(ii) An acute psychiatric hospital as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code.(iii) A skilled nursing facility as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code.(iv) A clinic organized under subdivision (l) of Section 1206 of the Health and Safety Code that is affiliated, owned, or controlled by a person or entity that owns or operates a facility described in clause (i).(v) A clinic organized under subdivision (b), (d), or (r) of Section 1206 of the Health and Safety Code that is affiliated, owned, or controlled by a person or entity that owns or operates a facility described in clause (i) or Parts 405 and 491 of Title 42 of the United States Code.(vi) A physician organization that is part of a fully integrated delivery system that includes a physician organization, health facility or health system, and a nonprofit health care service plan that provides medical services to enrollees in a specific geographic region of the state through an affiliate hospital system and an exclusive contract between the nonprofit health care service plan and a single physician organization in each geographic region to provide those medical services.(vii) A designated public hospital system that is comprised of a designated public hospital, as defined in subdivision (f) of Section 14184.10 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, and its affiliated governmental health and behavioral health provider entities, including nonhospital settings. A single designated public hospital system may include multiple designated public hospitals under common government ownership.(B) Incumbent health care worker means a worker who meets all of the following requirements:(i) The worker is paid to work in a health care facility to directly or indirectly care for or assist patients. This may include, but is not limited to, emergency medical service personnel, nurses, nursing assistants, physicians, technicians, therapists, phlebotomists, pharmacists, and persons not directly involved in patient care, such as clerical, dietary, environmental services, laundry, security, maintenance, engineering and facilities management, administrative, and billing personnel.(ii) The worker has an established employment history with the health care facility for 6 months or more.(iii) The worker meets the necessary prerequisites and corequisites established pursuant to Section 55003 of Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations. | |
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| 141 | - | SEC. 3. Section 78261.5 of the Education Code is amended to read: | |
| 146 | + | SECTION 1.SEC. 3. Section 78261.5 of the Education Code is amended to read: | |
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| 143 | - | SEC. 3. | |
| 148 | + | ### SECTION 1.SEC. 3. | |
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| 150 | + | 78261.5. (a) A community college registered nursing program that determines that the number of applicants to that program exceeds its capacity may admit students in accordance with any of the following procedures:(1) Administration of a multicriteria screening process, as authorized by Section 78261.3, in a manner consistent with the standards set forth in subdivision (b). subdivisions (b) and (e).(2) A random selection process. process, except as provided in subdivision (e).(3) A blended combination of random selection and a multicriteria screening process. process, except as provided in subdivision (e).(b) A community college registered nursing program that elects, on or after January 1, 2008, to use a multicriteria screening process to evaluate applicants pursuant to this article shall apply those measures in accordance with all of the following:(1) The criteria applied in a multicriteria screening process under this article shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:(A) Academic degrees or diplomas, or relevant certificates, held by an applicant.(B) Grade-point average in relevant coursework.(C) Any relevant work or volunteer experience.(D) Life experiences or special circumstances of an applicant, including, but not necessarily limited to, the following experiences or circumstances:(i) Disabilities.(ii) Low family income.(iii) First generation of family to attend college.(iv) Need to work.(v) Disadvantaged social or educational environment.(vi) Difficult personal and family situations or circumstances.(vii) Refugee or veteran status.(E) Proficiency or advanced level coursework in languages other than English. Credit for languages other than English shall be received for languages that are identified by the chancellor as high-frequency languages, as based on census data. These languages may include, but are not limited to, any of the following:(i) American Sign Language.(ii) Arabic.(iii) Chinese, including its various dialects.(iv) Farsi.(v) Russian.(vi) Spanish.(vii) Tagalog.(viii) The various languages of the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.(2) Additional criteria, such as a personal interview, a personal statement, letter of recommendation, or the number of repetitions of prerequisite classes, or other criteria, as approved by the chancellor, may be used, but are not required.(3) A community college registered nursing program using a multicriteria screening process under this article may use an approved diagnostic assessment tool, in accordance with Section 78261.3, before, during, or after the multicriteria screening process.(4) As used in this section: subdivision, the following definitions apply:(A) Disabilities has the same meaning as used in Section 2626 of the Unemployment Insurance Code.(B) Disadvantaged social or educational environment includes, but is not necessarily limited to, the status of a student who has participated in Extended Opportunity Programs and Services (EOPS).(C) Grade-point average refers to the same fixed set of required prerequisite courses that all applicants to the nursing program administering the multicriteria screening process are required to complete.(D) Low family income shall be measured by a community college registered nursing program in terms of a students eligibility for, or receipt of, financial aid under a program that may include, but is not limited to, a fee waiver from the board of governors under Section 76300, the Cal Grant Program under Chapter 1.7 (commencing with Section 69430) of Part 42 of Division 5, the federal Pell Grant program, or CalWORKs.(E) Need to work means that the student is working at least part time while completing academic work that is a prerequisite for admission to the nursing program.(5) A community college registered nursing program that uses a multicriteria screening process pursuant to this article shall report its nursing program admissions policies to the chancellor annually, in writing. The admissions policies reported under this paragraph shall include the weight given to any criteria used by the program, and shall include demographic information relating to both the persons admitted to the program and the persons of that group who successfully completed that program.(c) The chancellor is encouraged to develop, and make available to community college registered nursing programs by July 1, 2008, a model admissions process based on this section.(d) (1) The chancellor shall submit a report on or before March 1, 2015, and on or before each March 1 thereafter, to the Legislature and the Governor that examines and includes, but is not limited to, both of the following:(A) The participation, retention, and completion rates in community college registered nursing programs of students admitted through a multicriteria screening process, as described in this section, disaggregated by the age, gender, ethnicity, and the language spoken at the home of those students.(B) Information on the annual impact, if any, the Seymour-Campbell Student Success Act of 2012 had on the matriculation services for students admitted through the multicriteria screening process, as described in this section.(2) The chancellor shall submit the annual report required in paragraph (1) in conjunction with its annual report on associate degree nursing programs required by subdivision (h) of Section 78261.(e)This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2025, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2025, deletes or extends that date.(e) (1) Commencing with the 202425 academic year, a community college registered nursing program described in subdivision (a) shall have at least 15 percent of the admitted students, but no less than 3 students per incoming cohort, be incumbent health care workers. This subdivision does not require any community college to admit any incumbent health care worker into a registered nursing program described in subdivision (a) who would be otherwise ineligible for admittance.(2) A community college registered nursing program described in subdivision (a) is in compliance with paragraph (1) if, after following the admittance requirement in paragraph (1), the community college does not receive a sufficient number of incumbent health care workers who apply for admittance into the program.(3) As used in this subdivision, the following definitions apply:(A) Health care facility means any of the following:(i) A general acute care hospital as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code.(ii) An acute psychiatric hospital as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code.(iii) A skilled nursing facility as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code.(iv) A clinic organized under subdivision (l) of Section 1206 of the Health and Safety Code that is affiliated, owned, or controlled by a person or entity that owns or operates a facility described in clause (i).(v) A clinic organized under subdivision (b), (d), or (r) of Section 1206 of the Health and Safety Code that is affiliated, owned, or controlled by a person or entity that owns or operates a facility described in clause (i) or Parts 405 and 491 of Title 42 of the United States Code.(vi) A physician organization that is part of a fully integrated delivery system that includes a physician organization, health facility or health system, and a nonprofit health care service plan that provides medical services to enrollees in a specific geographic region of the state through an affiliate hospital system and an exclusive contract between the nonprofit health care service plan and a single physician organization in each geographic region to provide those medical services.(vii) A designated public hospital system that is comprised of a designated public hospital, as defined in subdivision (f) of Section 14184.10 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, and its affiliated governmental health and behavioral health provider entities, including nonhospital settings. A single designated public hospital system may include multiple designated public hospitals under common government ownership.(B) Incumbent health care worker means a worker who meets all of the following requirements:(i) The worker is paid to work in a health care facility to directly or indirectly care for or assist patients. This may include, but is not limited to, emergency medical service personnel, nurses, nursing assistants, physicians, technicians, therapists, phlebotomists, pharmacists, and persons not directly involved in patient care, such as clerical, dietary, environmental services, laundry, security, maintenance, engineering and facilities management, administrative, and billing personnel.(ii) The worker has an established employment history with the health care facility for 6 months or more.(iii) The worker meets the necessary prerequisites and corequisites established pursuant to Section 55003 of Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations. | |
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| 147 | - | 78261.5. (a) A community college registered nursing program that determines that the number of applicants to that program exceeds its capacity may admit students in accordance with any of the following procedures:(1) Administration of a multicriteria screening process, as authorized by Section 78261.3, in a manner consistent with the standards set forth in subdivisions (b) and (e).(2) A random selection process, except as provided in subdivision (e).(3) A blended combination of random selection and a multicriteria screening process, except as provided in subdivision (e).(b) A community college registered nursing program that elects, on or after January 1, 2008, to use a multicriteria screening process to evaluate applicants pursuant to this article shall apply those measures in accordance with all of the following:(1) The criteria applied in a multicriteria screening process under this article shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:(A) Academic degrees or diplomas, or relevant certificates, held by an applicant.(B) Grade-point average in relevant coursework.(C) Any relevant work or volunteer experience.(D) Life experiences or special circumstances of an applicant, including, but not necessarily limited to, the following experiences or circumstances:(i) Disabilities.(ii) Low family income.(iii) First generation of family to attend college.(iv) Need to work.(v) Disadvantaged social or educational environment.(vi) Difficult personal and family situations or circumstances.(vii) Refugee or veteran status.(E) Proficiency or advanced level coursework in languages other than English. Credit for languages other than English shall be received for languages that are identified by the chancellor as high-frequency languages, as based on census data. These languages may include, but are not limited to, any of the following:(i) American Sign Language.(ii) Arabic.(iii) Chinese, including its various dialects.(iv) Farsi.(v) Russian.(vi) Spanish.(vii) Tagalog.(viii) The various languages of the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.(2) Additional criteria, such as a personal interview, a personal statement, letter of recommendation, or the number of repetitions of prerequisite classes, or other criteria, as approved by the chancellor, may be used, but are not required.(3) A community college registered nursing program using a multicriteria screening process under this article may use an approved diagnostic assessment tool, in accordance with Section 78261.3, before, during, or after the multicriteria screening process.(4) As used in this subdivision, the following definitions apply:(A) Disabilities has the same meaning as used in Section 2626 of the Unemployment Insurance Code.(B) Disadvantaged social or educational environment includes, but is not necessarily limited to, the status of a student who has participated in Extended Opportunity Programs and Services (EOPS).(C) Grade-point average refers to the same fixed set of required prerequisite courses that all applicants to the nursing program administering the multicriteria screening process are required to complete.(D) Low family income shall be measured by a community college registered nursing program in terms of a students eligibility for, or receipt of, financial aid under a program that may include, but is not limited to, a fee waiver from the board of governors under Section 76300, the Cal Grant Program under Chapter 1.7 (commencing with Section 69430) of Part 42 of Division 5, the federal Pell Grant program, or CalWORKs.(E) Need to work means that the student is working at least part time while completing academic work that is a prerequisite for admission to the nursing program.(5) A community college registered nursing program that uses a multicriteria screening process pursuant to this article shall report its nursing program admissions policies to the chancellor annually, in writing. The admissions policies reported under this paragraph shall include the weight given to any criteria used by the program, and shall include demographic information relating to both the persons admitted to the program and the persons of that group who successfully completed that program.(c) The chancellor is encouraged to develop, and make available to community college registered nursing programs by July 1, 2008, a model admissions process based on this section.(d) (1) The chancellor shall submit a report on or before March 1, 2015, and on or before each March 1 thereafter, to the Legislature and the Governor that examines and includes, but is not limited to, both of the following:(A) The participation, retention, and completion rates in community college registered nursing programs of students admitted through a multicriteria screening process, as described in this section, disaggregated by the age, gender, ethnicity, and the language spoken at the home of those students.(B) Information on the annual impact, if any, the Seymour-Campbell Student Success Act of 2012 had on the matriculation services for students admitted through the multicriteria screening process, as described in this section.(2) The chancellor shall submit the annual report required in paragraph (1) in conjunction with its annual report on associate degree nursing programs required by subdivision (h) of Section 78261.(e) | |
| 152 | + | 78261.5. (a) A community college registered nursing program that determines that the number of applicants to that program exceeds its capacity may admit students in accordance with any of the following procedures:(1) Administration of a multicriteria screening process, as authorized by Section 78261.3, in a manner consistent with the standards set forth in subdivision (b). subdivisions (b) and (e).(2) A random selection process. process, except as provided in subdivision (e).(3) A blended combination of random selection and a multicriteria screening process. process, except as provided in subdivision (e).(b) A community college registered nursing program that elects, on or after January 1, 2008, to use a multicriteria screening process to evaluate applicants pursuant to this article shall apply those measures in accordance with all of the following:(1) The criteria applied in a multicriteria screening process under this article shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:(A) Academic degrees or diplomas, or relevant certificates, held by an applicant.(B) Grade-point average in relevant coursework.(C) Any relevant work or volunteer experience.(D) Life experiences or special circumstances of an applicant, including, but not necessarily limited to, the following experiences or circumstances:(i) Disabilities.(ii) Low family income.(iii) First generation of family to attend college.(iv) Need to work.(v) Disadvantaged social or educational environment.(vi) Difficult personal and family situations or circumstances.(vii) Refugee or veteran status.(E) Proficiency or advanced level coursework in languages other than English. Credit for languages other than English shall be received for languages that are identified by the chancellor as high-frequency languages, as based on census data. These languages may include, but are not limited to, any of the following:(i) American Sign Language.(ii) Arabic.(iii) Chinese, including its various dialects.(iv) Farsi.(v) Russian.(vi) Spanish.(vii) Tagalog.(viii) The various languages of the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.(2) Additional criteria, such as a personal interview, a personal statement, letter of recommendation, or the number of repetitions of prerequisite classes, or other criteria, as approved by the chancellor, may be used, but are not required.(3) A community college registered nursing program using a multicriteria screening process under this article may use an approved diagnostic assessment tool, in accordance with Section 78261.3, before, during, or after the multicriteria screening process.(4) As used in this section: subdivision, the following definitions apply:(A) Disabilities has the same meaning as used in Section 2626 of the Unemployment Insurance Code.(B) Disadvantaged social or educational environment includes, but is not necessarily limited to, the status of a student who has participated in Extended Opportunity Programs and Services (EOPS).(C) Grade-point average refers to the same fixed set of required prerequisite courses that all applicants to the nursing program administering the multicriteria screening process are required to complete.(D) Low family income shall be measured by a community college registered nursing program in terms of a students eligibility for, or receipt of, financial aid under a program that may include, but is not limited to, a fee waiver from the board of governors under Section 76300, the Cal Grant Program under Chapter 1.7 (commencing with Section 69430) of Part 42 of Division 5, the federal Pell Grant program, or CalWORKs.(E) Need to work means that the student is working at least part time while completing academic work that is a prerequisite for admission to the nursing program.(5) A community college registered nursing program that uses a multicriteria screening process pursuant to this article shall report its nursing program admissions policies to the chancellor annually, in writing. The admissions policies reported under this paragraph shall include the weight given to any criteria used by the program, and shall include demographic information relating to both the persons admitted to the program and the persons of that group who successfully completed that program.(c) The chancellor is encouraged to develop, and make available to community college registered nursing programs by July 1, 2008, a model admissions process based on this section.(d) (1) The chancellor shall submit a report on or before March 1, 2015, and on or before each March 1 thereafter, to the Legislature and the Governor that examines and includes, but is not limited to, both of the following:(A) The participation, retention, and completion rates in community college registered nursing programs of students admitted through a multicriteria screening process, as described in this section, disaggregated by the age, gender, ethnicity, and the language spoken at the home of those students.(B) Information on the annual impact, if any, the Seymour-Campbell Student Success Act of 2012 had on the matriculation services for students admitted through the multicriteria screening process, as described in this section.(2) The chancellor shall submit the annual report required in paragraph (1) in conjunction with its annual report on associate degree nursing programs required by subdivision (h) of Section 78261.(e)This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2025, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2025, deletes or extends that date.(e) (1) Commencing with the 202425 academic year, a community college registered nursing program described in subdivision (a) shall have at least 15 percent of the admitted students, but no less than 3 students per incoming cohort, be incumbent health care workers. This subdivision does not require any community college to admit any incumbent health care worker into a registered nursing program described in subdivision (a) who would be otherwise ineligible for admittance.(2) A community college registered nursing program described in subdivision (a) is in compliance with paragraph (1) if, after following the admittance requirement in paragraph (1), the community college does not receive a sufficient number of incumbent health care workers who apply for admittance into the program.(3) As used in this subdivision, the following definitions apply:(A) Health care facility means any of the following:(i) A general acute care hospital as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code.(ii) An acute psychiatric hospital as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code.(iii) A skilled nursing facility as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code.(iv) A clinic organized under subdivision (l) of Section 1206 of the Health and Safety Code that is affiliated, owned, or controlled by a person or entity that owns or operates a facility described in clause (i).(v) A clinic organized under subdivision (b), (d), or (r) of Section 1206 of the Health and Safety Code that is affiliated, owned, or controlled by a person or entity that owns or operates a facility described in clause (i) or Parts 405 and 491 of Title 42 of the United States Code.(vi) A physician organization that is part of a fully integrated delivery system that includes a physician organization, health facility or health system, and a nonprofit health care service plan that provides medical services to enrollees in a specific geographic region of the state through an affiliate hospital system and an exclusive contract between the nonprofit health care service plan and a single physician organization in each geographic region to provide those medical services.(vii) A designated public hospital system that is comprised of a designated public hospital, as defined in subdivision (f) of Section 14184.10 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, and its affiliated governmental health and behavioral health provider entities, including nonhospital settings. A single designated public hospital system may include multiple designated public hospitals under common government ownership.(B) Incumbent health care worker means a worker who meets all of the following requirements:(i) The worker is paid to work in a health care facility to directly or indirectly care for or assist patients. This may include, but is not limited to, emergency medical service personnel, nurses, nursing assistants, physicians, technicians, therapists, phlebotomists, pharmacists, and persons not directly involved in patient care, such as clerical, dietary, environmental services, laundry, security, maintenance, engineering and facilities management, administrative, and billing personnel.(ii) The worker has an established employment history with the health care facility for 6 months or more.(iii) The worker meets the necessary prerequisites and corequisites established pursuant to Section 55003 of Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations. | |
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| 149 | - | 78261.5. (a) A community college registered nursing program that determines that the number of applicants to that program exceeds its capacity may admit students in accordance with any of the following procedures:(1) Administration of a multicriteria screening process, as authorized by Section 78261.3, in a manner consistent with the standards set forth in subdivisions (b) and (e).(2) A random selection process, except as provided in subdivision (e).(3) A blended combination of random selection and a multicriteria screening process, except as provided in subdivision (e).(b) A community college registered nursing program that elects, on or after January 1, 2008, to use a multicriteria screening process to evaluate applicants pursuant to this article shall apply those measures in accordance with all of the following:(1) The criteria applied in a multicriteria screening process under this article shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:(A) Academic degrees or diplomas, or relevant certificates, held by an applicant.(B) Grade-point average in relevant coursework.(C) Any relevant work or volunteer experience.(D) Life experiences or special circumstances of an applicant, including, but not necessarily limited to, the following experiences or circumstances:(i) Disabilities.(ii) Low family income.(iii) First generation of family to attend college.(iv) Need to work.(v) Disadvantaged social or educational environment.(vi) Difficult personal and family situations or circumstances.(vii) Refugee or veteran status.(E) Proficiency or advanced level coursework in languages other than English. Credit for languages other than English shall be received for languages that are identified by the chancellor as high-frequency languages, as based on census data. These languages may include, but are not limited to, any of the following:(i) American Sign Language.(ii) Arabic.(iii) Chinese, including its various dialects.(iv) Farsi.(v) Russian.(vi) Spanish.(vii) Tagalog.(viii) The various languages of the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.(2) Additional criteria, such as a personal interview, a personal statement, letter of recommendation, or the number of repetitions of prerequisite classes, or other criteria, as approved by the chancellor, may be used, but are not required.(3) A community college registered nursing program using a multicriteria screening process under this article may use an approved diagnostic assessment tool, in accordance with Section 78261.3, before, during, or after the multicriteria screening process.(4) As used in this subdivision, the following definitions apply:(A) Disabilities has the same meaning as used in Section 2626 of the Unemployment Insurance Code.(B) Disadvantaged social or educational environment includes, but is not necessarily limited to, the status of a student who has participated in Extended Opportunity Programs and Services (EOPS).(C) Grade-point average refers to the same fixed set of required prerequisite courses that all applicants to the nursing program administering the multicriteria screening process are required to complete.(D) Low family income shall be measured by a community college registered nursing program in terms of a students eligibility for, or receipt of, financial aid under a program that may include, but is not limited to, a fee waiver from the board of governors under Section 76300, the Cal Grant Program under Chapter 1.7 (commencing with Section 69430) of Part 42 of Division 5, the federal Pell Grant program, or CalWORKs.(E) Need to work means that the student is working at least part time while completing academic work that is a prerequisite for admission to the nursing program.(5) A community college registered nursing program that uses a multicriteria screening process pursuant to this article shall report its nursing program admissions policies to the chancellor annually, in writing. The admissions policies reported under this paragraph shall include the weight given to any criteria used by the program, and shall include demographic information relating to both the persons admitted to the program and the persons of that group who successfully completed that program.(c) The chancellor is encouraged to develop, and make available to community college registered nursing programs by July 1, 2008, a model admissions process based on this section.(d) (1) The chancellor shall submit a report on or before March 1, 2015, and on or before each March 1 thereafter, to the Legislature and the Governor that examines and includes, but is not limited to, both of the following:(A) The participation, retention, and completion rates in community college registered nursing programs of students admitted through a multicriteria screening process, as described in this section, disaggregated by the age, gender, ethnicity, and the language spoken at the home of those students.(B) Information on the annual impact, if any, the Seymour-Campbell Student Success Act of 2012 had on the matriculation services for students admitted through the multicriteria screening process, as described in this section.(2) The chancellor shall submit the annual report required in paragraph (1) in conjunction with its annual report on associate degree nursing programs required by subdivision (h) of Section 78261.(e) (1) Commencing with the 202425 academic year, a community college registered nursing program described in subdivision (a) shall have at least 15 percent of the admitted students, but no less than 3 three students per incoming cohort, be incumbent health care workers. This subdivision does not require any community college to admit any incumbent health care worker into a registered nursing program described in subdivision (a) who would be otherwise ineligible for admittance.(2) A community college registered nursing program described in subdivision (a) is in compliance with paragraph (1) if, after following the admittance requirement in paragraph (1), the community college does not receive a sufficient number of incumbent health care workers who apply for admittance into the program. program within 10 business days of the opening of enrollment for the program.(3) As used in this subdivision, the following definitions apply:(A) Health care facility means any of the following:(i) A general acute care hospital as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code.(ii) An acute psychiatric hospital as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code.(iii) A skilled nursing facility as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code.(iv) A clinic organized under subdivision (l) of Section 1206 of the Health and Safety Code that is affiliated, owned, or controlled by a person or entity that owns or operates a facility described in clause (i).(v) A clinic organized under subdivision (b), (d), or (r) of Section 1206 of the Health and Safety Code that is affiliated, owned, or controlled by a person or entity that owns or operates a facility described in clause (i) or Parts 405 and 491 of Title 42 of the United States Code.(vi) A physician organization that is part of a fully integrated delivery system that includes a physician organization, health facility or health system, and a nonprofit health care service plan that provides medical services to enrollees in a specific geographic region of the state through an affiliate hospital system and an exclusive contract between the nonprofit health care service plan and a single physician organization in each geographic region to provide those medical services.(vii) A designated public hospital system that is comprised of a designated public hospital, as defined in subdivision (f) of Section 14184.10 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, and its affiliated governmental health and behavioral health provider entities, including nonhospital settings. A single designated public hospital system may include multiple designated public hospitals under common government ownership.(B) Incumbent health care worker means a worker who meets all of the following requirements:(i) The worker is paid to work in a health care facility to directly or indirectly care for or assist patients. This may include, but is not limited to, emergency medical service personnel, nurses, nursing assistants, physicians, technicians, therapists, phlebotomists, pharmacists, and persons not directly involved in patient care, such as clerical, dietary, environmental services, laundry, security, maintenance, engineering and facilities management, administrative, and billing personnel.(ii) The worker has an established employment history with the health care facility for 6 months one year or more.(iii) The worker meets the necessary prerequisites and corequisites established pursuant to Section 55003 of Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations.(f) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2034, and as of that date is repealed. | |
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| 151 | - | 78261.5. (a) A community college registered nursing program that determines that the number of applicants to that program exceeds its capacity may admit students in accordance with any of the following procedures:(1) Administration of a multicriteria screening process, as authorized by Section 78261.3, in a manner consistent with the standards set forth in subdivisions (b) and (e).(2) A random selection process, except as provided in subdivision (e).(3) A blended combination of random selection and a multicriteria screening process, except as provided in subdivision (e).(b) A community college registered nursing program that elects, on or after January 1, 2008, to use a multicriteria screening process to evaluate applicants pursuant to this article shall apply those measures in accordance with all of the following:(1) The criteria applied in a multicriteria screening process under this article shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:(A) Academic degrees or diplomas, or relevant certificates, held by an applicant.(B) Grade-point average in relevant coursework.(C) Any relevant work or volunteer experience.(D) Life experiences or special circumstances of an applicant, including, but not necessarily limited to, the following experiences or circumstances:(i) Disabilities.(ii) Low family income.(iii) First generation of family to attend college.(iv) Need to work.(v) Disadvantaged social or educational environment.(vi) Difficult personal and family situations or circumstances.(vii) Refugee or veteran status.(E) Proficiency or advanced level coursework in languages other than English. Credit for languages other than English shall be received for languages that are identified by the chancellor as high-frequency languages, as based on census data. These languages may include, but are not limited to, any of the following:(i) American Sign Language.(ii) Arabic.(iii) Chinese, including its various dialects.(iv) Farsi.(v) Russian.(vi) Spanish.(vii) Tagalog.(viii) The various languages of the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.(2) Additional criteria, such as a personal interview, a personal statement, letter of recommendation, or the number of repetitions of prerequisite classes, or other criteria, as approved by the chancellor, may be used, but are not required.(3) A community college registered nursing program using a multicriteria screening process under this article may use an approved diagnostic assessment tool, in accordance with Section 78261.3, before, during, or after the multicriteria screening process.(4) As used in this subdivision, the following definitions apply:(A) Disabilities has the same meaning as used in Section 2626 of the Unemployment Insurance Code.(B) Disadvantaged social or educational environment includes, but is not necessarily limited to, the status of a student who has participated in Extended Opportunity Programs and Services (EOPS).(C) Grade-point average refers to the same fixed set of required prerequisite courses that all applicants to the nursing program administering the multicriteria screening process are required to complete.(D) Low family income shall be measured by a community college registered nursing program in terms of a students eligibility for, or receipt of, financial aid under a program that may include, but is not limited to, a fee waiver from the board of governors under Section 76300, the Cal Grant Program under Chapter 1.7 (commencing with Section 69430) of Part 42 of Division 5, the federal Pell Grant program, or CalWORKs.(E) Need to work means that the student is working at least part time while completing academic work that is a prerequisite for admission to the nursing program.(5) A community college registered nursing program that uses a multicriteria screening process pursuant to this article shall report its nursing program admissions policies to the chancellor annually, in writing. The admissions policies reported under this paragraph shall include the weight given to any criteria used by the program, and shall include demographic information relating to both the persons admitted to the program and the persons of that group who successfully completed that program.(c) The chancellor is encouraged to develop, and make available to community college registered nursing programs by July 1, 2008, a model admissions process based on this section.(d) (1) The chancellor shall submit a report on or before March 1, 2015, and on or before each March 1 thereafter, to the Legislature and the Governor that examines and includes, but is not limited to, both of the following:(A) The participation, retention, and completion rates in community college registered nursing programs of students admitted through a multicriteria screening process, as described in this section, disaggregated by the age, gender, ethnicity, and the language spoken at the home of those students.(B) Information on the annual impact, if any, the Seymour-Campbell Student Success Act of 2012 had on the matriculation services for students admitted through the multicriteria screening process, as described in this section.(2) The chancellor shall submit the annual report required in paragraph (1) in conjunction with its annual report on associate degree nursing programs required by subdivision (h) of Section 78261.(e) (1) Commencing with the 202425 academic year, a community college registered nursing program described in subdivision (a) shall have at least 15 percent of the admitted students, but no less than 3 three students per incoming cohort, be incumbent health care workers. This subdivision does not require any community college to admit any incumbent health care worker into a registered nursing program described in subdivision (a) who would be otherwise ineligible for admittance.(2) A community college registered nursing program described in subdivision (a) is in compliance with paragraph (1) if, after following the admittance requirement in paragraph (1), the community college does not receive a sufficient number of incumbent health care workers who apply for admittance into the program. program within 10 business days of the opening of enrollment for the program.(3) As used in this subdivision, the following definitions apply:(A) Health care facility means any of the following:(i) A general acute care hospital as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code.(ii) An acute psychiatric hospital as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code.(iii) A skilled nursing facility as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code.(iv) A clinic organized under subdivision (l) of Section 1206 of the Health and Safety Code that is affiliated, owned, or controlled by a person or entity that owns or operates a facility described in clause (i).(v) A clinic organized under subdivision (b), (d), or (r) of Section 1206 of the Health and Safety Code that is affiliated, owned, or controlled by a person or entity that owns or operates a facility described in clause (i) or Parts 405 and 491 of Title 42 of the United States Code.(vi) A physician organization that is part of a fully integrated delivery system that includes a physician organization, health facility or health system, and a nonprofit health care service plan that provides medical services to enrollees in a specific geographic region of the state through an affiliate hospital system and an exclusive contract between the nonprofit health care service plan and a single physician organization in each geographic region to provide those medical services.(vii) A designated public hospital system that is comprised of a designated public hospital, as defined in subdivision (f) of Section 14184.10 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, and its affiliated governmental health and behavioral health provider entities, including nonhospital settings. A single designated public hospital system may include multiple designated public hospitals under common government ownership.(B) Incumbent health care worker means a worker who meets all of the following requirements:(i) The worker is paid to work in a health care facility to directly or indirectly care for or assist patients. This may include, but is not limited to, emergency medical service personnel, nurses, nursing assistants, physicians, technicians, therapists, phlebotomists, pharmacists, and persons not directly involved in patient care, such as clerical, dietary, environmental services, laundry, security, maintenance, engineering and facilities management, administrative, and billing personnel.(ii) The worker has an established employment history with the health care facility for 6 months one year or more.(iii) The worker meets the necessary prerequisites and corequisites established pursuant to Section 55003 of Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations.(f) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2034, and as of that date is repealed. | |
| 154 | + | 78261.5. (a) A community college registered nursing program that determines that the number of applicants to that program exceeds its capacity may admit students in accordance with any of the following procedures:(1) Administration of a multicriteria screening process, as authorized by Section 78261.3, in a manner consistent with the standards set forth in subdivision (b). subdivisions (b) and (e).(2) A random selection process. process, except as provided in subdivision (e).(3) A blended combination of random selection and a multicriteria screening process. process, except as provided in subdivision (e).(b) A community college registered nursing program that elects, on or after January 1, 2008, to use a multicriteria screening process to evaluate applicants pursuant to this article shall apply those measures in accordance with all of the following:(1) The criteria applied in a multicriteria screening process under this article shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:(A) Academic degrees or diplomas, or relevant certificates, held by an applicant.(B) Grade-point average in relevant coursework.(C) Any relevant work or volunteer experience.(D) Life experiences or special circumstances of an applicant, including, but not necessarily limited to, the following experiences or circumstances:(i) Disabilities.(ii) Low family income.(iii) First generation of family to attend college.(iv) Need to work.(v) Disadvantaged social or educational environment.(vi) Difficult personal and family situations or circumstances.(vii) Refugee or veteran status.(E) Proficiency or advanced level coursework in languages other than English. Credit for languages other than English shall be received for languages that are identified by the chancellor as high-frequency languages, as based on census data. These languages may include, but are not limited to, any of the following:(i) American Sign Language.(ii) Arabic.(iii) Chinese, including its various dialects.(iv) Farsi.(v) Russian.(vi) Spanish.(vii) Tagalog.(viii) The various languages of the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.(2) Additional criteria, such as a personal interview, a personal statement, letter of recommendation, or the number of repetitions of prerequisite classes, or other criteria, as approved by the chancellor, may be used, but are not required.(3) A community college registered nursing program using a multicriteria screening process under this article may use an approved diagnostic assessment tool, in accordance with Section 78261.3, before, during, or after the multicriteria screening process.(4) As used in this section: subdivision, the following definitions apply:(A) Disabilities has the same meaning as used in Section 2626 of the Unemployment Insurance Code.(B) Disadvantaged social or educational environment includes, but is not necessarily limited to, the status of a student who has participated in Extended Opportunity Programs and Services (EOPS).(C) Grade-point average refers to the same fixed set of required prerequisite courses that all applicants to the nursing program administering the multicriteria screening process are required to complete.(D) Low family income shall be measured by a community college registered nursing program in terms of a students eligibility for, or receipt of, financial aid under a program that may include, but is not limited to, a fee waiver from the board of governors under Section 76300, the Cal Grant Program under Chapter 1.7 (commencing with Section 69430) of Part 42 of Division 5, the federal Pell Grant program, or CalWORKs.(E) Need to work means that the student is working at least part time while completing academic work that is a prerequisite for admission to the nursing program.(5) A community college registered nursing program that uses a multicriteria screening process pursuant to this article shall report its nursing program admissions policies to the chancellor annually, in writing. The admissions policies reported under this paragraph shall include the weight given to any criteria used by the program, and shall include demographic information relating to both the persons admitted to the program and the persons of that group who successfully completed that program.(c) The chancellor is encouraged to develop, and make available to community college registered nursing programs by July 1, 2008, a model admissions process based on this section.(d) (1) The chancellor shall submit a report on or before March 1, 2015, and on or before each March 1 thereafter, to the Legislature and the Governor that examines and includes, but is not limited to, both of the following:(A) The participation, retention, and completion rates in community college registered nursing programs of students admitted through a multicriteria screening process, as described in this section, disaggregated by the age, gender, ethnicity, and the language spoken at the home of those students.(B) Information on the annual impact, if any, the Seymour-Campbell Student Success Act of 2012 had on the matriculation services for students admitted through the multicriteria screening process, as described in this section.(2) The chancellor shall submit the annual report required in paragraph (1) in conjunction with its annual report on associate degree nursing programs required by subdivision (h) of Section 78261.(e)This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2025, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2025, deletes or extends that date.(e) (1) Commencing with the 202425 academic year, a community college registered nursing program described in subdivision (a) shall have at least 15 percent of the admitted students, but no less than 3 students per incoming cohort, be incumbent health care workers. This subdivision does not require any community college to admit any incumbent health care worker into a registered nursing program described in subdivision (a) who would be otherwise ineligible for admittance.(2) A community college registered nursing program described in subdivision (a) is in compliance with paragraph (1) if, after following the admittance requirement in paragraph (1), the community college does not receive a sufficient number of incumbent health care workers who apply for admittance into the program.(3) As used in this subdivision, the following definitions apply:(A) Health care facility means any of the following:(i) A general acute care hospital as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code.(ii) An acute psychiatric hospital as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code.(iii) A skilled nursing facility as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code.(iv) A clinic organized under subdivision (l) of Section 1206 of the Health and Safety Code that is affiliated, owned, or controlled by a person or entity that owns or operates a facility described in clause (i).(v) A clinic organized under subdivision (b), (d), or (r) of Section 1206 of the Health and Safety Code that is affiliated, owned, or controlled by a person or entity that owns or operates a facility described in clause (i) or Parts 405 and 491 of Title 42 of the United States Code.(vi) A physician organization that is part of a fully integrated delivery system that includes a physician organization, health facility or health system, and a nonprofit health care service plan that provides medical services to enrollees in a specific geographic region of the state through an affiliate hospital system and an exclusive contract between the nonprofit health care service plan and a single physician organization in each geographic region to provide those medical services.(vii) A designated public hospital system that is comprised of a designated public hospital, as defined in subdivision (f) of Section 14184.10 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, and its affiliated governmental health and behavioral health provider entities, including nonhospital settings. A single designated public hospital system may include multiple designated public hospitals under common government ownership.(B) Incumbent health care worker means a worker who meets all of the following requirements:(i) The worker is paid to work in a health care facility to directly or indirectly care for or assist patients. This may include, but is not limited to, emergency medical service personnel, nurses, nursing assistants, physicians, technicians, therapists, phlebotomists, pharmacists, and persons not directly involved in patient care, such as clerical, dietary, environmental services, laundry, security, maintenance, engineering and facilities management, administrative, and billing personnel.(ii) The worker has an established employment history with the health care facility for 6 months or more.(iii) The worker meets the necessary prerequisites and corequisites established pursuant to Section 55003 of Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations. | |
| 152 | 155 | ||
| 153 | 156 | ||
| 154 | 157 | ||
| 155 | 158 | 78261.5. (a) A community college registered nursing program that determines that the number of applicants to that program exceeds its capacity may admit students in accordance with any of the following procedures: | |
| 156 | 159 | ||
| 157 | - | (1) Administration of a multicriteria screening process, as authorized by Section 78261.3, in a manner consistent with the standards set forth in subdivisions (b) and (e). | |
| 160 | + | (1) Administration of a multicriteria screening process, as authorized by Section 78261.3, in a manner consistent with the standards set forth in subdivision (b). subdivisions (b) and (e). | |
| 158 | 161 | ||
| 159 | - | (2) A random selection process, except as provided in subdivision (e). | |
| 162 | + | (2) A random selection process. process, except as provided in subdivision (e). | |
| 160 | 163 | ||
| 161 | - | (3) A blended combination of random selection and a multicriteria screening process, except as provided in subdivision (e). | |
| 164 | + | (3) A blended combination of random selection and a multicriteria screening process. process, except as provided in subdivision (e). | |
| 162 | 165 | ||
| 163 | 166 | (b) A community college registered nursing program that elects, on or after January 1, 2008, to use a multicriteria screening process to evaluate applicants pursuant to this article shall apply those measures in accordance with all of the following: | |
| 164 | 167 | ||
| 165 | 168 | (1) The criteria applied in a multicriteria screening process under this article shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following: | |
| 166 | 169 | ||
| 167 | 170 | (A) Academic degrees or diplomas, or relevant certificates, held by an applicant. | |
| 168 | 171 | ||
| 169 | 172 | (B) Grade-point average in relevant coursework. | |
| 170 | 173 | ||
| 171 | 174 | (C) Any relevant work or volunteer experience. | |
| 172 | 175 | ||
| 173 | 176 | (D) Life experiences or special circumstances of an applicant, including, but not necessarily limited to, the following experiences or circumstances: | |
| 174 | 177 | ||
| 175 | 178 | (i) Disabilities. | |
| 176 | 179 | ||
| 177 | 180 | (ii) Low family income. | |
| 178 | 181 | ||
| 179 | 182 | (iii) First generation of family to attend college. | |
| 180 | 183 | ||
| 181 | 184 | (iv) Need to work. | |
| 182 | 185 | ||
| 183 | 186 | (v) Disadvantaged social or educational environment. | |
| 184 | 187 | ||
| 185 | 188 | (vi) Difficult personal and family situations or circumstances. | |
| 186 | 189 | ||
| 187 | 190 | (vii) Refugee or veteran status. | |
| 188 | 191 | ||
| 189 | 192 | (E) Proficiency or advanced level coursework in languages other than English. Credit for languages other than English shall be received for languages that are identified by the chancellor as high-frequency languages, as based on census data. These languages may include, but are not limited to, any of the following: | |
| 190 | 193 | ||
| 191 | 194 | (i) American Sign Language. | |
| 192 | 195 | ||
| 193 | 196 | (ii) Arabic. | |
| 194 | 197 | ||
| 195 | 198 | (iii) Chinese, including its various dialects. | |
| 196 | 199 | ||
| 197 | 200 | (iv) Farsi. | |
| 198 | 201 | ||
| 199 | 202 | (v) Russian. | |
| 200 | 203 | ||
| 201 | 204 | (vi) Spanish. | |
| 202 | 205 | ||
| 203 | 206 | (vii) Tagalog. | |
| 204 | 207 | ||
| 205 | 208 | (viii) The various languages of the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. | |
| 206 | 209 | ||
| 207 | 210 | (2) Additional criteria, such as a personal interview, a personal statement, letter of recommendation, or the number of repetitions of prerequisite classes, or other criteria, as approved by the chancellor, may be used, but are not required. | |
| 208 | 211 | ||
| 209 | 212 | (3) A community college registered nursing program using a multicriteria screening process under this article may use an approved diagnostic assessment tool, in accordance with Section 78261.3, before, during, or after the multicriteria screening process. | |
| 210 | 213 | ||
| 211 | - | (4) As used in this subdivision, the following definitions apply: | |
| 214 | + | (4) As used in this section: subdivision, the following definitions apply: | |
| 212 | 215 | ||
| 213 | 216 | (A) Disabilities has the same meaning as used in Section 2626 of the Unemployment Insurance Code. | |
| 214 | 217 | ||
| 215 | 218 | (B) Disadvantaged social or educational environment includes, but is not necessarily limited to, the status of a student who has participated in Extended Opportunity Programs and Services (EOPS). | |
| 216 | 219 | ||
| 217 | 220 | (C) Grade-point average refers to the same fixed set of required prerequisite courses that all applicants to the nursing program administering the multicriteria screening process are required to complete. | |
| 218 | 221 | ||
| 219 | 222 | (D) Low family income shall be measured by a community college registered nursing program in terms of a students eligibility for, or receipt of, financial aid under a program that may include, but is not limited to, a fee waiver from the board of governors under Section 76300, the Cal Grant Program under Chapter 1.7 (commencing with Section 69430) of Part 42 of Division 5, the federal Pell Grant program, or CalWORKs. | |
| 220 | 223 | ||
| 221 | 224 | (E) Need to work means that the student is working at least part time while completing academic work that is a prerequisite for admission to the nursing program. | |
| 222 | 225 | ||
| 223 | 226 | (5) A community college registered nursing program that uses a multicriteria screening process pursuant to this article shall report its nursing program admissions policies to the chancellor annually, in writing. The admissions policies reported under this paragraph shall include the weight given to any criteria used by the program, and shall include demographic information relating to both the persons admitted to the program and the persons of that group who successfully completed that program. | |
| 224 | 227 | ||
| 225 | 228 | (c) The chancellor is encouraged to develop, and make available to community college registered nursing programs by July 1, 2008, a model admissions process based on this section. | |
| 226 | 229 | ||
| 227 | 230 | (d) (1) The chancellor shall submit a report on or before March 1, 2015, and on or before each March 1 thereafter, to the Legislature and the Governor that examines and includes, but is not limited to, both of the following: | |
| 228 | 231 | ||
| 229 | 232 | (A) The participation, retention, and completion rates in community college registered nursing programs of students admitted through a multicriteria screening process, as described in this section, disaggregated by the age, gender, ethnicity, and the language spoken at the home of those students. | |
| 230 | 233 | ||
| 231 | 234 | (B) Information on the annual impact, if any, the Seymour-Campbell Student Success Act of 2012 had on the matriculation services for students admitted through the multicriteria screening process, as described in this section. | |
| 232 | 235 | ||
| 233 | 236 | (2) The chancellor shall submit the annual report required in paragraph (1) in conjunction with its annual report on associate degree nursing programs required by subdivision (h) of Section 78261. | |
| 234 | 237 | ||
| 235 | - | (e) | |
| 238 | + | (e)This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2025, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2025, deletes or extends that date. | |
| 236 | 239 | ||
| 237 | - | (2) A community college registered nursing program described in subdivision (a) is in compliance with paragraph (1) if, after following the admittance requirement in paragraph (1), the community college does not receive a sufficient number of incumbent health care workers who apply for admittance into the program. program within 10 business days of the opening of enrollment for the program. | |
| 240 | + | ||
| 241 | + | ||
| 242 | + | (e) (1) Commencing with the 202425 academic year, a community college registered nursing program described in subdivision (a) shall have at least 15 percent of the admitted students, but no less than 3 students per incoming cohort, be incumbent health care workers. This subdivision does not require any community college to admit any incumbent health care worker into a registered nursing program described in subdivision (a) who would be otherwise ineligible for admittance. | |
| 243 | + | ||
| 244 | + | (2) A community college registered nursing program described in subdivision (a) is in compliance with paragraph (1) if, after following the admittance requirement in paragraph (1), the community college does not receive a sufficient number of incumbent health care workers who apply for admittance into the program. | |
| 238 | 245 | ||
| 239 | 246 | (3) As used in this subdivision, the following definitions apply: | |
| 240 | 247 | ||
| 241 | 248 | (A) Health care facility means any of the following: | |
| 242 | 249 | ||
| 243 | 250 | (i) A general acute care hospital as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code. | |
| 244 | 251 | ||
| 245 | 252 | (ii) An acute psychiatric hospital as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code. | |
| 246 | 253 | ||
| 247 | 254 | (iii) A skilled nursing facility as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code. | |
| 248 | 255 | ||
| 249 | 256 | (iv) A clinic organized under subdivision (l) of Section 1206 of the Health and Safety Code that is affiliated, owned, or controlled by a person or entity that owns or operates a facility described in clause (i). | |
| 250 | 257 | ||
| 251 | 258 | (v) A clinic organized under subdivision (b), (d), or (r) of Section 1206 of the Health and Safety Code that is affiliated, owned, or controlled by a person or entity that owns or operates a facility described in clause (i) or Parts 405 and 491 of Title 42 of the United States Code. | |
| 252 | 259 | ||
| 253 | 260 | (vi) A physician organization that is part of a fully integrated delivery system that includes a physician organization, health facility or health system, and a nonprofit health care service plan that provides medical services to enrollees in a specific geographic region of the state through an affiliate hospital system and an exclusive contract between the nonprofit health care service plan and a single physician organization in each geographic region to provide those medical services. | |
| 254 | 261 | ||
| 255 | 262 | (vii) A designated public hospital system that is comprised of a designated public hospital, as defined in subdivision (f) of Section 14184.10 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, and its affiliated governmental health and behavioral health provider entities, including nonhospital settings. A single designated public hospital system may include multiple designated public hospitals under common government ownership. | |
| 256 | 263 | ||
| 257 | 264 | (B) Incumbent health care worker means a worker who meets all of the following requirements: | |
| 258 | 265 | ||
| 259 | 266 | (i) The worker is paid to work in a health care facility to directly or indirectly care for or assist patients. This may include, but is not limited to, emergency medical service personnel, nurses, nursing assistants, physicians, technicians, therapists, phlebotomists, pharmacists, and persons not directly involved in patient care, such as clerical, dietary, environmental services, laundry, security, maintenance, engineering and facilities management, administrative, and billing personnel. | |
| 260 | 267 | ||
| 261 | - | (ii) The worker has an established employment history with the health care facility for 6 months | |
| 268 | + | (ii) The worker has an established employment history with the health care facility for 6 months or more. | |
| 262 | 269 | ||
| 263 | 270 | (iii) The worker meets the necessary prerequisites and corequisites established pursuant to Section 55003 of Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations. | |
| 264 | - | ||
| 265 | - | (f) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2034, and as of that date is repealed. | |
| 266 | - | ||
| 267 | - | SEC. 4. Section 78261.5 is added to the Education Code, to read:78261.5. (a) A community college registered nursing program that determines that the number of applicants to that program exceeds its capacity may admit students in accordance with any of the following procedures:(1) Administration of a multicriteria screening process, as authorized by Section 78261.3, in a manner consistent with the standards set forth in subdivision (b).(2) A random selection process.(3) A blended combination of random selection and a multicriteria screening process.(b) A community college registered nursing program that elects to use a multicriteria screening process to evaluate applicants pursuant to this article shall apply those measures in accordance with all of the following:(1) The criteria applied in a multicriteria screening process under this article shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:(A) Academic degrees or diplomas, or relevant certificates, held by an applicant.(B) Grade-point average in relevant coursework.(C) Any relevant work or volunteer experience.(D) Life experiences or special circumstances of an applicant, including, but not limited to, the following experiences or circumstances:(i) Disabilities.(ii) Low family income.(iii) First generation of family to attend college.(iv) Need to work.(v) Disadvantaged social or educational environment.(vi) Difficult personal and family situations or circumstances.(vii) Refugee or veteran status.(E) Proficiency or advanced level coursework in languages other than English. Credit for languages other than English shall be received for languages that are identified by the chancellor as high-frequency languages, as based on census data. These languages may include, but are not limited to, any of the following:(i) American Sign Language.(ii) Arabic.(iii) Chinese, including its various dialects.(iv) Farsi.(v) Russian.(vi) Spanish.(vii) Tagalog.(viii) The various languages of the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.(2) Additional criteria, such as a personal interview, a personal statement, letter of recommendation, or the number of repetitions of prerequisite classes, or other criteria, as approved by the chancellor, may be used, but are not required.(3) A community college registered nursing program using a multicriteria screening process under this article may use an approved diagnostic assessment tool, in accordance with Section 78261.3, before, during, or after the multicriteria screening process.(4) As used in this subdivision, the following definitions apply:(A) Disabilities has the same meaning as used in Section 2626 of the Unemployment Insurance Code.(B) Disadvantaged social or educational environment includes, but is not necessarily limited to, the status of a student who has participated in Extended Opportunity Programs and Services (EOPS).(C) Grade-point average refers to the same fixed set of required prerequisite courses that all applicants to the nursing program administering the multicriteria screening process are required to complete.(D) Low family income shall be measured by a community college registered nursing program in terms of a students eligibility for, or receipt of, financial aid under a program that may include, but is not limited to, a fee waiver from the board of governors under Section 76300, the Cal Grant Program under Chapter 1.7 (commencing with Section 69430) of Part 42 of Division 5, the federal Pell Grant program, or CalWORKs.(E) Need to work means that the student is working at least part time while completing academic work that is a prerequisite for admission to the nursing program.(5) A community college registered nursing program that uses a multicriteria screening process pursuant to this article shall report its nursing program admissions policies to the chancellor annually, in writing. The admissions policies reported under this paragraph shall include the weight given to any criteria used by the program, and shall include demographic information relating to both the persons admitted to the program and the persons of that group who successfully completed that program.(c) The chancellor is encouraged to develop, and make available to community college registered nursing programs a model admissions process based on this section.(d) (1) The chancellor shall submit a report on or before March 1, 2034, and on or before each March 1 thereafter, to the Legislature and the Governor that examines and includes, but is not limited to, both of the following:(A) The participation, retention, and completion rates in community college registered nursing programs of students admitted through a multicriteria screening process, as described in this section, disaggregated by the age, gender, ethnicity, and the language spoken at the home of those students.(B) Information on the annual impact, if any, the Seymour-Campbell Student Success Act of 2012 had on the matriculation services for students admitted through the multicriteria screening process, as described in this section.(2) The chancellor shall submit the annual report required in paragraph (1) in conjunction with its annual report on associate degree nursing programs required by subdivision (h) of Section 78261.(e) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2034. | |
| 268 | - | ||
| 269 | - | SEC. 4. Section 78261.5 is added to the Education Code, to read: | |
| 270 | - | ||
| 271 | - | ### SEC. 4. | |
| 272 | - | ||
| 273 | - | 78261.5. (a) A community college registered nursing program that determines that the number of applicants to that program exceeds its capacity may admit students in accordance with any of the following procedures:(1) Administration of a multicriteria screening process, as authorized by Section 78261.3, in a manner consistent with the standards set forth in subdivision (b).(2) A random selection process.(3) A blended combination of random selection and a multicriteria screening process.(b) A community college registered nursing program that elects to use a multicriteria screening process to evaluate applicants pursuant to this article shall apply those measures in accordance with all of the following:(1) The criteria applied in a multicriteria screening process under this article shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:(A) Academic degrees or diplomas, or relevant certificates, held by an applicant.(B) Grade-point average in relevant coursework.(C) Any relevant work or volunteer experience.(D) Life experiences or special circumstances of an applicant, including, but not limited to, the following experiences or circumstances:(i) Disabilities.(ii) Low family income.(iii) First generation of family to attend college.(iv) Need to work.(v) Disadvantaged social or educational environment.(vi) Difficult personal and family situations or circumstances.(vii) Refugee or veteran status.(E) Proficiency or advanced level coursework in languages other than English. Credit for languages other than English shall be received for languages that are identified by the chancellor as high-frequency languages, as based on census data. These languages may include, but are not limited to, any of the following:(i) American Sign Language.(ii) Arabic.(iii) Chinese, including its various dialects.(iv) Farsi.(v) Russian.(vi) Spanish.(vii) Tagalog.(viii) The various languages of the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.(2) Additional criteria, such as a personal interview, a personal statement, letter of recommendation, or the number of repetitions of prerequisite classes, or other criteria, as approved by the chancellor, may be used, but are not required.(3) A community college registered nursing program using a multicriteria screening process under this article may use an approved diagnostic assessment tool, in accordance with Section 78261.3, before, during, or after the multicriteria screening process.(4) As used in this subdivision, the following definitions apply:(A) Disabilities has the same meaning as used in Section 2626 of the Unemployment Insurance Code.(B) Disadvantaged social or educational environment includes, but is not necessarily limited to, the status of a student who has participated in Extended Opportunity Programs and Services (EOPS).(C) Grade-point average refers to the same fixed set of required prerequisite courses that all applicants to the nursing program administering the multicriteria screening process are required to complete.(D) Low family income shall be measured by a community college registered nursing program in terms of a students eligibility for, or receipt of, financial aid under a program that may include, but is not limited to, a fee waiver from the board of governors under Section 76300, the Cal Grant Program under Chapter 1.7 (commencing with Section 69430) of Part 42 of Division 5, the federal Pell Grant program, or CalWORKs.(E) Need to work means that the student is working at least part time while completing academic work that is a prerequisite for admission to the nursing program.(5) A community college registered nursing program that uses a multicriteria screening process pursuant to this article shall report its nursing program admissions policies to the chancellor annually, in writing. The admissions policies reported under this paragraph shall include the weight given to any criteria used by the program, and shall include demographic information relating to both the persons admitted to the program and the persons of that group who successfully completed that program.(c) The chancellor is encouraged to develop, and make available to community college registered nursing programs a model admissions process based on this section.(d) (1) The chancellor shall submit a report on or before March 1, 2034, and on or before each March 1 thereafter, to the Legislature and the Governor that examines and includes, but is not limited to, both of the following:(A) The participation, retention, and completion rates in community college registered nursing programs of students admitted through a multicriteria screening process, as described in this section, disaggregated by the age, gender, ethnicity, and the language spoken at the home of those students.(B) Information on the annual impact, if any, the Seymour-Campbell Student Success Act of 2012 had on the matriculation services for students admitted through the multicriteria screening process, as described in this section.(2) The chancellor shall submit the annual report required in paragraph (1) in conjunction with its annual report on associate degree nursing programs required by subdivision (h) of Section 78261.(e) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2034. | |
| 274 | - | ||
| 275 | - | 78261.5. (a) A community college registered nursing program that determines that the number of applicants to that program exceeds its capacity may admit students in accordance with any of the following procedures:(1) Administration of a multicriteria screening process, as authorized by Section 78261.3, in a manner consistent with the standards set forth in subdivision (b).(2) A random selection process.(3) A blended combination of random selection and a multicriteria screening process.(b) A community college registered nursing program that elects to use a multicriteria screening process to evaluate applicants pursuant to this article shall apply those measures in accordance with all of the following:(1) The criteria applied in a multicriteria screening process under this article shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:(A) Academic degrees or diplomas, or relevant certificates, held by an applicant.(B) Grade-point average in relevant coursework.(C) Any relevant work or volunteer experience.(D) Life experiences or special circumstances of an applicant, including, but not limited to, the following experiences or circumstances:(i) Disabilities.(ii) Low family income.(iii) First generation of family to attend college.(iv) Need to work.(v) Disadvantaged social or educational environment.(vi) Difficult personal and family situations or circumstances.(vii) Refugee or veteran status.(E) Proficiency or advanced level coursework in languages other than English. Credit for languages other than English shall be received for languages that are identified by the chancellor as high-frequency languages, as based on census data. These languages may include, but are not limited to, any of the following:(i) American Sign Language.(ii) Arabic.(iii) Chinese, including its various dialects.(iv) Farsi.(v) Russian.(vi) Spanish.(vii) Tagalog.(viii) The various languages of the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.(2) Additional criteria, such as a personal interview, a personal statement, letter of recommendation, or the number of repetitions of prerequisite classes, or other criteria, as approved by the chancellor, may be used, but are not required.(3) A community college registered nursing program using a multicriteria screening process under this article may use an approved diagnostic assessment tool, in accordance with Section 78261.3, before, during, or after the multicriteria screening process.(4) As used in this subdivision, the following definitions apply:(A) Disabilities has the same meaning as used in Section 2626 of the Unemployment Insurance Code.(B) Disadvantaged social or educational environment includes, but is not necessarily limited to, the status of a student who has participated in Extended Opportunity Programs and Services (EOPS).(C) Grade-point average refers to the same fixed set of required prerequisite courses that all applicants to the nursing program administering the multicriteria screening process are required to complete.(D) Low family income shall be measured by a community college registered nursing program in terms of a students eligibility for, or receipt of, financial aid under a program that may include, but is not limited to, a fee waiver from the board of governors under Section 76300, the Cal Grant Program under Chapter 1.7 (commencing with Section 69430) of Part 42 of Division 5, the federal Pell Grant program, or CalWORKs.(E) Need to work means that the student is working at least part time while completing academic work that is a prerequisite for admission to the nursing program.(5) A community college registered nursing program that uses a multicriteria screening process pursuant to this article shall report its nursing program admissions policies to the chancellor annually, in writing. The admissions policies reported under this paragraph shall include the weight given to any criteria used by the program, and shall include demographic information relating to both the persons admitted to the program and the persons of that group who successfully completed that program.(c) The chancellor is encouraged to develop, and make available to community college registered nursing programs a model admissions process based on this section.(d) (1) The chancellor shall submit a report on or before March 1, 2034, and on or before each March 1 thereafter, to the Legislature and the Governor that examines and includes, but is not limited to, both of the following:(A) The participation, retention, and completion rates in community college registered nursing programs of students admitted through a multicriteria screening process, as described in this section, disaggregated by the age, gender, ethnicity, and the language spoken at the home of those students.(B) Information on the annual impact, if any, the Seymour-Campbell Student Success Act of 2012 had on the matriculation services for students admitted through the multicriteria screening process, as described in this section.(2) The chancellor shall submit the annual report required in paragraph (1) in conjunction with its annual report on associate degree nursing programs required by subdivision (h) of Section 78261.(e) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2034. | |
| 276 | - | ||
| 277 | - | 78261.5. (a) A community college registered nursing program that determines that the number of applicants to that program exceeds its capacity may admit students in accordance with any of the following procedures:(1) Administration of a multicriteria screening process, as authorized by Section 78261.3, in a manner consistent with the standards set forth in subdivision (b).(2) A random selection process.(3) A blended combination of random selection and a multicriteria screening process.(b) A community college registered nursing program that elects to use a multicriteria screening process to evaluate applicants pursuant to this article shall apply those measures in accordance with all of the following:(1) The criteria applied in a multicriteria screening process under this article shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:(A) Academic degrees or diplomas, or relevant certificates, held by an applicant.(B) Grade-point average in relevant coursework.(C) Any relevant work or volunteer experience.(D) Life experiences or special circumstances of an applicant, including, but not limited to, the following experiences or circumstances:(i) Disabilities.(ii) Low family income.(iii) First generation of family to attend college.(iv) Need to work.(v) Disadvantaged social or educational environment.(vi) Difficult personal and family situations or circumstances.(vii) Refugee or veteran status.(E) Proficiency or advanced level coursework in languages other than English. Credit for languages other than English shall be received for languages that are identified by the chancellor as high-frequency languages, as based on census data. These languages may include, but are not limited to, any of the following:(i) American Sign Language.(ii) Arabic.(iii) Chinese, including its various dialects.(iv) Farsi.(v) Russian.(vi) Spanish.(vii) Tagalog.(viii) The various languages of the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.(2) Additional criteria, such as a personal interview, a personal statement, letter of recommendation, or the number of repetitions of prerequisite classes, or other criteria, as approved by the chancellor, may be used, but are not required.(3) A community college registered nursing program using a multicriteria screening process under this article may use an approved diagnostic assessment tool, in accordance with Section 78261.3, before, during, or after the multicriteria screening process.(4) As used in this subdivision, the following definitions apply:(A) Disabilities has the same meaning as used in Section 2626 of the Unemployment Insurance Code.(B) Disadvantaged social or educational environment includes, but is not necessarily limited to, the status of a student who has participated in Extended Opportunity Programs and Services (EOPS).(C) Grade-point average refers to the same fixed set of required prerequisite courses that all applicants to the nursing program administering the multicriteria screening process are required to complete.(D) Low family income shall be measured by a community college registered nursing program in terms of a students eligibility for, or receipt of, financial aid under a program that may include, but is not limited to, a fee waiver from the board of governors under Section 76300, the Cal Grant Program under Chapter 1.7 (commencing with Section 69430) of Part 42 of Division 5, the federal Pell Grant program, or CalWORKs.(E) Need to work means that the student is working at least part time while completing academic work that is a prerequisite for admission to the nursing program.(5) A community college registered nursing program that uses a multicriteria screening process pursuant to this article shall report its nursing program admissions policies to the chancellor annually, in writing. The admissions policies reported under this paragraph shall include the weight given to any criteria used by the program, and shall include demographic information relating to both the persons admitted to the program and the persons of that group who successfully completed that program.(c) The chancellor is encouraged to develop, and make available to community college registered nursing programs a model admissions process based on this section.(d) (1) The chancellor shall submit a report on or before March 1, 2034, and on or before each March 1 thereafter, to the Legislature and the Governor that examines and includes, but is not limited to, both of the following:(A) The participation, retention, and completion rates in community college registered nursing programs of students admitted through a multicriteria screening process, as described in this section, disaggregated by the age, gender, ethnicity, and the language spoken at the home of those students.(B) Information on the annual impact, if any, the Seymour-Campbell Student Success Act of 2012 had on the matriculation services for students admitted through the multicriteria screening process, as described in this section.(2) The chancellor shall submit the annual report required in paragraph (1) in conjunction with its annual report on associate degree nursing programs required by subdivision (h) of Section 78261.(e) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2034. | |
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| 281 | - | 78261.5. (a) A community college registered nursing program that determines that the number of applicants to that program exceeds its capacity may admit students in accordance with any of the following procedures: | |
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| 283 | - | (1) Administration of a multicriteria screening process, as authorized by Section 78261.3, in a manner consistent with the standards set forth in subdivision (b). | |
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| 285 | - | (2) A random selection process. | |
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| 287 | - | (3) A blended combination of random selection and a multicriteria screening process. | |
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| 289 | - | (b) A community college registered nursing program that elects to use a multicriteria screening process to evaluate applicants pursuant to this article shall apply those measures in accordance with all of the following: | |
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| 291 | - | (1) The criteria applied in a multicriteria screening process under this article shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following: | |
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| 293 | - | (A) Academic degrees or diplomas, or relevant certificates, held by an applicant. | |
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| 295 | - | (B) Grade-point average in relevant coursework. | |
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| 297 | - | (C) Any relevant work or volunteer experience. | |
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| 299 | - | (D) Life experiences or special circumstances of an applicant, including, but not limited to, the following experiences or circumstances: | |
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| 301 | - | (i) Disabilities. | |
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| 303 | - | (ii) Low family income. | |
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| 305 | - | (iii) First generation of family to attend college. | |
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| 307 | - | (iv) Need to work. | |
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| 309 | - | (v) Disadvantaged social or educational environment. | |
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| 311 | - | (vi) Difficult personal and family situations or circumstances. | |
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| 313 | - | (vii) Refugee or veteran status. | |
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| 315 | - | (E) Proficiency or advanced level coursework in languages other than English. Credit for languages other than English shall be received for languages that are identified by the chancellor as high-frequency languages, as based on census data. These languages may include, but are not limited to, any of the following: | |
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| 317 | - | (i) American Sign Language. | |
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| 319 | - | (ii) Arabic. | |
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| 321 | - | (iii) Chinese, including its various dialects. | |
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| 323 | - | (iv) Farsi. | |
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| 325 | - | (v) Russian. | |
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| 327 | - | (vi) Spanish. | |
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| 329 | - | (vii) Tagalog. | |
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| 331 | - | (viii) The various languages of the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. | |
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| 333 | - | (2) Additional criteria, such as a personal interview, a personal statement, letter of recommendation, or the number of repetitions of prerequisite classes, or other criteria, as approved by the chancellor, may be used, but are not required. | |
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| 335 | - | (3) A community college registered nursing program using a multicriteria screening process under this article may use an approved diagnostic assessment tool, in accordance with Section 78261.3, before, during, or after the multicriteria screening process. | |
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| 337 | - | (4) As used in this subdivision, the following definitions apply: | |
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| 339 | - | (A) Disabilities has the same meaning as used in Section 2626 of the Unemployment Insurance Code. | |
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| 341 | - | (B) Disadvantaged social or educational environment includes, but is not necessarily limited to, the status of a student who has participated in Extended Opportunity Programs and Services (EOPS). | |
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| 343 | - | (C) Grade-point average refers to the same fixed set of required prerequisite courses that all applicants to the nursing program administering the multicriteria screening process are required to complete. | |
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| 345 | - | (D) Low family income shall be measured by a community college registered nursing program in terms of a students eligibility for, or receipt of, financial aid under a program that may include, but is not limited to, a fee waiver from the board of governors under Section 76300, the Cal Grant Program under Chapter 1.7 (commencing with Section 69430) of Part 42 of Division 5, the federal Pell Grant program, or CalWORKs. | |
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| 347 | - | (E) Need to work means that the student is working at least part time while completing academic work that is a prerequisite for admission to the nursing program. | |
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| 349 | - | (5) A community college registered nursing program that uses a multicriteria screening process pursuant to this article shall report its nursing program admissions policies to the chancellor annually, in writing. The admissions policies reported under this paragraph shall include the weight given to any criteria used by the program, and shall include demographic information relating to both the persons admitted to the program and the persons of that group who successfully completed that program. | |
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| 351 | - | (c) The chancellor is encouraged to develop, and make available to community college registered nursing programs a model admissions process based on this section. | |
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| 353 | - | (d) (1) The chancellor shall submit a report on or before March 1, 2034, and on or before each March 1 thereafter, to the Legislature and the Governor that examines and includes, but is not limited to, both of the following: | |
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| 355 | - | (A) The participation, retention, and completion rates in community college registered nursing programs of students admitted through a multicriteria screening process, as described in this section, disaggregated by the age, gender, ethnicity, and the language spoken at the home of those students. | |
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| 357 | - | (B) Information on the annual impact, if any, the Seymour-Campbell Student Success Act of 2012 had on the matriculation services for students admitted through the multicriteria screening process, as described in this section. | |
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| 359 | - | (2) The chancellor shall submit the annual report required in paragraph (1) in conjunction with its annual report on associate degree nursing programs required by subdivision (h) of Section 78261. | |
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| 361 | - | (e) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2034. |