LCO No. 3283 1 of 1 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6077 January Session, 2025 LCO No. 3283 Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT ADVANCEMENT Introduced by: REP. DATHAN, 142nd Dist. AN ACT EXPANDING TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR CAREERS IN HEALTH CARE. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That (1) the general statutes be amended to require the Office of 1 Workforce Strategy to establish a Career ConneCT program to provide 2 funding for training programs for certified nursing assistants and other 3 health care occupations provided by organizations that hire directly into 4 the health care systems of such organizations, and (2) the sum of five 5 million dollars be appropriated to the Office of Workforce Strategy, 6 from the General Fund, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, for such 7 health care training Career ConneCT program. 8 Statement of Purpose: To establish a Career ConneCT program to fund training for certified nursing assistants and other health care occupations by organizations that hire directly into such organization's health care system and to appropriate not less than five million dollars for such program.