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2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 107 - HEALTH CARE ACCESS AND INFORMATION › PART 3 - HEALTH PROFESSIONS DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 2 - Personnel Recruitment and Education › ARTICLE 3 - Nursing Education Scholarships › Section 128010.

128010. Scholarships shall be awarded without regard to race, religion, creed, or sex.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 107 - HEALTH CARE ACCESS AND INFORMATION › PART 3 - HEALTH PROFESSIONS DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 2 - Personnel Recruitment and Education › ARTICLE 3 - Nursing Education Scholarships › Section 128015.

128015. Each scholarship under this article is for the period of no more than one academic year, and the award shall be:
(a)  For a person qualifying under subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 127980, the sum of two hundred dollars ($200) per month for 12 months, plus school fees.
(b)  For a person qualifying under subdivision (c) of Section 127980, the sum of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) per month for 12 months, plus school fees.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 107 - HEALTH CARE ACCESS AND INFORMATION › PART 3 - HEALTH PROFESSIONS DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 2 - Personnel Recruitment and Education › ARTICLE 3 - Nursing Education Scholarships › Section 128020.

128020. A scholarship shall remain in effect only during the period, as determined by the department, that the person receiving the award achieves satisfactory progress and is regularly enrolled, within the terms of this article, as a full-time student.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 143, Sec. 125. (AB 133) Effective July 27, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 107 - HEALTH CARE ACCESS AND INFORMATION › PART 3 - HEALTH PROFESSIONS DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 2 - Personnel Recruitment and Education › ARTICLE 4 - Health Professions Planning Grants › Section 128025.

128025. For the purpose of this article, “innovative programs of education in the health professions” means programs for the development of physicians and surgeons, podiatrists, dentists, pharmacists, nurses, optometrists, and occupations in the allied health professions, that emphasize all of the following:
(a)  The practice in the community on the part of graduates of the program.
(b)  The utilization of existing teaching resources and clinical care facilities within the community where the program is located.
(c)  The development of curricular mechanisms that allow for movement from one occupational category to the next, up to and including the doctor of medicine level.
(d)  The training of persons possessing previously acquired health care skills, for positions of greater responsibility, with an emphasis upon corpsmen honorably discharged from the military.
(e)  The training of persons with little or no formal education but with a willingness and aptitude to acquire health care skills.
(f)  The development of coordination with community health care facilities to insure quality education and satisfactory employment opportunities for graduates of the program.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 107 - HEALTH CARE ACCESS AND INFORMATION › PART 3 - HEALTH PROFESSIONS DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 2 - Personnel Recruitment and Education › ARTICLE 4 - Health Professions Planning Grants › Section 128030.

128030. The department, in cooperation with the California Postsecondary Education Commission, shall administer the program established pursuant to this article and shall for this purpose, adopt regulations as it determines are reasonably necessary to carry out this article.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 143, Sec. 126. (AB 133) Effective July 27, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 107 - HEALTH CARE ACCESS AND INFORMATION › PART 3 - HEALTH PROFESSIONS DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 2 - Personnel Recruitment and Education › ARTICLE 4 - Health Professions Planning Grants › Section 128035.

128035. The department is authorized to make grants, from funds appropriated by the Legislature for this purpose, to assist organizations in meeting the cost of special projects to plan, develop, or establish innovative programs of education in the health professions, or for research in the various fields related to education in the health professions, or to develop training for new types of health professions personnel, or to meet the costs of planning experimental teaching facilities.
In determining priority of project applications, the department shall give the highest priority to:
(1)  Applicants able to obtain commitments for matching planning funds from other governmental and private sources.
(2)  Applicants who develop a preliminary plan that conforms to the criteria stated hereinabove for innovative programs of education in the health sciences.
(3)  Applicants that in its judgment are most able to translate a plan into a feasible program.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 143, Sec. 127. (AB 133) Effective July 27, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 107 - HEALTH CARE ACCESS AND INFORMATION › PART 3 - HEALTH PROFESSIONS DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 2 - Personnel Recruitment and Education › ARTICLE 4 - Health Professions Planning Grants › Section 128040.

128040. (a)  The Department of Health Care Access and Information shall report to the Legislature on or before June 30, 2002, on the feasibility of establishing a California dental loan forgiveness program utilizing the same general guidelines applicable to the federal National Health Service Corps State Loan Repayment Program (42 U.S.C.A. Sec. 254q-1; 42 C.F.R., Part 62, Subpart C (commencing with Section 62.51)), except as follows:
(1)  A dentist shall be eligible to participate in the loan forgiveness program if they provide full-time or half-time dental services in either of the following:
(A)  A dental health professional shortage area (DHPSA), established pursuant to Section 254e(a) of Title 42 of the United States Code.
(B)  An area of the state where unmet priority needs for dentists exist as determined by the department.
(2)  Matching funds to repay a portion of the dentist’s outstanding loan amount shall be required from the practice site areas or from other private nonprofit sources.
(3)  A qualifying practice site shall include a private dental practice.
(b)  (1)  The report required under subdivision (a) shall include all of the following:
(A)  A projection of the dentist-to-population ratio for California in the next decade.
(B)  A determination of the future need for dentists and dental care in underserved communities. The department shall work collaboratively with organizations that represent providers of dental services to underserved communities in making this determination.
(C)  A report on the utilization by dentists of tuition loan repayment programs at the federal and state level and identify the barriers to full utilization of these loan repayment programs.
(D)  A report on the projected cost increase of dental school education at public and private postsecondary educational institutions.
(E)  A report on the implications of administering an additional program, including a cost analysis.
(2)  The report also shall include recommendations on whether a program described in subdivision (a) should be established and, if so, suggested funding sources. In making its recommendations, the department shall consider the impact of the program on access to dental services in areas of the state that currently have a shortage of dentists.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 143, Sec. 128. (AB 133) Effective July 27, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 107 - HEALTH CARE ACCESS AND INFORMATION › PART 3 - HEALTH PROFESSIONS DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 2 - Personnel Recruitment and Education › ARTICLE 5 - Health Care Workforce Research and Data Center › Section 128050.

128050. The Department of Health Care Access and Information shall establish a health care workforce research and data center to serve as the central source of health care workforce and educational data in the state. The research and data center will serve as the state’s central source of healthcare workforce and education data. The research and data center shall be responsible for the collection, analysis, and distribution of information on the educational and employment trends for health care occupations and distribution in the state. The activities of the research and data center shall be funded by appropriations made from the California Health Data and Planning Fund in accordance with subdivision (h) of Section 127280.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 143, Sec. 130. (AB 133) Effective July 27, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 107 - HEALTH CARE ACCESS AND INFORMATION › PART 3 - HEALTH PROFESSIONS DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 2 - Personnel Recruitment and Education › ARTICLE 5 - Health Care Workforce Research and Data Center › Section 128051.

128051. The Department of Health Care Access and Information shall work with the Employment Development Department’s Labor Market Information Division, state licensing boards, and state higher education entities to collect, to the extent available, all of the following data:
(a) The current supply of health care workers, by specialty.
(b) The geographical distribution of health care workers, by specialty.
(c) The diversity of the health care workforce, by specialty, including, but not necessarily limited to, data on race, ethnicity, and languages spoken.
(d) The current and forecasted demand for health care workers, by specialty.
(e) The educational capacity to produce trained, certified, and licensed health care workers, by specialty and by geographical distribution, including, but not necessarily limited to, the number of educational slots, the number of enrollments, the attrition rate, and wait time to enter the program of study.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 143, Sec. 131. (AB 133) Effective July 27, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 107 - HEALTH CARE ACCESS AND INFORMATION › PART 3 - HEALTH PROFESSIONS DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 2 - Personnel Recruitment and Education › ARTICLE 5 - Health Care Workforce Research and Data Center › Section 128052.

128052. The Department of Health Care Access and Information shall prepare an annual report to the Legislature that does all of the following:
(a) Identifies education and employment trends in the health care profession.
(b) Reports on the current supply and demand for health care workers in California and gaps in the educational pipeline producing workers in specific occupations and geographic areas.
(c) Recommends state policy needed to address issues of workforce shortage and distribution.
(d) Describes the health care workforce program outcomes and effectiveness.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 143, Sec. 132. (AB 133) Effective July 27, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 107 - HEALTH CARE ACCESS AND INFORMATION › PART 3 - HEALTH PROFESSIONS DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 3 - Professional Practice Development › ARTICLE 1 - Health Workforce Pilot Projects › Section 128125.

128125. The Legislature finds that there is a need to improve the effectiveness of health care delivery systems. One way of accomplishing that objective is to utilize health care personnel in new roles and to reallocate health tasks to better meet the health needs of the citizenry.
The Legislature finds that experimentation with new kinds and combinations of health care delivery systems is desirable, and that, for purposes of this experimentation, a select number of publicly evaluated health workforce pilot projects should be exempt from the healing arts practices acts. The Legislature also finds that large sums of public and private funds are being spent to finance health workforce innovation projects, and that the activities of some of these projects exceed the limitations of state law. These projects may jeopardize the public safety and the careers of persons who are trained in them. It is the intent of the Legislature to establish the accountability of health workforce innovation projects to the requirements of the public health, safety, and welfare, and the career viability of persons trained in these programs. Further, it is the intent of this legislation that existing healing arts licensure laws incorporate innovations developed in approved projects that are likely to improve the effectiveness of health care delivery systems.
(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 259, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 107 - HEALTH CARE ACCESS AND INFORMATION › PART 3 - HEALTH PROFESSIONS DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 3 - Professional Practice Development › ARTICLE 1 - Health Workforce Pilot Projects › Section 128130.

128130. For the purposes of this article:
(a)  “Department” means the Department of Health Care Access and Information.
(b)  “Approved project” means an educational or training program approved by the office that does any of the following on a pilot program basis:
(1)  Teaches new skills to existing categories of health care personnel.
(2)  Develops new categories of health care personnel.
(3)  Accelerates the training of existing categories of health care personnel.
(4)  Teaches new health care roles to previously untrained persons, and that has been so designated by the department.
(c)  “Trainee” means a person to be taught health care skills.
(d)  “Supervisor” means a person designated by the project sponsor who already possesses the skills to be taught the trainees and is certified or licensed in California to perform the health care tasks involving the skills.
(e)  “Health care services” means the practice of medicine, dentistry, nursing, including, but not limited to, specialty areas of nursing such as midwifery, pharmacy, optometry, podiatry, and psychology.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 143, Sec. 134. (AB 133) Effective July 27, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 107 - HEALTH CARE ACCESS AND INFORMATION › PART 3 - HEALTH PROFESSIONS DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 3 - Professional Practice Development › ARTICLE 1 - Health Workforce Pilot Projects › Section 128135.

128135. The department may designate experimental health workforce projects as approved projects where the projects are sponsored by community hospitals or clinics, nonprofit educational institutions, or government agencies engaged in health or education activities. Nothing in this section shall preclude approved projects from utilizing the offices of physicians, dentists, pharmacists, and other clinical settings as training sites.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 143, Sec. 135. (AB 133) Effective July 27, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 107 - HEALTH CARE ACCESS AND INFORMATION › PART 3 - HEALTH PROFESSIONS DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 3 - Professional Practice Development › ARTICLE 1 - Health Workforce Pilot Projects › Section 128140.

128140. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a trainee in an approved project may perform health care services under the supervision of a supervisor where the general scope of the services has been approved by the department.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 143, Sec. 136. (AB 133) Effective July 27, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 107 - HEALTH CARE ACCESS AND INFORMATION › PART 3 - HEALTH PROFESSIONS DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 3 - Professional Practice Development › ARTICLE 1 - Health Workforce Pilot Projects › Section 128145.

128145. A trainee and his or her supervisor shall be held to the standard of care of, and shall be afforded the same immunities as, an individual otherwise legally qualified to perform the health care service or services performed by the trainee or supervisor.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 107 - HEALTH CARE ACCESS AND INFORMATION › PART 3 - HEALTH PROFESSIONS DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 3 - Professional Practice Development › ARTICLE 1 - Health Workforce Pilot Projects › Section 128150.

128150. Any patient being seen or treated by a trainee shall be apprised of that fact and shall be given the opportunity to refuse treatment. Consent to the treatment shall not constitute assumption of the risk.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 107 - HEALTH CARE ACCESS AND INFORMATION › PART 3 - HEALTH PROFESSIONS DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 3 - Professional Practice Development › ARTICLE 1 - Health Workforce Pilot Projects › Section 128155.

128155. The department, after one or more public hearings thereon, shall establish minimum standards, guidelines, and instructions for pilot projects. Advance notice of the hearing shall be sent to all interested parties and shall include a copy of the proposed minimum standards, guidelines, and instructions.
Organizations requesting designation as approved projects shall complete and submit to the department an application, that shall include a description of the project indicating the category of person to be trained, the tasks to be taught, the numbers of trainees and supervisors, a description of the health care agency to be used for training students, and a description of the types of patients likely to be seen or treated. Additionally, the application shall contain a description of all of the following:
(a)  The evaluation process to be used.
(b)  The baseline data and information to be collected.
(c)  The nature of program data that will be collected and the methods for collecting and analyzing the data.
(d)  Provision for protecting the safety of patients seen or treated in the project.
(e)  A statement of previous experience in providing related health care services.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 143, Sec. 137. (AB 133) Effective July 27, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 107 - HEALTH CARE ACCESS AND INFORMATION › PART 3 - HEALTH PROFESSIONS DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 3 - Professional Practice Development › ARTICLE 1 - Health Workforce Pilot Projects › Section 128160.

128160. (a) Pilot projects may be approved in the following fields:
(1) Expanded role medical auxiliaries.
(2) Expanded role nursing.
(3) Expanded role dental assistants, dental hygienists, dental hygienists in alternative practice, or dental hygienists in extended functions.
(4) Maternal child care personnel.
(5) Pharmacy personnel.
(6) Mental health personnel.
(7) Other health care personnel including, but not limited to, veterinary personnel, chiropractic personnel, podiatric personnel, geriatric care personnel, therapy personnel, and health care technicians.
(b) Projects that operate in rural and central city areas shall be given priority.
(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 31, Sec. 52. Effective January 1, 2009. Operative July 1, 2009, by Sec. 55 of Ch. 31.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 107 - HEALTH CARE ACCESS AND INFORMATION › PART 3 - HEALTH PROFESSIONS DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 3 - Professional Practice Development › ARTICLE 1 - Health Workforce Pilot Projects › Section 128165.

128165. The department shall carry out periodic onsite visitations of each approved project and shall evaluate each project to determine the following:
(a)  The new health skills taught or extent that existing skills have been reallocated.
(b)  Implication of the project for existing licensure laws with suggestions for changes in the law where appropriate.
(c)  Implications of the project for health services curricula and for the health care delivery systems.
(d)  Teaching methods used in the project.
(e)  The quality of care and patient acceptance in the project.
(f)  The extent that persons with the new skills could find employment in the health care system, assuming laws were changed to incorporate their skill.
(g)  The cost of care provided in the project, the likely cost of this care if performed by the trainees subsequent to the project, and the cost for provision of this care by current providers thereof.
All data collected by the department and by projects approved pursuant to this article shall become public information, with due regard for the confidentiality of individual patient information. The raw data on which projects’ reports are based and the data on which the department’s evaluation is based shall be available on request for review by interested parties. The department shall provide a reasonable opportunity for interested parties to submit dissenting views or challenges to reports to the Legislature and professional licensing boards required by this section. The department shall publish those comments, subject only to nonsubstantive editing, as part of its annual, or any special, reports.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 143, Sec. 138. (AB 133) Effective July 27, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 107 - HEALTH CARE ACCESS AND INFORMATION › PART 3 - HEALTH PROFESSIONS DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 3 - Professional Practice Development › ARTICLE 1 - Health Workforce Pilot Projects › Section 128170.

128170. The department shall approve a sufficient number of projects to provide a basis for testing the validity of the experiment.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 143, Sec. 139. (AB 133) Effective July 27, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 107 - HEALTH CARE ACCESS AND INFORMATION › PART 3 - HEALTH PROFESSIONS DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 3 - Professional Practice Development › ARTICLE 1 - Health Workforce Pilot Projects › Section 128175.

128175. The department shall seek the advice of appropriate professional societies and appropriate healing arts licensing boards prior to designating approved projects. In the case of projects sponsored by a state agency, the following additional procedures shall apply:
(a)  A hearing shall be conducted by a disinterested state government official selected by the director of the department from a state agency other than the department or the proponent of the project. The cost of the services of the disinterested state governmental official shall be paid by the department pursuant to an interagency agreement with the state agency represented by the state governmental official.
(b)  A notice of hearing shall be sent by the department to interested parties, as designated by the director of the department, by registered mail no less than 30 days preceding the date of the hearing. The notice shall include, but not be limited to, the date, time, location, and subject matter of the hearing, and shall include a copy of the application for a pilot project that is the subject of the hearing.
(c)  A verbatim transcript of the hearing shall be prepared and distributed to interested parties upon request.
(d)  Within 60 days of the release of the transcript, the department shall submit a recommendation on the proposal to the director of the department and shall send copies to the interested parties.
(e)  The director of the department shall accept comments on the recommendations, and, on or after 30 days after transmittal of the recommendations, the director of the department shall approve or disapprove the proposed project.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 143, Sec. 140. (AB 133) Effective July 27, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 107 - HEALTH CARE ACCESS AND INFORMATION › PART 3 - HEALTH PROFESSIONS DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 3 - Professional Practice Development › ARTICLE 1 - Health Workforce Pilot Projects › Section 128180.

128180. The department shall not approve a project for a period lasting more than two training cycles plus a preceptorship of more than 24 months, unless the department determines that the project is likely to contribute substantially to the availability of high-quality health services in the state or a region thereof.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 143, Sec. 141. (AB 133) Effective July 27, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 107 - HEALTH CARE ACCESS AND INFORMATION › PART 3 - HEALTH PROFESSIONS DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 3 - Professional Practice Development › ARTICLE 1 - Health Workforce Pilot Projects › Section 128185.

128185. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(a)  The Health Manpower Pilot Project No. 152 was approved in 1988 to respond to a shortage of adequately trained personnel to meet the needs of residents in long-term health care facilities.
(b)  Long-term health care facilities continue to report difficulties recruiting and retaining adequate nursing staff to meet current needs.
(c)  The population most in need of long-term care is growing rapidly. It is estimated by the year 2000, one-third of the entire population in the United States will be composed of persons over 65 years of age. Three-fourths of all residents of long-term health care facilities will be generated by this age group.
(d)  A 30-percent decrease in the labor pool of health workers has been projected for the same time period. This decline in resources will exacerbate the problem of acquiring adequate nursing resources.
(e)  The establishment of the geriatric technician as a new category of health worker may have the potential to increase the retention of experienced workers in long-term health care by creating health career opportunities and upward mobility for certified nurse assistants.
(f)  The use of geriatric technicians is not intended to displace licensed nurses, but rather to augment the level of available trained staff to optimize the quality of long-term health care.
(Added by renumbering Section 429.82 (as added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 324) by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1023, Sec. 138. Effective September 29, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 107 - HEALTH CARE ACCESS AND INFORMATION › PART 3 - HEALTH PROFESSIONS DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 3 - Professional Practice Development › ARTICLE 1 - Health Workforce Pilot Projects › Section 128190.

128190. The department may extend the geriatric technician pilot project, known as the Health Manpower Pilot Project No. 152, for a minimum of four additional years, pursuant to reapplication by the sponsoring agency. The project shall continue to meet the applicable requirements established by the department. The number of sponsors authorized to participate in the pilot project may be expanded to a maximum of five.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 143, Sec. 142. (AB 133) Effective July 27, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 107 - HEALTH CARE ACCESS AND INFORMATION › PART 3 - HEALTH PROFESSIONS DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 3 - Professional Practice Development › ARTICLE 1 - Health Workforce Pilot Projects › Section 128195.

128195. (a) The department shall issue followup reports on geriatric technician pilot projects approved by the department following 24 months of implementation of the employment utilization phase of each project. The reports shall contain all of the following information:
(1) A description of the persons trained, including, but not limited to, the following:
(A) The total number of persons who entered training.
(B) The total number of persons who completed training.
(C) The selection method, including descriptions of any nonquantitative criteria used by employers to refer persons to training.
(D) The education and experience of the trainees prior to training.
(E) Demographic characteristics of the trainees, as available.
(2) An analysis of the training completed, including, but not limited to, the following:
(A) Curriculum and core competencies.
(B) Qualifications of the instructor.
(C) Changes in the curriculum during the pilot project or recommended for the future.
(D) The nature of clinical and didactic training, including the ratio of students to instructors.
(3) A summary of the specific services provided by geriatric technicians.
(4) The new health skills taught or the extent to which existing skills have been reallocated.
(5) Implications of the project for existing licensure laws with suggestions for changes in the law where appropriate.
(6) Implications of the project for health services curricula and for health care delivery systems.
(7) Teaching methods used in the project.
(8) The quality of care, including pertinent medication errors, incident reports, and patient acceptance in the project.
(9) The extent to which persons with new skills could find employment in the health care system, assuming laws were changed to incorporate their skills.
(10) The cost of care provided in the project, the likely cost of this care if performed by the trainees subsequent to the project, and the cost for provision of this care by current providers thereof.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, issuance of the reports described in subdivision (a) shall not require that the department terminate the geriatric technician pilot projects authorized by the department.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 143, Sec. 143. (AB 133) Effective July 27, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 107 - HEALTH CARE ACCESS AND INFORMATION › PART 3 - HEALTH PROFESSIONS DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 4 - Health Care Workforce Training Programs › ARTICLE 1 - Song-Brown Health Care Workforce Training Act › Section 128210.

128210. There is hereby created a state medical contract program with accredited medical schools, hospitals and other health care delivery systems, teaching health centers, programs that train postgraduate primary care physician’s assistants, programs that train primary care physician’s assistants, programs that train postgraduate primary care nurse practitioners, programs that train primary care nurse practitioners, programs that train registered nurses, and programs that train midwives to increase the number of students and residents receiving quality education and training in the primary care specialties of family medicine, internal medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, midwifery, and pediatrics, or in nursing and to maximize the delivery of primary care and family physician services to specific areas of California where there is a recognized unmet priority need for those services.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 738, Sec. 8. (AB 204) Effective September 29, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 107 - HEALTH CARE ACCESS AND INFORMATION › PART 3 - HEALTH PROFESSIONS DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 4 - Health Care Workforce Training Programs › ARTICLE 1 - Song-Brown Health Care Workforce Training Act › Section 128230.

128230. When funding primary care and family medicine programs or departments, primary care and family medicine residencies, and programs for the training of postgraduate primary care physician’s assistants, primary care physician assistants, postgraduate primary care nurse practitioners, primary care nurse practitioners, certified nurse-midwives, licensed midwives, or registered nurses, the department shall give priority to programs that have demonstrated success in the following areas:
(a) Graduating individuals who practice in medically underserved areas.
(b) Enrolling members of underrepresented groups in medicine to the program.
(c) Locating the program’s main training site in a medically underserved area.
(d) Operating a main training site at which the majority of the patients are Medi-Cal recipients.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 738, Sec. 9. (AB 204) Effective September 29, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 107 - HEALTH CARE ACCESS AND INFORMATION › PART 3 - HEALTH PROFESSIONS DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 4 - Health Care Workforce Training Programs › ARTICLE 1 - Song-Brown Health Care Workforce Training Act › Section 128235.

128235. Pursuant to this article and Article 2 (commencing with Section 128250), the Director of the Department of Health Care Access and Information shall do all of the following:
(a) Develop application and contract criteria based on health care workforce needs and priorities.
(b) Determine whether primary care and family medicine, postgraduate primary care physician’s assistant training proposals, primary care physician’s assistant training program proposals, postgraduate primary care nurse practitioner training program proposals, primary care nurse practitioner training program proposals, registered nurse training program proposals, and proposals from programs that train midwives submitted to the department for participation in the state medical contract program established by this article and Article 2 (commencing with Section 128250) meet established standards.
(c) Select and contract on behalf of the state with accredited medical schools, teaching health centers, hospitals and other health care delivery systems, programs that train postgraduate primary care physician’s assistants, programs that train primary care physician’s assistants, programs that train postgraduate primary care nurse practitioners, programs that train primary care nurse practitioners, and programs that train midwives for the purpose of training undergraduate medical students and residents in the specialties of internal medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, and family medicine. Contracts shall be awarded to those institutions that best demonstrate the ability to provide quality education and training and to retain students and residents in specific areas of California where there is a recognized unmet priority need for primary care family physicians. Contracts shall be in conformity with the contract criteria developed by the Department of Health Care Access and Information.
(d) Select and contract on behalf of the state with programs that train registered nurses. Contracts shall be awarded to those institutions that best demonstrate the ability to provide quality education and training and to retain students and residents in specific areas of California where there is a recognized unmet priority need for registered nurses. Contracts shall be in conformity with the contract criteria developed by the Department of Health Care Access and Information.
(e) Terminate, upon 30 days’ written notice, the contract of any institution whose program does not meet the standards established or that otherwise does not maintain proper compliance with this part, except as otherwise provided in contracts entered into by the director pursuant to this article and Article 2 (commencing with Section 128250).
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 738, Sec. 10. (AB 204) Effective September 29, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 107 - HEALTH CARE ACCESS AND INFORMATION › PART 3 - HEALTH PROFESSIONS DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 4 - Health Care Workforce Training Programs › ARTICLE 2 - California Health Workforce Education and Training Council › Section 128250.

128250. (a) The terms used in this article have the same meaning as in Section 128205.
(b) There is hereby created a California Health Workforce Education and Training Council that shall be responsible for helping coordinate California’s health workforce education and training to develop a health workforce that meets California’s health care needs. The council shall be composed of 18 members who, together, represent various graduate medical education and training programs, health professions, including, but not limited to, specialties for primary care and behavioral health, and consumer representatives who shall serve at the pleasure of their appointing authorities, as follows:
(1) Six members appointed by the Governor.
(2) One member who shall be the Director of the State Department of Health Care Services, or the director’s designee.
(3) One member who shall be the Director of the Department of Health Care Access and Information, or the director’s designee.
(4) One member who shall be the Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development, or the secretary’s designee.
(5) Three members appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly.
(6) Three members appointed by the Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Rules.
(7) One member who shall be the President of the University of California, or the president’s designee.
(8) One member who shall be the Chancellor of the California State University, or the chancellor’s designee.
(9) One member who shall be the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, or the chancellor’s designee.
(c) Members of the council appointed under paragraphs (1), (5), and (6) of subdivision (a) shall be appointed for a term of four years, except that the term of office of the initial members appointed under paragraph (1) shall expire at the end of two years.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 47, Sec. 33. (SB 184) Effective June 30, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 107 - HEALTH CARE ACCESS AND INFORMATION › PART 3 - HEALTH PROFESSIONS DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 4 - Health Care Workforce Training Programs › ARTICLE 2 - California Health Workforce Education and Training Council › Section 128251.

128251. The members of the council, other than state employees, shall receive compensation of twenty-five dollars ($25) for each day’s attendance at a council meeting, in addition to actual and necessary travel expenses incurred in the course of attendance at a council meeting.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 47, Sec. 33. (SB 184) Effective June 30, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 107 - HEALTH CARE ACCESS AND INFORMATION › PART 3 - HEALTH PROFESSIONS DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 4 - Health Care Workforce Training Programs › ARTICLE 2 - California Health Workforce Education and Training Council › Section 128252.

128252. (a) The council shall have the powers and authority necessary to carry out the duties imposed upon it by this chapter, including, but not limited to, the following:
(1) Develop graduate medical education and workforce training and development priorities for the state.
(2) Discuss and make recommendations to the Department of Health Care Access and Information regarding the use of health care education and training funds appropriated by the Legislature for programs administered by the department under this part.
(3) Develop standards and guidelines for residency and health professions education and training programs funded under this part.
(4) Review outcomes data from funded programs, as provided to the council by the department, to reprioritize and reassess the graduate medical education and health professions education and training needs of California’s communities.
(5) Explore options for developing a broad graduate medical education and health professions education and training funding strategy.
(6) Advocate for additional funds and additional sources of funds to stimulate expansion of graduate medical education and health professions education and training in California.
(7) Provide technical assistance and support for establishing new graduate medical education and health professions education and training programs in California.
(8) Review and recommend health professions career pathways or ladders.
(b) The council shall carry out the duties imposed upon it by this chapter with primary consideration given to increasing workforce diversity and furthering improved access, quality, and equity of health care for underserved, underrepresented, and Medi-Cal populations. Further, the council shall carry out the duties imposed upon it by this chapter with a primary focus on primary care, behavioral health, oral health, and allied health.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 47, Sec. 33. (SB 184) Effective June 30, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 107 - HEALTH CARE ACCESS AND INFORMATION › PART 3 - HEALTH PROFESSIONS DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 4 - Health Care Workforce Training Programs › ARTICLE 4 - Midwifery Workforce Training Act › Section 128295.

128295. This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the Midwifery Workforce Training Act.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 449, Sec. 5. (SB 65) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 107 - HEALTH CARE ACCESS AND INFORMATION › PART 3 - HEALTH PROFESSIONS DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 4 - Health Care Workforce Training Programs › ARTICLE 4 - Midwifery Workforce Training Act › Section 128296.

128296. The Legislature finds and declares that maternity care providers are in short supply and maldistributed around the state, resulting in what the March of Dimes defines as “maternity care deserts” and “limited-access maternity care areas.” Many major counties are on track to have a critical shortage of maternity care providers by 2025. Maternity care is often the very first primary health care interaction, and the most common primary care interaction over the life of a woman and birthing person’s reproductive lifespan. Black and Native American individuals and other people of color in particular have significant difficulty in accessing maternity care and family planning services. Black women die from pregnancy-related causes at a rate of three to four times that of White women. Black infants are more than twice as likely to die in their first year as White infants. Access to quality care and resultant outcomes are intricately linked. Racial disparities in outcomes, especially, are connected in part to quality of and ability to access maternity care, especially by care providers whose care models elevate patient-centered, holistic, and culturally sensitive care. This kind of care is the hallmark of the midwifery model.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 449, Sec. 5. (SB 65) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 107 - HEALTH CARE ACCESS AND INFORMATION › PART 3 - HEALTH PROFESSIONS DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 4 - Health Care Workforce Training Programs › ARTICLE 4 - Midwifery Workforce Training Act › Section 128297.

128297. For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:
(a) “Certified nurse-midwife” means an advanced practice nurse with training in midwifery, as specified in, and a certificate issued pursuant to, Article 2.5 (commencing with Section 2746) of Chapter 6 of Division 2 of the Business and Professions Code.
(b) “Licensed midwife” means an individual who has been issued a license to practice midwifery pursuant to Article 24 (commencing with Section 2505) of Chapter 5 of Division 2 of the Business and Professions Code.
(c) “Office” means the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD).
(d) “Programs that train certified nurse-midwives” means a nurse-midwifery education program that is operated by a California school of nursing and approved by the Accreditation Commission for Midwifery Education, or that is authorized by the Regents of the University of California or by the Trustees of the California State University, or that is approved by the Board of Registered Nursing.
(e) “Programs that train licensed midwives” means a midwifery education program operated by a California school of midwifery, and accredited by the Midwifery Education Accreditation Council (MEAC), or approved by the Bureau for Private and Postsecondary Education, or approved by the state licensing and regulatory board for licensed midwives.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 449, Sec. 5. (SB 65) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 107 - HEALTH CARE ACCESS AND INFORMATION › PART 3 - HEALTH PROFESSIONS DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 4 - Health Care Workforce Training Programs › ARTICLE 4 - Midwifery Workforce Training Act › Section 128299.

128299. This article shall become operative on January 1, 2022.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 449, Sec. 5. (SB 65) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 107 - HEALTH CARE ACCESS AND INFORMATION › PART 3 - HEALTH PROFESSIONS DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 5 - Health Professions Education Programs › ARTICLE 1 - Health Professions Education Programs › Section 128330.

128330. As used in this article:
(a) “Board” means the Board of Trustees of the Health Professions Education Foundation.
(b) “Council” means the California Health Workforce Education and Training Council.
(c) “Director” means the Director of the Department of Health Care Access and Information.
(d) “Foundation” means the Health Professions Education Foundation.
(e) “Health professions” or “health professionals” means physicians and surgeons licensed pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 2000) of Division 2 of the Business and Professions Code or pursuant to the Osteopathic Act, dentists, registered nurses, and other health professionals determined by the department to be needed in medically underserved areas.
(f) “Department” means the Department of Health Care Access and Information.
(g) “Underrepresented groups” means populations that are underrepresented in medicine, dentistry, nursing, or other health professions as determined by the department. The department, upon a finding that the action is necessary to meet the health care needs of medically underserved areas, may add a group comprising the economically disadvantaged to those groups authorized to receive assistance under this article. The department shall recognize that it is especially important that medical and dental care be provided in a way that is sensitive to the sociocultural variables that affect a person’s health.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 143, Sec. 161. (AB 133) Effective July 27, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 107 - HEALTH CARE ACCESS AND INFORMATION › PART 3 - HEALTH PROFESSIONS DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 5 - Health Professions Education Programs › ARTICLE 1 - Health Professions Education Programs › Section 128337.

128337. Notwithstanding any other law, on or before October 1, 2021, the nonprofit public benefit corporation known as the Health Professions Education Foundation shall be dissolved. All assets, including records, and any liabilities shall be transferred to the department.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 143, Sec. 163. (AB 133) Effective July 27, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 107 - HEALTH CARE ACCESS AND INFORMATION › PART 3 - HEALTH PROFESSIONS DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 5 - Health Professions Education Programs › ARTICLE 1 - Health Professions Education Programs › Section 128338.

128338. Effective with the dissolution of the Health Professions Education Foundation, any reference to the Health Professions Education Foundation, or the Foundation, in this chapter shall be deemed a reference to the department.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 143, Sec. 164. (AB 133) Effective July 27, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 107 - HEALTH CARE ACCESS AND INFORMATION › PART 3 - HEALTH PROFESSIONS DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 5 - Health Professions Education Programs › ARTICLE 1 - Health Professions Education Programs › Section 128345.

128345. The department may do any of the following:
(a) Solicit and receive funds from business, industry, foundations, and other private or public sources for the purpose of providing financial assistance in the form of scholarships or loans to students from underrepresented groups. These funds shall be expended by the department after transfer to the Health Professions Education Fund, created pursuant to Section 128355.
(b) Disburse private sector moneys deposited in the Health Professions Education Fund to students from underrepresented groups enrolled in or graduated from schools of medicine, dentistry, nursing, or other health professions in the form of loans or scholarships.
(c) Encourage private sector institutions, including hospitals, community clinics, and other health agencies to identify and provide educational experiences to students from underrepresented groups who are potential applicants to schools of medicine, dentistry, nursing, or other health professions.
(d) Implement the Steven M. Thompson Physician Corps Loan Repayment Program and the Volunteer Physician Program, as provided under Article 5 (commencing with Section 128550).
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 143, Sec. 166. (AB 133) Effective July 27, 2021.)