Article 2 - California Health Workforce Education and Training Council

California Health and Safety Code — §§ 128250-128252

Sections (3)

Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 47, Sec. 33. (SB 184) Effective June 30, 2022.

(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.

§ 128251

Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 47, Sec. 33. (SB 184) Effective June 30, 2022.

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.

§ 128252

Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 47, Sec. 33. (SB 184) Effective June 30, 2022.

(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.