Amended
IN
Assembly
August 30, 2021 |
Amended
IN
Assembly
July 15, 2021 |
Amended
IN
Senate
May 03, 2021 |
Amended
IN
Senate
April 12, 2021 |
Amended
IN
Senate
March 25, 2021 |
Introduced by Senator Caballero (Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Arambula) (Coauthors: Senators Limón and Rubio) (Coauthors: Assembly Members Bauer-Kahan, Gray, Quirk-Silva, Robert Rivas, |
February 11, 2021 |
(1)Existing law establishes a nonprofit public benefit corporation, known as the Health Professions Education Foundation, for the purpose of administering various programs related to health education, including the California Registered Nurse Education Program.
This bill would establish the Health Careers Opportunity Grant Program under the administration of the foundation for the purpose of improving access by underrepresented students from disadvantaged backgrounds to health profession programs offered by the state’s public postsecondary education institutions. The bill would require the foundation to provide grants to specified types of public postsecondary education institutions, including schools of medicine, to be used only for specified purposes, including identifying, recruiting, and selecting underrepresented students from disadvantaged backgrounds to access education and training programs in a health profession. The bill would also create the Health Careers Opportunity Grant Program Fund and would continuously appropriate the moneys in the fund for the purpose of administering the program.
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The Health Careers Opportunity Grant Program is hereby established under the administration of the Health Professions Education Foundation for the purpose of improving access by underrepresented students from disadvantaged backgrounds to health profession programs offered by the state’s public postsecondary education institutions.
As used in this article:
(a)“Foundation” means the Health Professions Education Foundation.
(b)“Grant program” means the Health Careers Opportunity Grant Program.
(c)“Public postsecondary education institution” means California Community Colleges, the California State University, and the University of California.
(a)The Health Careers Opportunity Grant Program Fund is hereby created in the Treasury.
(b)Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, all moneys in the Health Careers Opportunity Grant Program Fund are continuously appropriated, without regard to fiscal years, for the administration of the grant program pursuant to this article.
(a)The foundation shall provide grants to all of the following types of public postsecondary education institutions:
(1)Schools of medicine.
(2)Schools of osteopathic medicine.
(3)Schools of public health.
(4)Schools of dentistry.
(5)Schools of optometry.
(6)Schools of pharmacy.
(7)Schools of
allied health, as defined in Section 295p of Title 42 of the United States Code.
(8)Graduate programs in behavioral and mental health.
(9)Programs for the training of physician assistance.
(10)Nursing programs.
(b)A grant provided by the foundation pursuant to this section may be used only for any of the following purposes:
(1)Identifying, recruiting, and selecting underrepresented students from disadvantaged backgrounds to access education and training programs in a health profession.
(2)Facilitating underrepresented students from disadvantaged
backgrounds in accessing a public postsecondary institutions education or training program.
(3)Providing counseling, mentoring, or other services designed to assist underrepresented students from disadvantaged
backgrounds in successfully completing their educational program or training at the applicable public postsecondary institution.
(4)Providing support services to underrepresented students from disadvantaged backgrounds to assist them in accessing an educational program or training at a public postsecondary institution.
(5)Providing outreach to underrepresented students from disadvantaged backgrounds regarding how to access available programs and training at a public postsecondary institution.
(6)Providing financial aid to underrepresented students from disadvantaged backgrounds to enroll in an eligible education or training program.
(7)Developing and implementing programs that enable underrepresented students from disadvantaged backgrounds to gain experience regarding a career in a field of primary health care through working at facilities of public or private nonprofit community-based providers of primary health services.
(8)Developing partnerships with institutions, school districts, and other community-based entities to provide information to underrepresented students from disadvantaged backgrounds who may be interested in pursuing a career in a health occupation.
(a)In providing grants to eligible entities pursuant to this article, the foundation shall prioritize applicants that reflect a comprehensive approach to establishing, enhancing, and expanding health educational programs that propose to increase the number of underrepresented students from disadvantaged backgrounds pursuing a health professions career.
(b)The foundation shall give priority consideration, pursuant to subdivision (a), to an applicant only if the applicant does all of the following:
(1)Demonstrates a commitment to expanding the number of underrepresented students from disadvantaged
backgrounds enrolling in public postsecondary education and training programs
leading to a career in a health occupation.
(2)Reflects an effort to coordinate educational opportunities and support services available to underrepresented students from disadvantaged backgrounds within a specific geographic area.
(3)Reflects the development and implementation of outreach activities focused on expanding the number of underrepresented students from disadvantaged backgrounds pursuing a health professions career.
(4)Focuses on the development of educational opportunities that further enable a culturally competent health care workforce to be available to serve the state’s unserved and underserved populations within a geographic area.
(a)The foundation shall work with other existing programs under its administration to implement this section and provide opportunities for underrepresented students from disadvantaged backgrounds to access the grant program and other foundation programs.
(b)The foundation may enter into contracts to meet the requirements of this article with nonprofit entities headquartered in California that have previous experience with administering statewide workforce programs aimed at building a diverse provider workforce.
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(b)“Grant program” means the Small and Rural Hospital Relief Program.
(c)“Office” means the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development.
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(d)“Gross receipts” has the same meaning as that term is defined in Section 6012.
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