BILL NUMBER: SB 761	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 6, 2009
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 22, 2009
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 1, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Aanestad

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to add Section 128196 to the Health and Safety Code,
relating to health care workforce.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 761, as amended, Aanestad. Health manpower pilot projects.
   Existing law allows the Office of Statewide Health Planning and
Development to approve experimental health workforce pilot projects
in specified fields. Under existing law, pilot projects in rural and
central city areas are given priority.
   This bill would require the office, not later than June 30, 2010,
and annually thereafter, to submit a report to the Legislature that
includes specified information relating to approved or renewed health
workforce pilot projects.  The bill would also prohibit the
office from granting a continuing approval unless all of the
information that the applicant agreed to provide has been reported.

   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 128196 is added to the Health and Safety Code,
to read:
   128196.   (a)    Not later than June 30, 2010,
and annually thereafter, the office shall submit to the Legislature a
report relating to all health workforce pilot projects approved or
renewed pursuant to this article that includes, but is not limited
to, assessment of outcomes  , budget impact, and sources of
funding   and the extent to which the project has
sufficient funding to perform the activities identified in the
agreement  . 
   (b) The office shall not grant continuing approval to projects
unless all of the information that the applicant agreed to provide in
the application approved pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with
Section 920011 of Division 7 of Title 22 of the California Code of
Regulations has been reported.