Bill Text: CA AB1797 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: California Workforce Investment Board.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-07-21 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 157, Statutes of 2014. [AB1797 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB1797-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1797	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 1, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Rodriguez

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2014

    An act to add Section 3073.7 to the Labor Code, relating
to apprenticeship.   An act to add Section 14017 to the
Unemployment Insurance Code, relating to the California Workforce
Investment Board. 



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1797, as amended, Rodriguez.  Apprenticeship programs.
  California   Workforce Investment Board.
 
   Under existing law, the Labor and Workforce Development Agency
consists of, among other entities, the California Workforce
Investment Board and the Department of Industrial Relations. Existing
law makes the board responsible for assisting the Governor in the
development, oversight, and continuous improvement of California's
workforce investment system and the alignment of the education and
workforce investment systems to the needs of the 21st Century economy
and workforce. Existing law provides for the establishment of
apprenticeship programs in various trades, to be approved by the
Chief of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards within the
Department of Industrial Relations in any trade in the state or in a
city or trade area whenever the apprentice training needs justify the
establishment.  
   In efforts to expand job training and employment for allied health
professions, this bill would require the board, in consultation with
the division, to, among other things, identify opportunities for
"earn and learn" job training opportunities and develop the means to
identify, assess, and prepare a pool of qualified candidates seeking
to enter "earn and learn" job training models. The bill would require
the board, on or before December 1, 2015, to prepare and submit to
specified legislative committees a report documenting the above
findings and making recommendations based on those findings. 

   Existing law provides for the establishment of apprenticeship
programs in various trades, to be approved by the Chief of the
Division of Apprenticeship Standards within the Department of
Industrial Relations in any trade in the state or in a city or trade
area whenever the apprentice training needs justify the
establishment. Existing law establishes the California Apprenticeship
Council, composed of 6 representatives of entities that sponsor
apprenticeship programs, as prescribed, and of 2 representatives of
the general public. The Director of Industrial Relations, the
Superintendent of Public Instruction, and the Chancellor of the
California Community Colleges, or their designees, are also members
of the council. The council aids the director in formulating policies
relating to the effective administration of apprenticeship programs.
 
   The bill would require the division, in consultation with the
California Workforce Investment Board, the State Department of
Education, and representatives for the California Community College
system, to establish and coordinate a stakeholders group that
includes representatives of health care providers, employers or
employer organizations, hospital systems, community clinics,
patients, caregivers, and patient advocacy organizations. The bill
would require the stakeholders group to identify opportunities for
apprenticeships, identify and develop specific requirements and
qualifications for entry into apprenticeships, establish standards
for corresponding preapprenticeship skills training programs, and
work with designated entities to identify, assess, and prepare a pool
of qualified candidates seeking to enter apprenticeship. The bill
would require the chief, on or before December 1, 2015, to prepare
and submit to the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature a
report on the findings and recommendations of the stakeholders group.

   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 14017 is added to the 
 Unemployment Insurance Code   , to read:  
   14017.  (a) In efforts to expand job training and employment for
allied health professions, the California Workforce Investment Board,
in consultation with the Division of Apprenticeship Standards, shall
do the following:
   (1) Identify opportunities for "earn and learn" job training
opportunities that meet the industry's workforce demands and that are
in high-wage, high-demand jobs.
   (2) Identify and develop specific requirements and qualifications
for entry into "earn and learn" job training models and establish
standards for corresponding skills training programs that result in
an industry-recognized credential certifying that the individual is
ready to enter an "earn and learn" job training model in the allied
health professions.
   (3) Develop means to identify, assess, and prepare a pool of
qualified candidates seeking to enter "earn and learn" job training
models.
   (b) (1) The board, on or before December 1, 2015, shall prepare
and submit to the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature a
report on the findings and recommendations of the board.
   (2) The requirement for submitting a report imposed pursuant to
this subdivision is inoperative on January 1, 2019, pursuant to
Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.  
  SECTION 1.    Section 3073.7 is added to the Labor
Code, to read:
   3073.7.  (a) The Division of Apprenticeship Standards, in
consultation with the California Workforce Investment Board, the
State Department of Education, and representatives for the California
Community College system, shall establish and coordinate a
stakeholders group that includes representatives of health care
providers, employers or employer organizations, hospital systems,
community clinics, patients, caregivers, and patient advocacy
organizations. The purposes of the stakeholders group are to identify
the demand in health care professions and develop pathways for
careers in health care professions, including, but not limited to,
evaluating the feasibility of establishing an apprenticeship program
in the health care professions where the demand for skills and
training is the highest.
   (b) The stakeholders group shall do the following:

   (1) Collaborate with health industry organizations in the state to
identify opportunities for apprenticeships that meet the industry's
work-force demands and that are in high-wage, high-demand jobs.
   (2) Identify and develop specific requirements and qualifications
for entry into apprenticeships and establish standards for
corresponding preapprenticeship skills training programs that result
in an industry-recognized credential certifying that the individual
is ready to enter apprenticeship.
   (3) Work with the department, the California Community College
system, school districts, One-Stop Career Centers, local workforce
investment boards, and other appropriate partners to identify,
assess, and prepare a pool of qualified candidates seeking to enter
apprenticeship.
   (c) (1) The Chief of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards, on
or before December 1, 2015, shall prepare and submit to the
appropriate policy committees of the Legislature a report on the
findings and recommendations of the stakeholders group.
   (2) The requirement for submitting a report imposed pursuant to
this subdivision is inoperative on January 1, 2019, pursuant to
Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.
   (3) A report to be submitted pursuant to this subdivision shall be
submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.