§ 128051. — 128051. (Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 143, Sec. 131.)

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.

Legislative History

Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 143, Sec. 131. (AB 133) Effective July 27, 2021.