Existing law requires the Department of Health Care Access and Information to establish a health care workforce research and data center to serve as the central source of health care workforce and educational data in the state. Existing law requires the department to prepare an annual report to the Legislature that, among other things, identifies education and employment trends in the health care profession and describes the health care workforce program outcomes and effectiveness.
This bill would additionally require the department's report to include health care coverage trends for health care workers subject to waiting periods before receiving employer-sponsored health care coverage, and provide recommendations for state policy necessary to address gaps in health care coverage for those same health care workers. The bill would also specify the format for the above-described report.
The bill would also require the department to adopt regulations requiring specified health facilities to report information to the department on an annual basis, commencing with reports filed after January 1, 2027, about whether health care workers employed at the facilities are subject to waiting periods. The bill would also require the department to integrate this reporting requirement with existing reports made to the department by the facilities, to the extent feasible.

Statutes affected:
AB 1418: 128052 HSC
02/21/25 - Introduced: 128052 HSC
05/23/25 - Amended Assembly: 128052 HSC
07/02/25 - Amended Senate: 128052 HSC