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 employees 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 employees. The bill would also specify the format for the above-described report.