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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 147.162 OFFICE OF HEALTH CARE
1 2 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
1 3 An office of health care professional development is
1 4 established within the department with the goal of assuring
1 5 that every Iowan has access to quality health care services.
1 6 This goal shall be accomplished with the input and assistance
1 7 of the departments of economic development, education, and
1 8 workforce development. The primary purpose of the office
1 9 shall be to develop, implement, and maintain a workforce
1 10 prediction model and database that is sustainable over time,
1 11 which will facilitate the development of strategies to provide
1 12 a sufficient supply of competent health care professionals to
1 13 ensure public health, safety, and welfare. Strategies
1 14 developed shall address:
1 15 1. Recruitment and retention of qualified health care
1 16 professionals.
1 17 2. Access to education for those preparing for a health
1 18 care profession.
1 19 3. Access to continuing educational opportunities for
1 20 those currently working in health care, in order to promote
1 21 continued competency.
1 22 4. Design and testing of alternative health care delivery
1 23 models.
1 24 The office shall annually prepare and submit a report to
1 25 the directors of the departments of public health, economic
1 26 development, education, and workforce development, regarding
1 27 health care professional workforce trends, competence, and
1 28 recruitment and retention efforts underway across the state.
1 29 A copy of the report shall be submitted to the general
1 30 assembly by January 15 annually.
1 31 EXPLANATION
1 32 This bill establishes an office of health care professional
1 33 development in the Iowa department of public health, which
1 34 establishment shall be accomplished with input from the
1 35 departments of economic development, education, and workforce
2 1 development. The bill provides that establishment of the
2 2 office shall be consistent with the goal of assuring that
2 3 every Iowan has access to quality health care services. The
2 4 bill provides that the primary purpose of the office shall be
2 5 to develop, implement, and maintain a sustainable workforce
2 6 prediction model and database to facilitate the development of
2 7 strategies to provide a sufficient supply of competent health
2 8 care professionals to ensure public health, safety, and
2 9 welfare. The bill provides that the strategies shall focus on
2 10 recruitment and retention of qualified health care
2 11 professionals, access to education for those preparing for a
2 12 health care profession, and continuing education for
2 13 individuals already in the health care profession, and the
2 14 design and testing of alternative health care delivery models.
2 15 The bill provides that the office shall annually prepare and
2 16 submit a report to the directors of the departments of public
2 17 health, economic development, education, and workforce
2 18 development, and by January 15 each year to members of the
2 19 general assembly, regarding health care professional workforce
2 20 trends, competence, and recruitment and retention efforts
2 21 underway across the state.
2 22 LSB 6173SC 79
2 23 rn/cls/14
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