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http://www.wtb.wa.gov/HEALTHCARETASKFORCE.HTM
The Health Care Personnel
Shortage Task Force is a statewide effort convened by the Workforce
Training
and Education Coordinating
Board to address the shortage of health care personnel in Washington
State.
In response to the critical shortage
of health care workers in Washington, leaders of three committees
of the state House of
Representatives (Representative Phyllis Gutierrez Kenney, Chair
of the Higher Education Committee; Representative Eileen Cody,
Chair of the Health Care Committee; Representative Steve Conway,
Chair of the Commerce and Labor Committee; and Representative
Shay Schual-Berke, Vice Chair of the House Health Care Committee)
wrote to the Workforce Training and Education Coordinating
Board (WTECB) to request that the Board convene a Health Care Personnel
Shortage Task Force, guided by SHCR4422.
The Task Force is charged
with:
- identifying ways to increase education
and training program capacity for health care personnel;
- identifying
ways to improve student recruitment into health careers;
- recommending
modifications to state regulations and statutes to help alleviate
the shortage;
and,
- delivering a report to the legislature by December 31, 2002.
The
Task Force is also to consider ways to increase the racial and
ethnic diversity of the health care workforce to reflect
the communities served when formulating
its recommendations.
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