HI HB1827

Appropriates funds to the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to support the public high school health care workforce certificate program, which assists approximately 175 students annually at an average cost of $4,300 per student, with funding contingent on matching private donations at a 3:1 ratio.

Appropriates funds to the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to support the glidepath program for certified nurse aides, designed to help approximately 50 nurse aides per year earn licensure as licensed practical nurses while maintaining full-time employment.

Appropriates funds to the Department of Education to renovate and equip public high school classrooms for health care training through public-private partnerships with nonprofit health care organizations.

Declares that the appropriations will exceed the state general fund expenditure ceiling for fiscal year 2024-2025 and specifies the legislature's determination that such excess is necessary to serve the public interest.

Takes effect July 1, 3000.