Health Care Personnel Shortage Task Force - DRAFT

December 14, 2010
1:30 pm am to 4:30 pm
Pierce College
Building and Room TBA

1:30 p.m.

Welcome

• Review Agenda

Michele Johnson, chair

1:40 p.m.

• Announcements:
• Membership (Vice Chair  and WSMA)
• Hospital Survey
• Grants received by WA for Health care workforce purposes

Michele Johnson, chair
Materials:
 - Letter from WSMA
 - Hospital Survey
 - Grant summary

2 p.m.

Health Care Sciences at WSU Update and The Riverview Campus at WSU

• Plans for health care programs and enrollments

 - Dr Brian Pitcher, WSU (confirmed)

2:30 p.m.

Break

All

2:40 p.m.

Update on the Workforce Advisory Committee  - Jt Legislative Committee on Health Care Reform

• Members discuss

Workforce Advisory Committee Members: Diane Sosne, Linda Tieman, Jaime Garcia, Mary Looker, Mark Doescher)

See report of the Workforce Advisory Group

3 p.m.

Annual Report to the Legislature

• Review draft letter from Doris Barrett, DSHS re long-term care policy change
• Review section outlining priorities: e.g. Discuss request that higher education institutions maintain and/or increase enrollments in health care education

Chair and Task Force members

 - See Draft Annual Report

4:30 p.m.

Meeting Adjourns

Please Note: Times above are estimates only. The Task Force reserves the right to alter the order of the agenda. For information regarding the meeting, or for people needing special accommodations, please contact Barbara Mix at the Workforce Board office at (360) 586-3322. An emergency contact number, during the meeting, is (360) 451-6727.