AB413 - Provides for the creation of the Southern Nevada Health Care Workforce Apprenticeship Pilot Program. (BDR S-317)

EXEMPT (Reprinted with amendments adopted on April 21, 2025) FIRST REPRINT A.B. 413 - *AB413_R1* ASSEMBLY BILL NO. 413–ASSEMBLYMEMBER NGUYEN MARCH 12, 2025 ____________ Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor SUMMARY—Provides for the creation of the Southern Nevada Health Care Workforce Apprenticeship Pilot Program. (BDR S-317) FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No. Effect on the State: Contains Appropriation not included in Executive Budget. ~ EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted. AN ACT relating to workforce development; providing for the creation of the Southern Nevada Health Care Workforce Apprenticeship Pilot Program; making an appropriation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Legislative Counsel’s Digest: Existing law provides for the promotion, registration and approval of 1 apprenticeship programs in this State. (Chapter 610 of NRS) Section 1 of this bill 2 requires Workforce Connections to use the money appropriated by section 2 of this 3 bill to develop, create and administer the Southern Nevada Health Care Workforce 4 Apprenticeship Pilot Program for the purpose of addressing shortages in the 5 number of medical assistants and pharmaceutical technicians in this State through 6 the establishment of apprenticeship programs in Southern Nevada for the training 7 of such persons. Section 1 requires the Program to provide: (1) for the 8 establishment of apprenticeship programs in Southern Nevada for the training of 9 medical assistants and pharmaceutical technicians, which must be registered and 10 approved by the State Apprenticeship Council; and (2) money for participants in 11 the program to cover the costs of participating in the program, including, without 12 limitation, fees for professional certifications and registrations, as applicable, for 13 not more than 100 apprentices who are enrolled in apprenticeship programs 14 established under the Program. 15 Section 2 makes an appropriation to Workforce Connections to carry out the 16 Program. 17 – 2 – - *AB413_R1* THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. 1. Workforce Connections shall use the money 1 appropriated by section 2 of this act to develop, create and 2 administer the Southern Nevada Health Care Workforce 3 Apprenticeship Pilot Program for the purpose of addressing 4 shortages in the number of medical assistants and pharmaceutical 5 technicians in this State through the establishment of apprenticeship 6 programs for the training of such persons. 7 2. The Program must provide: 8 (a) For the establishment of apprenticeship programs in 9 Southern Nevada for the training of medical assistants and 10 pharmaceutical technicians. Any apprenticeship program established 11 under the Program must be registered and approved by the State 12 Apprenticeship Council pursuant to chapter 610 of NRS. 13 (b) Money for participants in the Program to cover the costs of 14 participating in the Program, including, without limitation, fees for 15 professional certifications and registrations, as applicable, for not 16 more than 100 apprentices who are enrolled in apprenticeship 17 programs established under the Program. 18 3. As used in this section: 19 (a) “Medical assistant” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 20 630.0129 and 633.075. 21 (b) “Pharmaceutical technician” has the meaning ascribed to it 22 in NRS 639.0113. 23 Sec. 2. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the State 24 General Fund to Workforce Connections the sum of $300,000 to 25 carry out the Southern Nevada Health Care Workforce 26 Apprenticeship Pilot Program established pursuant to section 1 of 27 this act. 28 2. Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by 29 subsection 1 must not be committed for expenditure after June 30, 30 2027, by the entity to which the appropriation is made or any entity 31 to which money from the appropriation is granted or otherwise 32 transferred in any manner, and any portion of the appropriated 33 money remaining must not be spent for any purpose after 34 September 17, 2027, by either the entity to which the money was 35 appropriated or the entity to which the money was subsequently 36 granted or transferred, and must be reverted to the State General 37 Fund on or before September 17, 2027. 38 Sec. 3. This act becomes effective on July 1, 2025. 39 H