BILL NUMBER: AB 652	CHAPTERED  10/03/01

	CHAPTER  459
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  OCTOBER 3, 2001
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  OCTOBER 2, 2001
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 31, 2001
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 30, 2001
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 23, 2001
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 20, 2001
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 31, 2001
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 1, 2001

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Horton
   (Coauthor:  Assembly Member Alquist)

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2001

   An act to add Article 6.3 (commencing with Section 92655) to
Chapter 6 of Part 57 of the Education Code, relating to the
University of California.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 652, Horton.  University of California:  Health Professions
Education and Outreach.
   Existing law establishes the University of California, and
provides for its administration, and the provision of instruction at
its various campuses, by the Regents of the University of California.

   This bill would request the Regents of the University of
California, on or before January 15, 2003, to report to the
Legislature concerning the university's existing and planned efforts
to recruit students to its schools of medicine, dentistry, and
optometry from communities and populations that are dentally and
medically underserved.  The bill also would request the regents, to
the extent possible, to use existing resources to establish dental ,
medical, and optometric health professions outreach and exposure
programs for elementary, high school, and undergraduate students,
including community college students.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Article 6.3 (commencing with Section 92655) is added to
Chapter 6 of Part 57 of the Education Code, to read:

      Article 6.3.  Health Professions Education and Outreach

   92655.  (a) The Legislature requests the Regents of the University
of California, on or before January 15, 2003, to report to the
Legislature concerning the University of California's existing and
planned efforts to recruit students to the university's schools of
medicine, dentistry, and optometry from communities and populations
that are dentally and medically underserved, with the expressed
intent that these students return and practice in these dentally and
medically underserved areas.  It is the intent of the Legislature
that the report include, but need not be limited to, the following
information:
   (1) A recommendation as to the best methods and best practices to
address the following concerns:
   (A) Providing dental, medical, and optometric services to
underserved communities and populations.
   (B) Reducing the physician-to-population ratio to one primary care
physician per 3,500 population.
   (2) The identification of the specific resources needed to
implement the best methods and practices identified in the report.
   (b) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2004, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute
that is enacted before January 1, 2004, deletes or extends that
date.
   92665.1.  The Legislature requests the Regents of the University
of California, to the extent possible, to use existing resources to
establish dental, medical, and optometric health professions outreach
and exposure programs for elementary, high school, and undergraduate
students, including community college students.