BILL ANALYSIS Ó ----------------------------------------------------------------- |SENATE RULES COMMITTEE | AB 27| |Office of Senate Floor Analyses | | |1020 N Street, Suite 524 | | |(916) 651-1520 Fax: (916) | | |327-4478 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- THIRD READING Bill No: AB 27 Author: Medina (D) Amended: 7/3/13 in Senate Vote: 27 - Urgency SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE : 9-0, 6/26/13 AYES: Liu, Wyland, Block, Correa, Hancock, Hueso, Huff, Monning, Torres ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 78-0, 5/29/13 - See last page for vote SUBJECT : University of California: UC Riverside Medical School: funding SOURCE : Author DIGEST : This bill requests the School of Medicine at the University of California, Riverside (UCR), to develop a program consistent with its mission, in conjunction with the health facilities of its medical residency programs, as specified. This bill states various legislative findings and declarations relating to the School of Medicine at UCR. ANALYSIS : UCR's history in medical education dates back to 1974, when the UCR/UC Los Angeles (UCLA) program in biomedical sciences was established. The collaboration between the two campuses educates 28 first-year and 28-second year medical students at UCR, after which the students leave the region to finish years three and four at UCLA and to do their medical residencies. This collaboration has enabled approximately 700 CONTINUED AB 27 Page 2 students to complete their initial years of medical school at UCR, and their last two years at UCLA where they are conferred their medical degrees. In 2008, the UC Regents fully endorsed the curriculum and development of a medical school on the UCR campus. Section 9, Article IX of the State Constitution creates the UC to be administered by the Regents with full powers of organization and government. Section 1, Article IV vests legislative powers in the California Legislature which consists of the Senate and Assembly and empowers the Legislature with the ability to appropriate funds with a two-thirds vote, except the budget bill and bills appropriating funds for the public schools. This bill requests the School of Medicine at UCR to develop a program, consistent with its mission, in conjunction with the health facilities of its medical residency programs, to identify eligible medical residents and to assist those medical residents apply for physician retention programs, including, but not limited to, the Steven M. Thompson Physician Medical School Scholarship Program. This bill states various legislative findings and declarations relating to the School of Medicine at UCR. Comments According to the author's office, Inland Southern California has one of the most severe shortages of primary care physicians in the nation. Both, Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties, with roughly half the recommended physicians necessary for the population of the region. This crisis will only worsen unless more doctors are educated and trained locally. UCR School of Medicine is the key component to begin addressing the severe shortage of primary care physicians in the region. In addition, the community has pledged millions of dollars per year for ten years with the belief that state support is also a crucial component of shared responsibility in the region. Some of the local funds are subject to a three-year or five-year review, and without state support there is an imminent danger these funds will be withdrawn jeopardizing the School of Medicine's accreditation when it is up for review before the Licensing Committee on Medical Education in 2014. CONTINUED AB 27 Page 3 FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: No Local: No SUPPORT : (Verified 7/9/13) Altura Credit Union Axiom Healthcare Group California American College of Emergency Physicians California Medical Association California Physical Therapy Association City of Riverside Department of Insurance Inland Empire Economic Partnership New Orange Hills Riverside County Superintendent of Schools Riverside Unified School District Southern California Legislative Council The Press Enterprise University of California University of California, Riverside ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 78-0, 5/29/13 AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Bigelow, Bloom, Blumenfield, Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta, Bradford, Brown, Buchanan, Ian Calderon, Campos, Chau, Chávez, Chesbro, Conway, Cooley, Dahle, Daly, Dickinson, Donnelly, Eggman, Fong, Fox, Frazier, Beth Gaines, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gorell, Gray, Grove, Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Roger Hernández, Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Linder, Logue, Lowenthal, Maienschein, Mansoor, Medina, Melendez, Mitchell, Morrell, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian, Nestande, Olsen, Pan, Patterson, Perea, V. Manuel Pérez, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon, Salas, Skinner, Stone, Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wieckowski, Wilk, Williams, Yamada, John A. Pérez NO VOTE RECORDED: Holden, Vacancy PQ:ej 7/10/13 Senate Floor Analyses SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE **** END **** CONTINUED AB 27 Page 4 CONTINUED