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                   Senate Appropriations Committee Fiscal Summary
                            Senator Kevin de Le�n, Chair


          SB 21 (Roth) - UC Riverside Medical School
          
          Amended: April 23, 2013         Policy Vote: Education
          Urgency: Yes                    Mandate: No
          Hearing Date: May 6, 2013       Consultant: Jacqueline  
          Wong-Hernandez
          
          This bill meets the criteria for referral to the Suspense File. 

          
          Bill Summary: SB 21 would annually appropriate $15 million from  
          the General Fund to the Regents of the University of California  
          (UC) for allocation to the School of Medicine at UC Riverside. 

          Fiscal Impact: This bill makes a $15 million annual  
          appropriation from the General Fund to UC Riverside.
           
          Background: In 1974, a joint UC Riverside - UCLA program in  
          biomedical sciences was established. The program educates 28  
          first-year and 28-second year medical students at UC Riverside;  
          the students complete years 3 and 4 at UCLA along with their  
          medical residencies. This collaboration has served approximately  
          700 students. In 2008, the UC Regents fully endorsed the  
          curriculum and development of a medical school on the UCR  
          campus.

          Proposed Law: SB 21 annually appropriates $15 million from the  
          General Fund to the UC Regents for allocation to the School of  
          Medicine at UC Riverside. This bill would provide that these  
          funds shall be available for: 1) Academic planning activities,  
          support of academic program offerings, and faculty recruitment;  
          2) the acquisition of instructional materials and equipment; and  
          3) Ongoing operating support for faculty, staff, and other  
          annual operating expenses.

          Staff Comments: This bill would make an ongoing appropriation to  
          the UC Regents, detailed above, that is supplemental to any  
          appropriation made to the UC Regents in the annual Budget Act. 












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