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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 23, 2013      Consultant: Jacqueline  
          Wong-Hernandez
          
          SUSPENSE FILE. AS PROPOSED TO BE AMENDED.

          
          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,  
          establishes requirements for allocation, and make various  
          legislative findings and declarations. 

          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. 

          AS PROPOSED TO BE AMENDED: Amend per author to make findings and  








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          declarations relative to the physician workforce and the UC  
          Riverside medical school, and to specify spending requirements  
          for the appropriation.