BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
AB
174 (Gray)
As Amended June 1, 2015
2/3 vote
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|Committee |Votes |Ayes |Noes |
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|----------------+------+----------------------+--------------------|
|Higher |12-1 |Medina, Baker, Bloom, |Harper |
|Education | |Chávez, Irwin, | |
| | |Jones-Sawyer, Levine, | |
| | |Linder, Low, | |
| | |Santiago, Weber, | |
| | |Williams | |
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|Appropriations |16-1 |Gomez, Bigelow, |Gallagher |
| | |Bonta, Calderon, | |
| | |Chang, Daly, Eggman, | |
| | |Eduardo Garcia, | |
| | |Gordon, Holden, | |
| | |Jones, Quirk, Rendon, | |
| | |Wagner, Weber, Wood | |
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SUMMARY: Would appropriate $1.255 million from the General Fund to the
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University of California (UC) to, commencing with the 2016-17 Fiscal
Year, admit up to 12 students per year and operate the program with up
to 48 participants from across the four-year curriculum.
FISCAL EFFECT: According to the Assembly Appropriations Committee,
costs of $1,225,000 in 2016-17, $1,645,000 in 2018-19, and $1,855,000
in 2019-20 and each year thereafter.
COMMENTS: Currently, UC operates the largest health sciences
instructional program in the nation, enrolling more than 14,000
students across 17 schools at seven campuses; six are medical schools
(Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Diego, and San Francisco).
In 2004, UC launched a systemwide medical education initiative,
Programs in Medical Education (PRIME), intended to help address state
needs and focus on the needs of medically underserved communities. UC
Irvine launched the first UC PRIME focusing on the growing needs of
California's Latino communities. Three other UC schools (Davis, San
Diego and San Francisco) admitted their first classes in Fall 2007 in
programs focused on rural health and telemedicine (Davis), health
equity (San Diego), and the urban underserved (San Francisco). In
2008, UCLA launched its PRIME program, training physicians to
proactively address the needs of diverse disadvantaged communities by
delivering culturally competent clinical care, providing leadership for
health delivery systems and conducting research on health disparities.
UC Merced currently offers degrees in fields that satisfy medical
school preparatory requirements and is developing plans intended to
lead to a School of Medicine. In 2010, UC Merced opened a PRIME
program in partnership with the UC Davis School of Medicine and UC San
Francisco focused the health needs of the San Joaquin Valley. Students
admitted to UC Merced PRIME spend their first two years at the UC Davis
campus in Sacramento. The groups' third and fourth years are spent
conducting clinical rotations at San Joaquin Valley clinics and
hospitals.
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According to UC, as of the 2014-15 academic year, UC will enroll 333
medical students in PRIME. UC notes, however, that only 78 PRIME
positions are currently funded by the state. UC indicates that a
permanent funding source must be identified to continue this enrollment
level for PRIME.
Analysis Prepared by: Laura Metune / HIGHER ED.
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