BILL NUMBER: AB 2048	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 17, 2016
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 23, 2016
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 15, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 27, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 7, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 16, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Gray
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Arambula, Gonzalez, Waldron, and
Wood)

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2016

   An act to amend Section 127940 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to health professions development.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2048, Gray. National Health Service Corps State Loan Repayment
Program.
   Existing law provides that in administering the National Health
Service Corps State Loan Repayment Program in accordance with federal
law and regulations, the Office of Statewide Health Planning and
Development is required to strive, whenever feasible, to equitably
distribute loan repayment awards between eligible urban and rural
program sites, after taking into account the availability of health
care services in the communities to be served and the number of
individuals to be served in each program site.
   This bill would require the office to include all federally
qualified health centers located in California in the program's
certified eligible site list. As part of the application process for
the program, the bill would require program sites to agree to provide
matching funds.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 127940 of the Health and Safety Code is amended
to read:
   127940.  (a) In administering the National Health Service Corps
State Loan Repayment Program in accordance with Section 254q-1 of
Title 42 of the United States Code and related federal regulations,
the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development shall strive,
whenever feasible, to equitably distribute loan repayment awards
between eligible urban and rural program sites, after taking into
account the availability of health care services in the communities
to be served and the number of individuals to be served in each
program site.
   (b) The office shall set a reasonable deadline for when all
applications are required to be received.
   (c) All eligible applications shall be given consideration before
any award is granted.
   (d) The office shall include all federally qualified health
centers located in California in the program's certified eligible
site list.
   (e) As part of a program applicant's initial application, program
sites shall agree to provide matching funds.