BILL ANALYSIS Ó SENATE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS Senator Ricardo Lara, Chair 2015 - 2016 Regular Session AB 2048 (Gray) - National Health Service Corps State Loan Repayment Program ----------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |--------------------------------+--------------------------------| | | | |Version: May 27, 2016 |Policy Vote: HEALTH 8 - 0 | | | | |--------------------------------+--------------------------------| | | | |Urgency: No |Mandate: No | | | | |--------------------------------+--------------------------------| | | | |Hearing Date: August 11, 2016 |Consultant: Brendan McCarthy | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- *********** ANALYSIS ADDENDUM - SUSPENSE FILE *********** The following information is revised to reflect amendments adopted by the committee on August 11, 2016 Bill Summary: AB 2048 would make all federally qualified health centers eligible to participate in the National Health Service Corps State Loan Repayment Program. Fiscal Impact: No significant fiscal impact is anticipated by automatically making all federally qualified health centers eligible to participate. Automatically putting all federal qualified health centers on the eligible list does not guarantee any funding from the state, it only makes them automatically AB 2048 (Gray) Page 1 of ? eligible to participate, providing they meet other program requirements. Author Amendments: Delete the authority for the Office to provide state matching funds for the program. -- END --