BILL NUMBER: SB 1139	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 4, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Lara

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2016

   An act to  add Section 2064.3 to the Business and Professions
Code, and to  add Section 128371 to the Health and Safety Code,
relating to health professionals.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1139, as amended, Lara. Health professionals:  medical
residency programs:  undocumented immigrants: scholarships,
loans, and loan repayment. 
   (1) Existing law, known as the Medical Practice Act, provides for
licensing and regulation of physicians and surgeons by the Medical
Board of California and imposes various requirements in that regard.
Existing law requires an applicant for a license as a physician and
surgeon to successfully complete a specified medical curriculum, a
clinical instruction program, and a training program. Existing law
provides that nothing in the Medical Practice Act shall be construed
to prohibit a foreign medical graduate from engaging in the practice
of medicine whenever and wherever required as part of a clinical
service program, subject to certain conditions.  
   Existing law, known as the Donahoe Higher Education Act, sets
forth, among other things, the missions and functions of California's
public and independent segments of higher education and their
respective institutions of higher education. Existing law establishes
the University of California, under the administration of the
Regents of the University of California, as one of the segments of
public postsecondary education in this state. The University of
California operates medical schools at its Davis, Irvine, Los
Angeles, San Diego, and San Francisco campuses, and a medical school
will open at its Riverside campus in the 2016-17 academic year. 

   This bill would provide that any student, including a person
without lawful immigration status, a person who is exempt from
nonresident tuition pursuant to a specified statute, or a person who
fits into both of those categories, who meets the requirements for
admission is eligible to participate in a medical school program and
a medical residency training program at any public or private
postsecondary educational institution that offers such a program. The
bill would also encourage the University of California to develop a
process for awarding student financial aid that may include, but not
be limited to, grants, scholarships, and stipends, in lieu of
employment for students in a medical residency training program whose
participation is authorized by this bill.  
   Existing 
    (2)     Existing  law requires the
Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development to establish a
nonprofit public benefit corporation known as the Health Professions
Education Foundation to perform various duties with respect to
implementing health professions scholarship and loan programs.
   This bill would prohibit specified programs within the foundation,
including programs which are funded by the continuously appropriated
Health Professions Education Fund, the Medically Underserved Account
for Physicians, and the Mental Health Services Fund, from denying an
application based on the citizenship status or immigration status of
the applicant.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

   SECTION 1.    Section 2064.3 is added to the 
 Business and Professions Code   , to read:  
   2064.3.  Notwithstanding any other law:
   (a) Any student, including a person without lawful immigration
status, a person who is exempt from nonresident tuition pursuant to
Section 68130.5 of the Education Code, or a person who is both
without lawful immigration status and exempt from nonresident tuition
pursuant to Section 68130.5 of the Education Code, who meets the
requirements for admission is eligible to participate in a medical
school program and a medical residency training program at any public
or private postsecondary educational institution that offers such a
program.
   (b) The University of California is encouraged to develop a
process for awarding student financial aid that may include, but not
be limited to, grants, scholarships, and stipends, in lieu of
employment for students in a medical residency training program whose
participation is authorized by this section. 
   SECTION 1.   SEC. 2.   Section 128371 is
added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:
   128371.  (a) The Legislature finds and declares that it is in the
best interest of the State of California to provide persons who are
not lawfully present in the United States with the state benefits
provided by  the  Health Professions Education
Foundation  Programs,   programs,  and
therefore, enacts this section pursuant to  subsection (d) of
Section 1621   Section 1621(d)  of Title 8 of the
United States Code.
   (b) A program within the Health Professions Education Foundation
shall not deny an application based on the citizenship status or
immigration status of the applicant.
   (c) For any program within the Health Professions Education
Foundation, when mandatory disclosure of a social security number is
required, an applicant shall provide his or her social security
number, if one has been issued, or an individual tax identification
number that has been or will be submitted.
   (d) This section shall apply to all of the following:
   (1) Programs supported through the Health Professions Education
Fund pursuant to Section 128355.
   (2) The Registered Nurse Education Fund created pursuant to
Section 128400.
   (3) The Mental Health Practitioner Education Fund created pursuant
to Section 128458.
   (4) The Vocational Nurse Education Fund created pursuant to
Section 128500.
   (5) The Medically Underserved Account for Physicians created
pursuant to Section 128555.
   (6) The Steven M. Thompson Medical School Scholarship Account
created pursuant to  Section  128580.
   (7) Loan forgiveness and scholarship programs created pursuant to
Section 5820 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.