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.begin insert The bill would prohibit the denial of participation in one of these programsend insertbegin insert end insertbegin insertbased on the citizenship status or immigration status of the applicant.end insert
(2) Existing law establishes the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development and makes the office responsible for administering various programs with respect to the health care professions.
This bill would prohibit specified programs administered by the office 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 2064.3 is added to the Business and
2Professions Code, to read:
Notwithstanding any other law, any student, including
4a person without lawful immigration status, a person who is exempt
5from nonresident tuition pursuant to Section 68130.5 of the
6Education Code, or a person who is both without lawful
7immigration status and exempt from nonresident tuition pursuant
8to Section 68130.5 of the Education Code, who meets the
9requirements for admission is eligible to participate in a medical
10school program and a medical residency training program at any
P3 1public or private postsecondary educational institution that offers
2such abegin delete program.end deletebegin insert program and shall not be denied
participation
3based on the citizenship status or immigration status of the
4applicant.end insert
Section 128371 is added to the Health and Safety Code,
6to read:
(a) The Legislature finds and declares that it is in the
8best interest of the State of California to provide persons who are
9not lawfully present in the United States with the state benefits
10provided by those programs listed in subdivision (d), and therefore,
11enacts this section pursuant to Section 1621(d) of Title 8 of the
12United States Code.
13(b) A program listed in subdivision (d) shall not deny an
14application based on the citizenship status or immigration status
15of the applicant.
16(c) For any program listed in subdivision (d), when mandatory
17disclosure of a social security number is required, an
applicant
18shall provide his or her social security number, if one has been
19issued, or an individual tax identification number that has been or
20will be submitted.
21(d) This section shall apply to all of the following:
22(1) Programs supported through the Health Professions
23Education Fund pursuant to Section 128355.
24(2) The Registered Nurse Education Fund created pursuant to
25Section 128400.
26(3) The Mental Health Practitioner Education Fund created
27pursuant to Section 128458.
28(4) The Vocational Nurse Education Fund created pursuant to
29Section 128500.
30(5) The Medically Underserved Account for Physicians created
31pursuant to Section 128555.
32(6) Loan forgiveness and scholarship programs created pursuant
33to Section 5820 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
34(7) The Song-Brown Health Care Workforce Training Act
35created pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 128200)
36of Chapter 4.
37(8) To the extent permitted under federal law, the program
38administered by the office pursuant to the federal National Health
39Service Corps State Loan Repayment Program (42 U.S.C. Sec.
P4 1254q-1), commonly known as the California State Loan Repayment
2Program.
3(9) The programs administered by the office pursuant to the
4Health
Professions Career Opportunity Program (Section 127885),
5commonly known at the Mini Grants Program and the California’s
6Student/Resident Experiences and Rotations in Community Health,
7or CalSEARCH, Program.
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