BILL ANALYSIS
AB 1570
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CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
AB 1570 (Salas)
As Amended July 15, 2010
Majority vote
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|ASSEMBLY: | |(June 3, 2009) |SENATE: |34-0 |(August 11, |
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(vote not relevant)
Original Committee Reference: V.A.
SUMMARY : Requires the Dental Board of California (DBC), in
conjunction with the Health Professions Education Foundation
(HPEF), to study the issue of the DBC providing malpractice
insurance to dentists who provide voluntary, unpaid services,
and report its findings to the Legislature by January 1, 2012.
The Senate amendments delete the Assembly version of this bill
and instead:
1)Require DBC, in conjunction with the HPEF, to study the issue
of the DBC providing malpractice insurance to dentists who
provide voluntary, unpaid services, and report its findings to
the Legislature by January 1, 2012.
2)Require the report to discuss the process, cost, options, and
funding of administering a program to provide malpractice
insurance to dentists, and the options and funding for
providing the insurance.
3)Authorize DBC to expend funds from the Dentally Underserved
Account (DUA) to fund the study.
4)Authorize DBC to contract with an independent entity to
conduct the study, which shall be reported to the Legislature
by January 1, 2012.
5)Sunset the provisions of this bill on January 1, 2016.
EXISTING LAW :
1) Establishes DBC to license and regulate the practice of
dentistry.
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2) Establishes the California Dental Corps Loan Repayment
Program (dental loan repayment program) to provide loan
repayment for dentists who agree to practice in a dentally
underserved area, as specified.
3) Establishes the DUA in the State Dentistry Fund to
appropriate money for the dental loan repayment program until
July 1, 2012.
4) Establishes the HPEF, administered by the Office of Statewide
Health Planning and Development, to solicit and receive funds
for the purpose of providing scholarships and loans to
students who agree to practice in medically underserved
areas.
AS PASSED BY THE ASSEMBLY , this bill required state agencies,
when awarding grants or entering into contracts with
nongovernmental agencies to provide social services to veterans
to give preference to qualified entities, as defined.
FISCAL EFFECT : According to the Senate Appropriations
Committee analysis:
Fiscal Impact (in thousands)
Major Provisions 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 Fund
Malpractice insurance study $50 $50 Special*
* Dentally Underserved Account in the State Dentistry Fund
COMMENTS : This bill was substantially amended in the Senate
and the Assembly-approved provisions of this bill were deleted.
This bill, as amended in the Senate is inconsistent with
Assembly actions.
Analysis Prepared by : Joanna Gin / B.,P. & C.P. / (916)
319-3301
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