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          Bill No:  SB 645
          Author:   Denham (R)
          Amended:  4/29/09
          Vote:     21

           
           SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE  :  7-0, 4/22/09
          AYES:  Romero, Huff, Hancock, Liu, Maldonado, Simitian,  
            Wyland
          NO VOTE RECORDED:  Alquist, Padilla


           SUBJECT  :    Higher education: training programs at military  
          facilities

           SOURCE :     Author


           DIGEST  :    This bill declares that nothing in California  
          law prohibits the University of California, the California  
          State University, or the California Community Colleges,  
          from coordinating with the United States Armed Forces to  
          establish training programs at military facilities.

           ANALYSIS  :    Under current law, both the University of  
          California (UC) and the California State University (CSU)  
          have a number of collaborative programs with a variety of  
          external partners including, but not limited to each other,  
          community colleges, independent colleges, private entities  
          and local, state and federal governments.

          This bill specifies that in enacting this legislation, it  
          is the intent of the Legislature to maximize the use of  
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          closed or underused medical facilities located on United  
          States Armed Forces military bases by establishing  
          cooperative agreements with California's public  
          postsecondary education institutions to provide medical and  
          allied health education or direct clinical services, or  
          both.

          According to the Senate Education Committee analysis,  
          information received from the author's office indicates  
          that the intent of this bill is to maximize the use of  
          closed and/or underused medical facilities located on U.S.  
          military bases by establishing cooperative agreements with  
          California's public higher education institutions (UC, CSU,  
          and the California Community Colleges) for those  
          institutions to provide medical and allied health education  
          and/or direct clinical services.

          The Senate Education Committee staff was advised that the  
          Travis air Force Base, in Solano County,  has the capacity  
          to expand its direct clinical services and make its  
          facility available for medical education purposes (e.g.,  
          nursing, allied health, clinical rotations, etc.).  In  
          addition, March Air Force Base in Riverside County has  
          similar capacity.  Apparently, initial efforts to  
          accomplish these goals have been hampered by the perception  
          that state law does not allow such collaborative  
          relationships.  The intent of this bill is to foster and  
          encourage such mutually beneficial relationships.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :    Appropriation:  No   Fiscal Com.:  No    
          Local:  No

          DLW:cm  4/29/09   Senate Floor Analyses 

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