AB 565 — California Physician Corps Program.

Summary

Existing law establishes the Steven M. Thompson Physician Corps Loan Repayment Program in the California Physician Corps Program within the Health Professions Education Foundation, which provides financial incentives, as specified, to a physician and surgeon for practicing in a medically underserved community. Existing law authorizes the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development to adopt guidelines by regulation and requires the foundation to use guidelines for selection and placement of program applicants. These guidelines provide priority consideration to applicants who meet specified criteria, including that the applicant has 3 years of experience working in medically underserved areas or with medically underserved populations. The guidelines also must seek to place the most qualified applicants in the areas with the greatest need. This bill would delete the requirement that the guidelines seek to place the most qualified applicants in the areas of greatest need. The bill would require the guidelines for the selection and placement of program applicants to include criteria that would give priority consideration to program applicants who have 3 years of experience providing health care services to medically underserved populations or in a medically underserved area, as defined. The bill would require the guidelines to give priority to applicants who agree to practice in those areas and serve a medically underserved population, and would require the guidelines to give priority consideration to applicants from rural communities who agree to practice in a physician owned and operated medical practice setting, as defined. Existing law requires the foundation, in consultation with the Medical Board of California, Office of Statewide Planning and Development, and an advisory committee, to use guidelines developed by the Medical Board of California for selection and placement of applicants until the office adopts other guidelines by regulation. This bill would instead require the foundation and the office to develop guidelines using specified criteria for selection and placement of applicants. Existing law defines "practice setting," for these purposes, to include a community clinic, as defined, a clinic owned and operated by a public hospital and health system, or a clinic owned and operated by a hospital that maintains the primary contract with a county government to fulfill the county's role to serve its indigent population and that is located in a medically underserved area and has at least 50% of its patients from that population. Existing law also defines "practice setting," for these purposes, to include a medical practice located in a medically underserved area and at least 50% of whose patients are from a medically underserved population. This bill would delete the latter definition and instead include a physician owned and operated medical practice setting that provides primary care located in a medically underserved area and has a minimum of 50% of patients who are uninsured, Medi-Cal beneficiaries, or beneficiaries of another publicly funded program that serves patients who earn less than 250% of the federal poverty level, within this definition of "practice setting."

Bill Text

• Chaptered 09/27/13 - Chaptered Current pdf September 27, 2013
• Enrolled 09/16/13 - Enrolled pdf September 16, 2013
• Amended 09/03/13 - Amended Senate pdf September 03, 2013
• Amended 07/02/13 - Amended Senate pdf July 02, 2013
• Amended 04/23/13 - Amended Assembly pdf April 23, 2013
• Amended 04/10/13 - Amended Assembly pdf April 10, 2013
• Introduced 02/20/13 - Introduced pdf February 20, 2013
• AB565 View text html

Action History

1. September 27, 2013

   Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 378, Statutes of 2013.

2. September 27, 2013

   Approved by the Governor.

3. September 20, 2013

   Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.

4. September 10, 2013

   Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3104.).

5. September 10, 2013

   Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 25. Page 3064.)

6. September 10, 2013

   Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 25. Page 3064.)

7. September 09, 2013

   In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

8. September 09, 2013

   Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2239.).

9. September 03, 2013

   Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.

10. August 30, 2013

    From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 30).

11. August 12, 2013

    In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.

12. July 02, 2013

    Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

13. July 01, 2013

    From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 26).

14. May 29, 2013

    Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

15. May 16, 2013

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

16. May 16, 2013

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 1477.)

17. May 13, 2013

    Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

18. May 09, 2013

    From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 8).

19. April 24, 2013

    Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

20. April 23, 2013

    Read second time and amended.

21. April 22, 2013

    From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (April 16).

22. April 11, 2013

    Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

23. April 10, 2013

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended.

24. March 07, 2013

    Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

25. February 21, 2013

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.

26. February 20, 2013

    Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

• Anderson · Cosponsor
• Salas · Primary
• Chesbro · Cosponsor
• Logue · Cosponsor
• Pan · Cosponsor

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