In the 2024 session the California Legislature sent a record number of bills to the Governor’s desk — the largest in his six years in office. Out of 2,534 measures introduced (1,730 Assembly Bills and 804 Senate Bills), 1,558 measures reached the Governor’s desk. Of those, 1,369 were signed into law, while 189 were vetoed. As we look ahead to 2025, a range of significant new laws will take effect, shaping the landscape of healthcare in California. This document highlights key laws that will take effect in areas such as, access and equity, reproductive health, behavioral health, maternal care, licensing and more. Dive in to learn more about how new laws may directly influence clinical practice and the care you provide to patients.
To help you quickly navigate the most impactful legislative changes from the 2024 session, we've compiled a table featuring the top ten new laws set to take effect in 2025. This quick reference provides a snapshot of each law, including a brief summary.
AB 1842
Health care coverage: Medication-assisted treatment.
Requires health plans to provide coverage without prior authorization, step therapy, or utilization review for at least one FDA-approved medication in each of the following categories: opioid overdose reversal (e.g., naloxone), substance use disorder treatment (e.g., daily oral buprenorphine), long-acting buprenorphine, and long-acting injectable naltrexone.
AB 1991
Licensee and registrant renewal: National Provider Identifier.
Requires physicians and other registrants to include their National Provider Identifier (NPI) when renewing their licenses electronically.
AB 2164
Physicians and surgeons: licensure requirements: disclosure.
In an effort to destigmatize physicians from seeking mental health services, this bill prohibits the California Medical Board from requiring applicants to disclose certain conditions or disorders that do not impair their ability to practice medicine safely. Requires licensed physicians to complete and return a periodic questionnaire, either electronically or by mail, without disclosing prohibited information.
AB 2258
Health care coverage: cost sharing.
Removes cost sharing for essential preventive care services such as, home test kits for sexually transmitted diseases and certain cancer screenings.
AB 2319
California Dignity in Pregnancy and Childbirth Act. (Training, Maternal Health)
Expands the required content for implicit bias training, mandating completion by June 1, 2025, for current physicians and healthcare clinicians, and within six months of the start date for new physicians and other health care clinicians.
AB 3030
Health care services: artificial intelligence (AI)
Requires any health facility, clinic, or physician’s office using generative AI for patient communications to include a disclaimer indicating AI usage and provide clear instructions for contacting a physician or health care clinician.
SB 639
Medical professionals: course requirements.
Requires all general internists and family physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants with a patient population in which 25 percent of their patients are 65 years or older to complete at least 20 percent of their continuing medical education (CME) or continuing education (CE) requirements in the field of gerontology, the special care needs of patients with dementia, or the care of older patients.
SB 1320
Mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) treatment.
Mandates that health plans and disability insurers establish a reimbursement process for the provision of mental health and SUD services within primary care visits.
SB 1385
Medi-Cal: community health workers (CHW): supervising providers.
Mandates that Medi-Cal managed care plans, by July 1, 2025, implement a process for supervising physicians and health care clinicians to be able to bill for CHW services during emergency visits and outpatient follow-up.
Prop 35
Managed Health Care Tax
Makes permanent the existing tax on managed health care insurance plans and prevents the state from redirecting funding elsewhere. The tax is expected to boost health care funding by approximately $2 billion to $5 billion annually. Much of the funding will support an increase in Medi-Cal payment rates.
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The CAFP Legislative Affairs Committee (LAC) develops and the CAFP Board adopts annual legislative priority areas guided by the CAFP Strategic Goals.
For 2024, CAFP’s legislative priorities include:
While the top ten laws of 2024 are highlighted, many additional measures from this legislative session will impact family physicians and California’s healthcare landscape. This section provides concise summaries of these laws and regulations, categorized by CAFP’s legislative priorities. The majority of which fall under: Advancing Payment Reform and System Transformation, which focuses on transforming payment models, reducing administrative burdens, and fostering equitable care; and Promoting the Growth of the Primary Care Physician Workforce, emphasizing burnout reduction and physician well-being. Subcategories are specific focus areas within these broader legislative priorities, used to organize and classify related topics. These subcategories include Access and Equity, Reproductive and Maternal Health, Mental and Behavioral Health, Licensing, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Data Sharing, Public Health, and Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI).
Significant New Laws Table of Contents:
Advancing Payment Reform and System Transformation 5
Continuing Medical Education (CME) 11
Artificial Intelligence (AI) 12
Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) 13
Promoting the Growth of the Primary Care Physician Workforce 14
AB 1842(Gomez-Reyes)- Health care coverage: Medication- assisted treatment.
This bill aims to reduce administrative burdens for family physicians, by making it easier to provide timely and effective care for patients with substance use disorders and those at risk of overdose. This bill would require health plans to provide coverage without prior authorization or step therapy, or utilization review for at least one medication approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in each of four specified categories: opioid overdose reversal (e.g., naloxone), substance use disorder treatment (e.g., daily oral buprenorphine), long-acting buprenorphine, and long-acting injectable naltrexone.
AB 3275(Soria)-Health care coverage: claim reimbursement.
This bill aims to improve timely access to reimbursement claims. Starting January 1, 2026, this bill requires health care service plans, including Medi-Cal managed care plans, and health insurers to reimburse complete claims within 30 calendar days or notify claimants of contested or denied claims within the same period. The bill allows the relevant departments to issue guidance and regulations exempt from the Administrative Procedure Act until December 31, 2027. It mandates that complaints about delayed or denied payments be treated as grievances, subject to an established grievance process.
SB 819(Eggman)-Medi-Cal: certification
This bill aims to simplify access to Medi-Cal for government-run clinics, particularly mobile or intermittent sites, by removing the requirement for separate Medi-Cal enrollment. This reduction in administrative burden would allow clinics to focus more on providing care to low-income patients. Currently, the law exempts clinics operated by federal, state, or local government entities and certain primary care community clinics from needing a separate Medi-Cal enrollment if they notify the department of additional locations. The proposed bill extends this exemption to mobile or intermittent sites operated by government-run, license-exempt clinics, as long as they inform the department of these locations, aligning with existing legal provisions to ensure streamlined access to healthcare services.
SB 1320(Wahab)-Mental health and substance use disorder treatment.
This bill aims to simplify the reimbursement process for integrated mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) treatments in primary care settings. Effective July 1, 2025, the bill mandates that health plans and disability insurers establish a reimbursement process for mental health and SUD services within primary care. Non-compliance could result in legal consequences for health plans, ensuring they support consistent access to integrated care. By mandating that insurers cover these services under the same terms as other medical conditions, the bill would enable physicians and other health care clinicians to provide comprehensive, holistic care without financial barriers, enhancing patient access to essential mental health support.
AB 1902(Alanis)- Prescription drug labels: accessibility.
This bill requires pharmacies to, upon being informed that a patient identifies as being blind, having low-vision, or being otherwise print-disabled, provide the person, at no additional cost, an appropriately accessible prescription label.
AB 2105(Lowenthal)- Coverage for PANDAS and PANS.
This bill aims to remove barriers for physicians and other health care clinicians to provide timely and necessary care for children with Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorder Associated with Streptococcal Infections (PANDAS) and Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS). Starting January 1, 2025, all health care service plan contracts and health insurance policies must cover the prophylaxis, diagnosis, and treatment of PANDAS and PANS, as deemed medically necessary by a treating physician. This coverage cannot involve higher copayments, coinsurance, deductibles, or cost sharing than those for other benefits. The bill also mandates that prior treatment or different diagnostic names cannot be grounds for denial or delay of coverage for PANDAS or PANS.
AB 2132(Low)-Health care services: tuberculosis.
This bill expands current law by requiring patients aged 18 or older receiving health care services in primary care settings to be offered tuberculosis (TB) screening if risk factors are identified and the services are covered by the patient’s health care plan. Under existing law, similar screenings are required only for hepatitis B and C. Additionally, the bill mandates that physicians or other health care clinicians provide follow-up care or refer the patient to a qualified clinician if a TB screening test is positive. It also introduces new protections for clinicians, specifying that failure to comply with these provisions will not result in disciplinary action, civil, or criminal liability. This ensures that clinicians are not penalized for non-compliance while expanding preventive health care measures.
AB 2258(Zbur)-Health care coverage: cost sharing.
This bill aims to expand access to preventive care screenings. Starting January 1, 2025, the bill prohibits health plans and insurance policies from imposing cost-sharing on items or services essential to preventive care services, including home test kits for sexually transmitted diseases and certain cancer screenings. Violations by health care service plans could constitute a crime, and the Insurance Commissioner can impose fines on insurers up to $5,000 per violation, or up to $10,000 if the violation is willful.
AB 2340(Bonta)-Medi-Cal: EPSDT services: informational materials.
Federal Law requires that Medi-Cal includes Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment (EPSDT) services for individuals under 21. Federal regulations require states to inform eligible individuals about EPSDT services within 60 days of their initial Medicaid eligibility and annually if services are not used. This bill requires the department to create written informational materials explaining the EPSDT services available under Medi-Cal. The California Department of Health Care Services or managed care plans must provide these materials to new beneficiaries or their authorized representatives within a specified number of days after enrollment and annually thereafter.
AB 2749(Wood)- California Health Benefit Exchange: financial assistance.
California law requires the California Health Benefit Exchange, known as Covered California, to administer a financial assistance program to aid those who lose employer-provided healthcare due to labor disputes. This bill proposes revisions to this financial assistance program and sets specific criteria for eligibility. It also states that financial assistance would cease once employer-provided coverage is reinstated. Additionally, it requires employers or labor organizations to notify the Exchange if coverage is impacted by labor disputes and allows the Exchange to verify necessary information to determine eligibility.
AB 2843(Petrie-Norris)-Health care coverage: rape and sexual assault.
Current law mandates that victims of sexual assault receive a medical evidentiary examination without incurring costs for this portion of the examination. This bill mandates, starting July 1, 2025, health care service plans and health insurance policies must cover emergency room medical care and follow-up treatment for rape or sexual assault victims without cost-sharing for the first 9 months of treatment. The bill also prohibits requiring a police report, charges against the assailant, or a conviction as conditions for coverage.
SB 1385(Roth)-Medi-Cal: community health workers: supervising providers.
This bill aims to establish a billing pathway for physicians to include community health worker (CHW) services in Medi-Cal. By incorporating CHWs into the care team, it intends to support better follow-up, improve patient outcomes, and reduce hospital readmissions. The bill mandates that Medi-Cal managed care plans, by July 1, 2025, implement a process for supervising physicians and other health care clinicians to bill for CHW services during emergency visits and outpatient follow-up, ensuring alignment with state guidelines for similar services in the fee-for-service system.
SB 1300(Cortese)-Health facility closure: expanding public notice of inpatient psychiatric and perinatal services.
This bill proposes changing the notice period for ending inpatient psychiatric or perinatal units from 90 to 120 days. It also mandates that health facilities provide public notice and conduct at least one public hearing within 60 days of this notice before eliminating these services. The facility must allow public comments, post notices, and meet specific requirements, including informing the county board of supervisors and inviting them to testify on the impact of service elimination.
AB 2099(Bauer-Kahan)- Crimes: reproductive health services. .
Existing law criminalizes posting personal information or images of reproductive health care workers or their co-residents if it is intended to be used for committing violent crimes. Violating this law is currently a misdemeanor, punishable by up to one year in county jail, a fine up to $50,000, or both if bodily injury occurs. This bill would increase these penalties, making violations punishable as either misdemeanors or felonies, with felonies applicable if bodily injury results from posting personal information or images of reproductive health care workers or their co-residents. It would also impose increased penalties for using force to interfere with someone's constitutional rights based on characteristics like disability, gender, religion, race, or sexual orientation, potentially classifying these violations as felonies. Additionally, the bill would enhance penalties under the California Freedom of Access to Clinic and Church Entrances Act (FACE Act), which protects access to reproductive health facilities. FACE Act violations could also be classified as misdemeanors or felonies.
AB 2129(Petrie-Norris)-Immediate postpartum contraception.
This bill would require a contract between a health care service plan or health insurer and a physician or other health care clinician that is issued, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2025, to separately bill for devices, implants, or professional services, or a combination thereof, associated with immediate postpartum contraception if the birth takes place in a general acute care hospital or licensed birth center. The bill would prohibit that clinician contract from considering those devices, implants, or services to be part of a payment for a general obstetric procedure.
SB 729(Menjivar)-Health care coverage: treatment for infertility and fertility services.
This bill aims to increase access to fertility services. This bill mandates that all large and small group health care plans and disability insurance policies, issued, amended, or renewed from July 1, 2025, must cover the diagnosis and treatment of infertility and fertility services. The bill includes coverage for up to three completed oocyte retrievals for large group contracts and revises the definition of infertility, removing the in vitro fertilization exclusion. The bill prevents health care plans and insurers from imposing different conditions on fertility treatments compared to other medical conditions, except for religious employers and certain specified contracts.
AB 1936(Cervantes)-Maternal mental health screenings.
This bill aims to help physicians and health care clinicians to better support the mental well-being of their patients, improve maternal health outcomes, and provide comprehensive care for mothers during these critical periods. This bill requires maternal health programs to consist of at least one maternal mental health screening during pregnancy, at least one additional screening during the first six weeks of the postpartum period, and additional postpartum screenings, if determined medically necessary and clinically appropriate in the judgment of the treating provider.
AB 2319(Weber)-California Dignity in Pregnancy and Childbirth Act.
This bill expands the requirement for implicit bias training to include more types of physicians, health care clinicians, and health facility employees under the California Dignity in Pregnancy and Childbirth Act, aiming to improve patient care and reduce disparities. It mandates that current physicians, other health care clinicians and health facility employees complete basic implicit bias training by June 1, 2025, while new hires must complete it within six months of their start date. Additionally, starting in 2026, facilities subject to the Act must provide proof of compliance to the Attorney General by February 1 each year.
AB 2527(Bauer-Kahan)-Incarceration: pregnant persons.
Current law requires incarcerated pregnant persons to be provided with access to, among other things, prenatal vitamins. Current law prohibits incarcerated pregnant persons from being tased, pepper sprayed, or exposed to other chemical weapons. This bill would additionally require incarcerated pregnant persons in the state prison to be provided with free and clean bottled water and daily high-quality and high caloric nutritional meals, as specified. The bill would also prohibit incarcerated pregnant persons in the state prison from being placed in solitary confinement or restrictive housing units during their pregnancy, if known to be pregnant, or for 12 weeks postpartum, as specified.
AB 2119(Weber)- Mental health.
This bill aims to align language with modern, person-centered approaches to mental health by replacing outdated, stigmatizing terms in existing law with updated, non-stigmatizing language. Specifically, this bill would strike outdated terminology from existing law in relation to mental health, such as “persons with a mental health disorder,” “minors with a mental health condition,” and “children and adolescents with serious emotional disturbance, “and replace it with person-first terminology.
SB 1184(Eggman)- Mental health: involuntary treatment: antipsychotic medication.
Current law mandates hearings to determine a person's capacity to refuse treatment, which must generally be held within 24 hours of a petition's filing. These hearings can be delayed but cannot exceed 72 hours. This bill allows treating physicians to request a hearing for a new capacity determination within 48 hours before the end of the current detention period if further detention is deemed necessary. In urgent cases, the hearing must be held quickly, within 24 hours. If a petition for a new capacity determination is filed, the current treatment order remains effective until the hearing decision. The bill also requires facilities to report data to county behavioral health directors, who will report to the department for annual publication. These provisions will be inoperative after January 1, 2030. The bill also mandates state reimbursement for local agencies and school districts for any state-imposed costs, as per California Constitution and statutory provisions.
AB 2115(Haney)- Controlled substances: clinics.
This bill empowers nonprofit and free clinics to better address acute withdrawal symptoms by allowing practitioners- not limited to clinicians- to dispense narcotic drugs to patients experiencing acute withdrawal symptoms, while arranging for further treatment. The bill aims to help manage withdrawal in patients who don’t have immediate access to full treatment programs. The bill also permits these clinics to give patients up to a 3-day supply of Schedule II controlled substances, which is usually restricted, to start maintenance or detoxification treatments. Clinics must adhere to strict recordkeeping, reporting, and labeling requirements.
AB 2556(Jackson)- Behavioral health and wellness screenings: notice.
This bill would help family physicians ensure that children and adolescents receive important behavioral health screenings, promoting early detection and intervention for mental health issues. This bill requires health plans and insurers to provide written or electronic notices to families about the benefits of behavioral health and wellness screenings for children aged 8 to 18. These notices must be sent annually, helping to raise awareness and encourage parents to seek screenings for their kids. Violating this requirement could lead to legal consequences for health plans, emphasizing the importance of compliance.
SB 607(Portantino)-Controlled substances.
Existing law requires a prescriber, with certain exceptions, before directly dispensing or issuing for a minor the first prescription for a controlled substance containing an opioid in a single course of treatment, to discuss specified information with the minor, the minor’s parent or guardian, or another adult authorized to consent to the minor’s medical treatment. This bill expands the requirement for the prescriber to discuss information including risks of addiction, and the safe use of these medications before issuing their first prescription for an opioid with patients of all ages.
AB 1991(Bonta)- Licensee and registrant renewal: National Provider Identifier.
This bill aims to streamline the license renewal process for physicians and health care clinicians by requiring physicians and other registrants to include their National Provider Identifier (NPI) when renewing their licenses electronically. This mechanism aims to help regulatory boards maintain up-to-date records, improving the accuracy of physician and health care clinicians’ data used for billing and insurance claims. By ensuring NPIs are consistently reported, the bill aims to enhance care coordination and simplify insurance processing. Notably, non-compliance with this requirement is not considered a criminal offense.
AB 2164(Berman)-Physicians and surgeons: licensure requirements: disclosure.
Currently, medical school graduates must obtain a postgraduate training license by submitting an application with specified information. This bill prohibits the Medical Board of California from requiring applicants to disclose certain conditions or disorders that do not impair their ability to practice medicine safely. However, it allows the board to request information about participation in mental health or substance use disorder treatment programs and mandates that applicants with impairing conditions be given information about probationary or limited practice licenses. Additionally, the bill requires licensed physicians to complete and return a periodic questionnaire, either electronically or by mail, without disclosing prohibited information.
AB 2864(Garcia)- Licensed Physicians and Dentists from Mexico Pilot Program: extension of licenses
The Licensed Physicians and Dentists from Mexico Pilot Program allows up to 30 licensed physicians and up to 30 licensed dentists from Mexico to practice medicine or dentistry in California for a period not to exceed 3 years. The Medical Board of California and the Dental Board of California provide oversight. This bill would allow for a three-year extension upon the request of an eligible licensee, the chief executive officer of the community health clinic that employs the licensee and the Medical Board of California. The bill would require a licensee who requests to extend their license to pay a prescribed fee at the time of their request.
SB 1468(Ochoa Bogh)-Healing arts boards: informational and educational materials for prescribers of narcotics: federal “Three Day Rule.”
Federal regulations called the "Three Day Rule" permit a non-registered clinician to dispense up to a 3-day supply of narcotic drugs for initiating maintenance or detoxification treatment while arranging for further treatment. This bill mandates that each board licensing prescribers create and annually distribute informational material about the "Three Day Rule" to their licensees and post it online. Additionally, the Medical Board of California must annually provide this material to each acute care hospital in the state.
SB 639(Menjivar)-Medical professionals: course requirements.
Current law requires general internists and family physicians who have a patient population of which over 25 percent are 65 years of age or older to complete at least 20 percent of all mandatory continuing education hours in a course related to geriatric medicine or the care of older patients. This bill specifies that at least 20 percent of their continuing medical education (CME) or continuing education (CE) requirements must be in the field of gerontology, the special care needs of patients with dementia, or the care of older patients.
AB 3030(Calderon)-Health care services: artificial intelligence (AI).
This bill aims to create transparency between physicians and patients when using AI-generated patient communications. This bill would require a health facility, clinic, physician’s office, or office of a group practice that uses generative AI to generate written or verbal patient communications to include both (1) a disclaimer that indicates to the patient that a communication was generated by generative artificial intelligence, as specified, and (2) clear instructions describing how a patient may contact a human health care physician or clinician, as specified. The bill would exempt from this requirement a communication read and reviewed by a human licensed or certified physician and health care clinician. Under the bill, a violation of these provisions by a physician would be subject to the jurisdiction of the Medical Board of California or Osteopathic Medical Board of California, as appropriate.
SB 1120(Becker)-Health care Coverage: utilization review.
This bill mandates that health plans and insurers using artificial intelligence (AI), algorithms, or software for utilization review and utilization management must base their decisions on a patient's medical history and individual clinical circumstances as presented by the requesting physician or healthcare clinician. It ensures that these tools cannot override the clinical judgment of physicians and health care clinicians, safeguarding their decision-making authority. By requiring adherence to specific guidelines, the bill aims to ensure fair and equitable application, preventing automated systems from unfairly denying necessary treatments and supporting personalized, patient-centered care.
AB 2198(Flora)-Health information.
This bill aims to reduce administrative burdens and improve care coordination by requiring health care service plans and insurers, starting January 1, 2024, to establish specific application programming interfaces (APIs), including patient access APIs, to benefit enrollees, insured individuals, physicians and health care clinicians. Additionally, starting January 1, 2027 (or upon implementation of federal rules), insurers must establish additional APIs for physician and health care clinician access, payer-to-payer data transfer, and prior authorization. The departments can issue guidance on these requirements until 2027 without adhering to the Administrative Procedure Act.
SB 963(Ashby)- Hospitals: self-identification procedure: human trafficking or domestic violence.
This bill requires general acute care hospitals with emergency departments to adopt policies allowing patients to self-identify as victims of human trafficking or domestic violence. These policies must ensure patient confidentiality and provide a prompt private interview to inform patients about local support services. Hospitals can track data related to these self-identification procedures and are protected from liability for any injuries or damages arising from patients who receive this information, provided they act in good faith.
SB 957(Wiener)-Data collection: sexual orientation, gender identity, and intersex status.
This bill aims to improve population health data and to garner better understanding of population health trends by requiring, rather than permitting, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) to collect demographic data, including sexual orientation, gender identity, and variations in sex characteristics/intersex status (SOGISC), and intersexuality data, from third parties on any forms or electronic data systems, unless prohibited by federal or state law. Adds SOGISC to the information reported for the purpose of statewide or local immunization information systems. Requires CDPH to prepare an annual report concerning SOGISC data.
AB 977(Rodriguez)- Emergency departments: assault and battery.
Under existing law, an assault or battery committed against a physician or nurse engaged in rendering emergency medical care outside a hospital, clinic, or other health care facility is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, by a fine not exceeding $2,000, or by both that fine and imprisonment. This bill would add an assault or battery committed against a physician, nurse, or other health care worker of a hospital engaged in providing services within the emergency department punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, by a fine not exceeding $2,000, or by both that fine and imprisonment.
AB 3218(Wood)-Unflavored Tobacco List.
Current law prohibits a person from selling or otherwise furnishing tobacco products, as defined, to a person under 21 years of age. Current law prohibits a tobacco retailer, as defined, from offering for sale any flavored tobacco product or tobacco product flavor enhancer, as specified. A violation of this prohibition is an infraction. This bill would require the Attorney General to, by no later than December 31, 2025, establish and maintain on the Attorney General’s internet website a list of tobacco product brand styles that lack a characterizing flavor, as defined.
AB 3161(Bonta)- Health facilities: patient safety and antidiscrimination.
This bill requires hospital patient safety plans to include demographic data on injured patients in order to address racism and discrimination in health care, including procedures for staff to anonymously report instances of racial bias. This bill introduces several new requirements: 1. The reporting system must include options for anonymous reporting. 2. Patient safety event analyses must consider sociodemographic factors to identify disparities. 3. Health facilities must address racism and discrimination, monitor related disparities, and develop interventions to address them. 4. Facilities must encourage staff to report racism and discrimination instances. Starting January 1, 2026, health facilities must submit their patient safety plans biannually to the department's licensing and certification division. Non-compliance may result in fines up to $5000, with an automatic 60-day extension available for submissions. All submitted plans will be publicly accessible online. The bill expands the crime definition by increasing health facility requirements and establishes that no state reimbursement is necessary for local agencies for specific reasons.
AB 2080(Arambula)- University of California: schools of medicine: report.
This bill aims to improve admissions for underrepresented applicants in medical schools and improve the diversity of the physician workforce by requiring the University of California to post, on or before December 1, 2026, and each December 1 thereafter, in a report on a publicly accessible internet website of the University of California, data on students enrolled in a University of California school of medicine. The bill would request the report to include, among other categories of data, the number of first-generation students and the number of federal Pell Grant recipients enrolled in a University of California school of medicine. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2035.
AB 2357(Bains)- University of California: school of medicine: University of California Kern County Medical Education Endowment Fund.
This bill aims to address the shortage of health care professionals and improve health care access in Kern County by establishing the University of California Kern County Medical Education Endowment Fund for the purposes of supporting the operating costs associated with establishing a branch campus of an existing UC Medical School in Kern County.
SB 909(Umberg)- Steven M. Thompson Physician Corps Loan Repayment Program.
This bill makes changes to the Steven M. Thompson Physician Corps Loan Repayment Program by reducing the service obligation from 3 years to 2 years in medically underserved areas, removes the $105,000 loan repayment cap for physicians serving 3 consecutive years, and expands eligible practice settings. It also eliminates the advisory committee for streamlined decision-making and maintains a 20 percent allocation for non-primary care specialties, with options for additional positions. These changes intend to make it easier for physicians to participate, access greater loan repayment benefits, and increase their practice opportunities in underserved communities.
