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 03/26/25 - Amended Assembly
 02/21/25 - Introduced

 AB-1361 University of California: branch campus of a school of medicine in the County of Kern: feasibility study.(2025-2026)

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 Date Published: 04/10/2025 09:00 PM

AB1361:v97#DOCUMENTBill Start

 Amended
 IN 
 Assembly
 April 10, 2025

 Amended
 IN 
 Assembly
 March 26, 2025

 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION

 Assembly Bill

No. 1361

Introduced by Assembly Member Bains

February 21, 2025

An act to add Section 92170 to the Education Code, relating to the University of California, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately. 

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 1361, as amended, Bains.
 University of California: branch campus of a school of medicine in the County of Kern: feasibility study.

Existing law establishes the University of California Kern County Medical Education Endowment Fund. Upon appropriation by the Legislature, existing law requires moneys in the endowment fund to be allocated to the University of California to support the annual operating costs for the development, operation, and maintenance of a branch campus of an existing University of California School of Medicine in the County of Kern, and to conduct a feasibility study related to that campus.

This bill would require the University of California, on or before January 1, 2027, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to complete a feasibility study, in consultation with local voluntary
 and reasonably attempt to consult with local stakeholders, to determine the steps necessary to establish a branch campus of an existing University of California medical school in the County of Kern, and to submit the feasibility study, on or before 2 years after the date of the appropriation, including detailed findings, recommendations, and an implementation timeline, to the Governor and Legislature, as provided. The bill would require the feasibility study to include a comprehensive analysis of the requirements, challenges, and opportunities related to establishing a branch campus of an existing University of California medical school in the County of
 Kern, as provided.

This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Digest Key

 Vote:
 2/3 
 Appropriation:
 NO 
 Fiscal Committee:
 YES 
 Local Program:
 NO 

Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 This act shall be known, and may be cited, as the County of Kern Grow Our Own Medical School Feasibility Study Act.

SEC. 2.

 Section 92170 is added to the Education Code, immediately following Section 92169, to read:

92170.

 (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

(1) There is a growing need for health care professionals in California, particularly in underserved regions, including the County of Kern.

(2) Establishing a branch campus of an existing University of California medical school in the County of Kern will help address this need by training the next generation of medical professionals and improving access to health care in the region.

(3) The state has established an endowment fund to support the development of a branch campus of an existing University of California medical school in the County of Kern.

(4) A comprehensive feasibility study is necessary to determine the specific requirements and steps for establishing this a branch campus of an existing medical school, including site selection, construction needs, faculty recruitment,
 adequate resources, clinical practice agreements, curriculum development, and licensure. accreditation.

(b) Notwithstanding Section 67400, the University of California shall, on or before January 1, 2027, upon appropriation by the Legislature, do both of the following:

(1) (A) Complete a feasibility study, in consultation with local voluntary
 study and reasonably attempt to consult with local
 stakeholders, including, but not limited to, the Kern County Medical Society, the Kern Medical Hospital Authority, Kern Family Health Care, at least one labor union representing University of California patient care and technical employees, and at least one labor union representing health care workers in the Co