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Bill to authorize local medical-degree option for Kern County advances debate but fails for lack of votes
Summary
AB 1852 would authorize a coalition of local institutions in Kern County to confer medical degrees if UC does not fill the region's needs. The committee heard emotional testimony about physician shortages and rural access but the measure recorded insufficient votes and failed in committee roll-call during the hearing.
Assemblymember Dr. Banes framed AB 1852 as an option (not a mandate) to allow local institutions to form a medical-education authority that could finance, build and operate a locally based medical school if the University of California does not expand capacity in the region.
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