Medical Economics September 30, 2024
Governor signs bill sponsored by physician-lawmaker to improve care, increase doctors and create jobs.
California took another step toward creating a new medical school that aims to improve health care access while fighting a shortage of physicians.
On Sept. 29, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the Grow Our Own Bill, an effort by Assemblymember Jasmeet Bains, MD (D-Delano), a specialist in family medicine and addiction medicine. The legislation mandates and establishes a new funding pool for creation of a University of California medical school in Kern County, part of a region with some of the worst health care outcomes in the nation’s most populous state.
“As a family doctor providing care to the most underserved areas of California and past chair...
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