Existing law establishes the Medically Underserved Account for Physicians within the Health Professions Education Fund that is managed by the Health Professions Education Foundation and the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development. Under existing law, the primary purpose of the account is to fund the Steven M. Thompson Physician Corps Loan Repayment Program, which provides for the repayment of prescribed educational loans, not to exceed $105,000 per individual, obtained by a physician and surgeon who practices in a medically underserved area of the state.
California AB 589 (20112012) — Medical school scholarships.
Existing law establishes the Medically Underserved Account for Physicians within the Health Professions Education Fund that is managed by the Health Professions Education Foundation and the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development. Under existing law, the primary purpose of the account is to fund the Steven M. Thompson Physician Corps Loan Repayment Program, which provides for the repayment of prescribed educational loans, not to exceed $105,000 per individual, obtained by a physician and surgeon who practices in a medically underserved area of the state.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 589 PEREA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 76–4 (pass) · lower
Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — 8–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 6–3 (pass) · lower
AB 589 PEREA Assembly Third Reading — 63–10 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 9–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Perea — primary (person)
Alquist — principal coauthor (person)
Rubio — principal coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2011-02-16 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2011-02-17 From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
2011-03-03 Referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. referral-committee
2011-04-11 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B., P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage
2011-04-12 Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. referral-committee
2011-04-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-05-04 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2011-05-27 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 27). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-05-27 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2011-05-31 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2011-06-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 63. Noes 10. Page 1734.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-06-01 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2011-06-08 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2011-06-15 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2011-07-11 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 6). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-07-12 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2011-08-15 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2011-08-17 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2011-08-25 In committee: Held under submission.
2012-08-20 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 16). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-08-21 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2012-08-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4708.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2012-08-22 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2012-08-27 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 4. Page 6295.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2012-09-05 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:45 p.m.
2012-09-17 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2012-09-17 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 339, Statutes of 2012.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dddb12f2-bdbd-45ae-99e6-4e8759785cbe. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).