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AB-1307 • 2026

Licensed Dentists from Mexico Pilot Program.

Licensed Dentists from Mexico Pilot Program.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Ávila Farías
Last action
2025-07-14
Official status
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

It's unclear how many dentists from Mexico will be allowed to participate in this program.

Licensed Dentists from Mexico Pilot Program

This law creates a new pilot program that allows licensed dentists from Mexico to get temporary licenses to work in California, under specific conditions.

What This Bill Does

  • Creates a new pilot program for licensed dentists from Mexico to practice dentistry in California with a 3-year nonrenewable license.
  • Requires these dentists to meet certain criteria and follow rules set by the Dental Board of California.
  • Specifies that parts of the program must be run by representatives from federally qualified health centers (FQHCs).
  • Limits where these dentists can work, allowing them only to be employed by FQHCs that meet specific conditions.
  • Requires an evaluation of the pilot program one year after it starts.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Dentists from Mexico who want to practice in California
  • Federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) that employ these dentists

Terms To Know

Licensed Dentist
A dentist who has been given permission by a dental board to legally practice dentistry.
Pilot Program
A small-scale test of an idea or project before it is fully implemented.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify how many dentists from Mexico will be allowed to participate in this program.
  • There are no details on what happens after the three-year period ends.

Bill History

  1. 2025-07-14 California Legislative Information

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  2. 2025-07-08 California Legislative Information

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D.

  3. 2025-06-11 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D.

  4. 2025-06-03 California Legislative Information

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  5. 2025-06-02 California Legislative Information

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 4. Page 1886.)

  6. 2025-05-27 California Legislative Information

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  7. 2025-05-23 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 1.) (May 23).

  8. 2025-04-23 California Legislative Information

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.

  9. 2025-04-03 California Legislative Information

    Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  10. 2025-04-02 California Legislative Information

    Read second time and amended.

  11. 2025-04-01 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 1).

  12. 2025-03-10 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Com. on B. & P.

  13. 2025-02-24 California Legislative Information

    Read first time.

  14. 2025-02-22 California Legislative Information

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.

  15. 2025-02-21 California Legislative Information

    Introduced. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 1307, as amended, Ávila Farías.
Licensed Dentists from Mexico Pilot Program.
Existing law, the Licensed Dentists from Mexico Pilot Program, requires the Dental Board of California to issue 3-year nonrenewable permits to practice dentistry to dentists from Mexico who meet specified criteria.
This bill would repeal those provisions and replace them with a new Licensed Dentists from Mexico Pilot Program. Under that new program, the bill would require the board to issue a 3-year nonrenewable license to practice dentistry to an applicant that meets
specified
certain
criteria,
as specified,
and require participants in the program
to comply with specified requirements.
The bill would require specified portions of the program to be administered by representatives from a certain federally qualified health center.
The bill would authorize participants to be employed only by federally qualified health centers that meet specified conditions, and would impose requirements on those centers. The bill would require an evaluation of the program to be commenced beginning one year after the program has commenced, as specified, and would prescribe the information to be included in that evaluation.
The bill would require the costs for the program to be fully paid for by funds provided by philanthropic foundations.

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