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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
2026-06-03
Official status
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.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on criteria for participation or conditions FQHCs must follow, leaving these aspects undefined.

Licensed Dentists from Mexico Pilot Program

This law creates a new pilot program allowing licensed dentists from Mexico to practice dentistry in California for three years under specific conditions set by the Dental Board of California.

What This Bill Does

  • Replaces existing provisions with a new Licensed Dentists from Mexico Pilot Program that allows licensed dentists from Mexico to obtain a 3-year nonrenewable license to practice dentistry in California if they meet certain criteria.
  • Requires participants in the program to comply with specified requirements set by the Dental Board of California.
  • Specifies that portions of the program must be administered by representatives from federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) and that participating Mexican dentists can only be employed by FQHCs meeting specific conditions.
  • Imposes certain requirements on these FQHCs when hiring participants in the program.
  • Requires an evaluation of the pilot program to begin one year after its start, with specified information included.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Licensed dentists from Mexico who want to work in California.
  • Federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) in California.
  • The Dental Board of California.

Terms To Know

Pilot Program
A small-scale test run of a new idea or policy before full implementation.
Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
A community-based health care organization that receives federal funding to provide services to underserved populations.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify the exact criteria Mexican dentists must meet or the specific conditions FQHCs must follow.
  • It is unclear how many dentists will be allowed in the program.

Bill History

  1. 2026-06-03 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.

  2. 2025-07-14 California Legislative Information

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

  3. 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.

  4. 2025-06-11 California Legislative Information

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

  5. 2025-06-03 California Legislative Information

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

  6. 2025-06-02 California Legislative Information

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

  7. 2025-05-27 California Legislative Information

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  8. 2025-05-23 California Legislative Information

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

  9. 2025-04-23 California Legislative Information

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

  10. 2025-04-03 California Legislative Information

    Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  11. 2025-04-02 California Legislative Information

    Read second time and amended.

  12. 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).

  13. 2025-03-10 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Com. on B. & P.

  14. 2025-02-24 California Legislative Information

    Read first time.

  15. 2025-02-22 California Legislative Information

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.

  16. 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
certain
specified
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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