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California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Assembly Bill

AB 2398: Graduate medical education capacity: report.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

AB 2398 is a assembly bill introduced in the California Assembly on February 20, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Graduate medical education capacity: report. Primary sponsor: David Alvarez (D). Most recent recorded action (May 14, 2026): In committee: Held under submission.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Legislative Counsel’s Digest (official, as of the latest version). Written by nonpartisan legislative staff; reproduced verbatim.

Existing law establishes the Department of Health Care Access and Information in the Health and Welfare Agency and requires the department to perform specified functions relating to, among other things, health policy and planning, health professions development, and health facility data.

This bill would require the department to convene a workgroup to discuss graduate medical education capacity in California, with a focus on access to residency positions. The bill would require the workgroup to be composed of interested stakeholders, as specified. The bill would require the department, in consultation with the Medical Board of California, to prepare and submit a report to the appropriate committees of the Legislature on or before July 1, 2028, that includes, among other information, recommendations for increasing residency capacity in California, improving geographic and specialty distribution, and reducing barriers to entry, including for international medical graduates. The bill would repeal its provisions on January 1, 2030.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
David AlvarezPrimary sponsorDemocraticAssembly80

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. In committee: Held under submission.
  2. Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 5030.)
  3. In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
  4. In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
  5. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
  6. Read second time and amended.
  7. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 21).
  8. Re-referred to Com. on B. & P.
  9. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended.
  10. Referred to Com. on B. & P.
  11. From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
  12. Read first time. To print.

Sources

  1. California Legislative Information — pubinfo database export
  2. Official bill page