Dr. Bains’ plan to expand access to addiction treatment clears major hurdles
Sacramento, CA (Apr. 17, 2024) – Access to addiction treatment could significantly improve in California as two bills authored by Dr. Jasmeet Bains (D-Delano) approved by separate Assembly committees Tuesday.
Assembly committee passes Bains' ‘UC Kern' bill for medical school
Everyone — from farmers to teachers, legislators to laymen — can agree that the Central Valley needs more doctors.
On Tuesday, the Assembly Higher Education Committee passed the “Grow Our Own” bill, or Assembly Bill 2357, bringing a branch medical school campus of the UC San Francisco School of Medicine in Kern County one brick closer to being built.
Higher Education Committee green lights Bains’ med school proposal
(Sacramento, CA) April 10, 2024 - Dr. Jasmeet Bains’ (D-Delano) legislation to bring a University of California medical school campus to Kern County passed out of the Assembly Higher Education committee on Tuesday with bipartisan support.
Dr. Bains’ bill to protect residents from transnational repression clears Public Safety Committee
(Sacramento, CA) April 9, 2024 - Dr. Jasmeet Bains’ (D-Delano) initial effort to address transnational repression with new legislation was approved with unanimous and bipartisan support at the Assembly Public Safety Committee Tuesday.
Dr. Bains’ effort to increase funding for childcare and safety programs passes first hurdle with bipartisan support
(Sacramento, CA) April 3, 2024 - Dr. Jasmeet Bains’ (D-Delano) effort to enhance funding for child abuse prevention, childcare safety, and childhood injury prevention passed its first major hurdle Tuesday, advancing out of the Assembly Human Services Committee with bipartisan and unanimous support.