California Health and Safety Code

§ 125290.72

HSC § 125290.72Div. 106 · Part 5 · Ch. 3 · Art. 1

Statute text

Expand Alpha Stem Cell Clinic Program and Establish Community Care Centers of Excellence Program

(a)The institute shall expand the Alpha Stem Cell Clinic Program and establish the Community Care Centers of Excellence Program to fund the establishment of centers of excellence where clinical trials are conducted and treatments and cures are made available for all patients. The goal of the Community Care Centers of Excellence Program is to expand the capacity of the Alpha Stem Cell Clinic Program to promote access to human clinical trials and the accessibility of treatments and cures arising from institute-funded research for patients in California by establishing geographically diverse centers of excellence to conduct clinical trials and to seek to make the resulting treatments and cures broadly available to California patients.

(b)The institute shall prioritize the funding of applications for Community Care Centers of Excellence that enhance the geographic distribution of Community Care Centers of Excellence across the state, considering the location of the Alpha Stem Cell Clinics, to promote patient access. The institute shall prioritize applications for Alpha Stem Cell Clinics and Community Care Centers of Excellence that offer matching funds or verified in-kind support, consistent with the highest medical standards, as established by the governing board of the institute.

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Legislative history

Added November 3, 2020, by initiative Proposition 14, Sec. 4. Effective on December 16, 2020.