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Capitol Weekly’s Top 100: Dustin Corcoran

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12. Dustin Corcoran

The CEO of the California Medical Association, a powerful group representing some 50,000 doctors, is Dustin Corcoran, a familiar figure in the Capitol who’s been with the CMA for more than three decades. There’s always a high-stakes medical issue in Sacramento – last year it was MICRA – and this year is no different: It’s the overhaul of the Medical Board of California, which investigates and disciplines doctors. Critics say the board is secretive, ineffectual and nonresponsive to the public, and demand a litany of changes included in the bill, SB 815. Corcoran and the CMA oppose the bill, saying it would lower the standard of proof for disciplinary actions against doctors, hike licensing fees by 50 percent and allow a majority of the board to be members of the public, rather than medical professionals. It’s a major political fight, and Corcoran is right in the middle. Thus far, at least, he seems to have won. The bill bounced around in the Capitol and when last seen was bottled up in the Assembly. Stay tuned…

Updated January 29, 2024

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