PA SR35

Designates October 1, 2025, as "Pennsylvania Latino and Latina Physician Day" in Pennsylvania

Only 6% of U.S. physicians and less than 4% of Pennsylvania physicians are Latino or Latina, despite the Latino population nearly doubling in Pennsylvania over the previous 10 years as of 2021

Latino and Latina populations face significant barriers to medical care including high poverty rates, fewer facilities in their communities, and language and cultural barriers

Research indicates patient health outcomes improve when physicians share the same ethnicity, culture, and language as their patients

Aligns with the first National Latino and Latina Physician Day held October 1, 2022, and federal support expressed in H. Res. 734 of the 118th Congress