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SB 1354: graduate medical education; appropriation

PRIME SPONSOR: Senator Carter, LD 15

BILL STATUS: Appropriations

 

 

Overview

☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal NoteAppropriates monies from the state General Fund (GF) in FY 2020 to address the state's shortage of physicians.

History

A.R.S. § 36-2901 defines Graduate Medical Education (GME) as a program, including an approved fellowship, that prepares a medical student, who has completed a recognized undergraduate medical education program, for independent practice of medicine. Arizona law established the GME program in 1997, housed within the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS), to reimburse hospitals that have approved GME programs (A.R.S. § 36-2903.01).

The Department of Health Services (DHS) oversees the Primary Care Provider (PCP) Loan Repayment Program that assists in the payoff of education loans taken out by physicians, dentists, pharmacists, advance practice providers and behavioral health providers (A.R.S. § 36-2172).

The Board of Medical Student Loans (Board) is responsible for granting loans for qualified medical students intending to enter and complete a residency program for assistance with tuition and living expenses (A.R.S. § 15-1723).

Provisions

1.       Appropriates the following monies from the GF in FY 2020:

a.       $20 million to AHCCCS for GME programs in critical access hospitals and community health centers in rural areas;

b.       $11 million to the University of Arizona Health Science Center;

c.        $10 million to DHS to create a grant program to supplement the following existing funding:

i.         Assistance to universities and community colleges that operate and maintain faculty development, clinical education and training and program expansion for registered nurse and advanced nurse practitioner programs; and

ii.       Assistance to health care institutions to develop and operate programs that use retired physicians and nurses through the payment of stipends, malpractice premiums or other benefits providing oversight and guidance to new medical and nursing graduates;

d.       $4 million to DHS for the PCP Loan Repayment Program; and

e.       $5 million to the Board for medical student loans. (Sec. 1)

2.       Contains a legislative intent clause. (Sec. 2)

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6.       Fifty-fourth Legislature                       SB 1354

7.       First Regular Session                            Version 1: Appropriations

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