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ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Fourth Legislature, First Regular Session
graduate medical education; appropriation
Purpose
Appropriates monies
from the state General Fund (GF) to the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) for graduate medical
education (GME) programs in
critical-access hospitals in FY 2020.
Background
AHCCCS established the GME Program in 1997 to reimburse hospitals that have GME programs for operational costs, such as compensation and benefits for residents and supervising faculty, as well as administrative and facility management costs associated with GME programs (A.R.S. § 36-2903.01).
Statute defines GME as a program, including an approved fellowship, that prepares physicians for the independent practice of medicine by providing clinical education in a medical discipline to medical students who have completed a recognized undergraduate medical education program (A.R.S. § 36-2901).
S.B. 1354 appropriates an unspecified amount from the state GF in FY 2020.
Provisions
1. Appropriates an unspecified amount from the state GF to AHCCCS in FY 2020 for GME programs in critical-access hospitals and community health centers in rural areas.
2. Becomes effective on the general effective date.
Prepared by Senate Research
February 15, 2019
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