AB 2216, as amended, Bonta. Primary care residency programs: grant program.
Existing federal and state laws contain programs that authorize loan forgiveness to physicians, dentists, and individuals enrolled in a postsecondary institution studying medicine or dentistry who agree to practice in medically or dentally underserved areas. Under existing law, the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education (THCGME) program was created by the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act for the purpose of awarding grants to teaching health centers for the purpose of establishing new accredited or expanded primary care residency programs.
This bill would establish the Teaching Health Center Primary Care Graduate Medical Education Fund for purposes of funding primary care residency programs, as specified, subject to appropriation by the Legislature. The bill would establish criteria for the awarding of grants under these provisions to teaching health centers, as defined. The bill would require the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development and the Director of Statewide Health Planning and Development to administer these provisions, as specified. The bill would require the office to adopt emergency regulations to implement these provisions.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Article 1.5 (commencing with Section 128245)
2is added to Chapter 4 of Part 3 of Division 107 of the Health and
3Safety Code, to read:
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For purposes of this article, the following terms have
9the following meanings:
10(a) “Director” means the Director of Statewide Health Planning
11and Development.
12(b) “Fund” means the Teaching Health Center Primary Care
13Graduate Medical Education Fund.
14(c) “Office” means the Office of Statewide Health Planning and
15Development.
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(d) “Sustaining grant” means a grant awarded to ensure the
17continued operation of an accredited teaching health center,
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whether that accreditation was first awarded pursuant to the
19process created by this article or the accreditation was awarded
20prior to the enactment of this article.
21(d)
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22begin insert(e)end insert “Teaching health center” has the same meaning as defined
23in Article 1 (commencing with Section 128200).
There is in the State Treasury the Teaching Health
25Center Primary Care Graduate Medical Education Fund, which
26fund is hereby created.
(a) Subject to appropriation by the Legislature, the
28director shall award planning and development grants from the
29fund to teaching health centers for the purpose of establishing new
30accredited or expanded primary care residency programs.
31(b) Grants awarded under this section shall be for a term of not
32more than three years and the maximum award to a teaching health
P3 1center shall not be more than five hundred thousand dollars
2($500,000).
3(c) A grant awarded pursuant to this section shall be used to
4cover the costs of establishing or expanding a primary care
5residency training program described in subdivision
(a), including
6costs associated with curriculum development, recruitment,
7training, and retention of residents and faculty, accreditation by
8the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
9(ACGME), the American Dental Association (ADA), or the
10American Osteopathic Association (AOA), faculty salaries during
11the development phase, and technical assistance.
12(d) A teaching health center seeking a grant under this section
13shall submit an application to the office in the format prescribed
14by the office. The director shall evaluate those applications and
15award grants based on criteria consistent with a teaching health
16center’s readiness and other factors indicating the likelihood of
17success at implementing a primary care residency program.
(a) Subject to appropriation by the Legislature, the
19director shall award sustaining grants from the fund to teaching
20health centers operating primary care residency programs
21accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical
22Education (ACGME), the American Dental Association (ADA),
23or the American Osteopathic Association (AOA).
24(b) The office shall determine the amount of grants awarded
25per resident by taking into account the direct and indirect costs of
26graduate medical education. The amount of grants awarded per
27resident shall be updated, as appropriate, on an annual basis.
The office shall promulgate emergency regulations
29to implement this article.
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