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.begin insert The bill would provide that its provisions are subject to an appropriation in the Budget Act for these purposes.end insert
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.
16(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 process
19created by this article or the accreditation was awarded prior to
20the enactment of this article.
21(e) “Teaching health center” has the same meaning as defined
22in Article 1 (commencing with Section 128200).
There is in the State Treasury the Teaching Health
24Center Primary Care Graduate Medical Education Fund, which
25fund is hereby created.
(a) Subject to appropriation by the Legislature, the
27director shall award planning and development grants from the
28fund to teaching health centers for the purpose of establishing new
29accredited or expanded primary care residency programs.
P3 1(b) Grants awarded under this section shall be for a term of not
2more than three years and the maximum award to a teaching health
3center shall not be more than five hundred thousand dollars
4($500,000).
5(c) A grant awarded pursuant to this section shall be used to
6cover the costs of establishing or expanding a primary care
7residency training program described in
subdivision (a), including
8costs associated with curriculum development, recruitment,
9training, and retention of residents and faculty, accreditation by
10the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
11(ACGME), the American Dental Association (ADA), or the
12American Osteopathic Association (AOA), faculty salaries during
13the development phase, and technical assistance.
14(d) A teaching health center seeking a grant under this section
15shall submit an application to the office in the format prescribed
16by the office. The director shall evaluate those applications and
17award grants based on criteria consistent with a teaching health
18center’s readiness and other factors indicating the likelihood of
19success at implementing a primary care residency program.
(a) Subject to appropriation by the Legislature, the
21director shall award sustaining grants from the fund to teaching
22health centers operating primary care residency programs
23accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical
24Education (ACGME), the American Dental Association (ADA),
25or the American Osteopathic Association (AOA).
26(b) The office shall determine the amount of grants awarded
27per resident by taking into account the direct and indirect costs of
28graduate medical education. The amount of grants awarded per
29resident shall be updated, as appropriate, on an annual basis.
The office shall promulgate emergency regulations
31to implement this article.
Implementation of this article shall be subject to an
33appropriation in the annual Budget Act for these purposes.
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