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Relating to the medical residency training state matching grants program rural rotation requirement
Topics:Health care
Same legislation: HF 2197
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 21, 2020
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 21, 2020
- Done: House committeeFebruary 24, 2020
- Done: Passes the HouseFebruary 24, 2020
- Done: Senate committeeJune 4, 2020
- Done: Passes the SenateJune 13, 202049–0
- Done: To the GovernorJune 24, 2020
- Done: Signed into lawJune 25, 2020
HF 2197 became law → The same legislation passed as HF 2197, so this version was set aside. Go to HF 2197 What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary The state currently gives grants to medical training programs that let residents practice in rural areas. This bill expands the list of medical specialties that qualify for these grants. In addition to psychiatry, programs focusing on obstetrics, gynecology, family medicine, internal medicine, and emergency medicine would now be included.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to the medical residency training state matching grants program. Under current law, the program requires that a residency program offer persons to whom a primary care residency position is awarded the opportunity to participate in a rural rotation to expose the resident to the rural areas of the state. Under current law, primary care specifically includes the practice area of psychiatry. Under the bill, the specified primary care practice areas are expanded to also include obstetrics, gynecology, family medicine, internal medicine, and emergency medicine.
House subcommittee
Named January 21, 2020. On January 27, 2020 it recommended passage.
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