Bill Text: HI HB1434 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Physician Shortage; Rural Areas; Demonstration Project
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-12-18 - Carried over to 2014 Regular Session. [HB1434 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2014-HB1434-Introduced.html
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TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2013 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to physician shortage.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that there has long been difficulty with providing adequate medical services to the rural areas of the State. The legislature further finds that there are currently not enough United States medical school graduates to fill all open residency positions, and that there has been an influx of foreign medical graduates to take the remaining positions.
The federal government contributes $9.5 billion in medicare funds, and approximately $2 billion in medicaid funds to assist with graduate medical education. With the current strain on federal resources and the influx of foreign graduates for United States residencies, the legislature further finds that there is need for a program and additional sources of funding to address the shortage of physicians in rural areas by establishing a residency program that will provide opportunity and enticement to out-of-state physicians.
Accordingly, there is established a three-year demonstration project to be known as the "rural health care residency project".
SECTION 2. (a) There is established a three-year demonstration project to be known as the "rural health care residency project". The demonstration project shall be developed and administered by the University of Hawaii John A. Burns school of medicine's department of family medicine and community health and supported by federal, state, and private funds.
(b) The purpose of the demonstration project is to attract out-of-state physicians to receive a residency position in exchange for their services in rural areas of the State; provided that these residency positions will be in addition to the number of residency positions the University of Hawaii John A. Burns school of medicine currently offers.
(c) Applicants shall meet the following minimum requirements to qualify for the demonstration project:
(1) Pass steps 1 and 2 of the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) with competitive scores;
(2) Meet requirements to work in the United States without sponsorship from the residency program;
(3) Be willing to enter residency programs for specialties experiencing shortages; and
(4) Practice medicine in rural areas of the State for a minimum of three years.
(d) The University of Hawaii John A. Burns school of medicine's department of family medicine and community health shall submit a report to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular sessions of 2014, 2015, and 2016, on the status and effectiveness of the demonstration project.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2013; and shall be repealed on July 1, 2016.
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Report Title:
Physician Shortage; Rural Areas; Demonstration Project
Description:
Establishes a three-year demonstration project to be administered by the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine's Department of Family Medicine and Community Health to attract out-of-state physicians to residency programs that provide services to rural areas of the State. Effective July 1, 2013, and repealed on July 1, 2016.
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