Bill Text: MS HB422 | 2017 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Office of Physician Workforce; authorize to assist in creating/supporting residencies in addition to family medicine residencies.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2017-03-10 - Approved by Governor [HB422 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2017-HB422-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2017 Regular Session
To: Public Health and Human Services
By: Representative Mims
House Bill 422
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 41-123-1, 41-123-7 AND 41-123-11, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE OFFICE OF MISSISSIPPI PHYSICIAN WORKFORCE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER (UMMC) TO ASSIST IN THE CREATION AND/OR SUPPORT OF ACCREDITATION COUNCIL FOR GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION (ACGME) ACCREDITED GME TRAINING PROGRAMS IN THE STATE FOR OTHER NEEDED RESIDENCIES IN ADDITION TO FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENCIES; TO DELETE REQUIREMENT THAT FINANCIAL SUPPORT AWARDED BY UMMC TO A HOSPITAL OR ENTITY TO ESTABLISH AND OPERATE AN ACGME ACCREDITED RESIDENCY BE DISTRIBUTED OVER A THREE-YEAR PERIOD; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 41-123-1, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
41-123-1. There is established the Office of Mississippi Physician Workforce within the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) for the purpose of overseeing the physician workforce development and needs, both in numbers and distribution, of the State of Mississippi. The office shall have a director who must be a physician licensed in the State of Mississippi. In addition, the office shall have a researcher to assist the director in collecting and analyzing data concerning the physician workforce needs of Mississippi and other necessary staff to assist in its work. The office shall have the following duties, at a minimum:
(a) Assessing the current numbers, ages, types of practice, hospital affiliations, and geographic distribution of physicians in each medical specialty in Mississippi;
(b) Assessing the current and future physician workforce needs of the State of Mississippi;
(c) * * * Assisting in the
creation and/or support of Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
(ACGME) accredited GME training programs in the State of Mississippi based on
needs analysis and criteria established by the office and the advisory board
while maintaining a strong and continued priority focus on family medicine.
This support may include the awarding of state financial assistance as
available, for the creation or support of family medicine residencies and other
GME programs approved by the advisory board;
(d) Encouraging the development of an adequate and geographically distributed physician workforce in all specialties for the State of Mississippi with an evolving strategic plan; and
(e) Providing an annual report to the Governor, the Legislature, the State Board of Health, and the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning on the current status of the physician workforce and training programs in Mississippi.
SECTION 2. Section 41-123-7, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
41-123-7.
(1) The advisory board shall recommend policies and procedures for the
awarding of state funding that creates and/or provides sustaining support for
the desired number of ACGME accredited Family Medicine residency
programs and other valued and needed ACGME residencies approved by the
advisory board that will accept both M.D. and D.O. students * * *.
(2) * * * UMMC with the input of the advisory board
shall have the authority to award financial support, from funds specifically
appropriated for that purpose by the Legislature, of up to Three Million
Dollars ($3,000,000.00) * * *distributed over three (3) years to any
hospital or entity with demonstrated commitment and resources, as determined by
UMMC with input from the advisory board, to establish and operate an ACGME
accredited Family Medicine residency program or other GME program
qualifying under subsection (1) of this section. The funds will be dispersed
at the determination of * * *the UMMC, with input from the advisory board, and may include
start-up funding and/or provide sustaining support for residency
programs.
(3)
Each applicant for state financial support for creation of * * * an ACGME residency
program as authorized under this section must submit an application to * * * UMMC through the Office of
Mississippi Physician Workforce that conforms to requirements established
by this chapter * * *
and by UMMC with input from the advisory board.
(4)
In selecting recipients for state financial support authorized under this
section, following criteria and recommendations from the advisory
board, * * *
UMMC may use its discretion to award funding based on * * * demographic needs and the
future success of * * * the residency program.
(5) An applicant for state
financial support for creation of * * * an ACGME accredited
residency program may receive funding only upon approval of UMMC with input
from the advisory board.
SECTION 3. Section 41-123-11, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
41-123-11. Any * * * residency program established
with state financial support must at a minimum be capable of accepting
students from both * * *
allopathic and osteopathic medical schools that are accredited by
the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) or the Commission on
Osteopathic College Accreditation (COCA) of the American Osteopathic
Association (AOA).
SECTION 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2017.
