This bill creates a Graduate Medical Education Grant Program to help fund new physician residency programs at health-care facilities in Colorado that have never hosted a medical residency before. The goal is to increase physician training capacity and address physician shortages in the state.
Key Provisions of the Bill1. Creation of the Graduate Medical Education Grant Program
The Health Facilities and Emergency Medical Services Division within the Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) will administer the program.
The program will fund the development of new accredited residency programs in health-care facilities that have never had a physician resident training program.
2. Stakeholder Involvement
The division will work with stakeholders, including representatives from:
For-profit and non-profit medical schools.
Other relevant health-care entities.
These stakeholders will help determine grant eligibility criteria and guide the grant award and reporting process.
3. Funding Sources
The department is authorized to seek, accept, and usegifts, grants, or donations from private and public sources to support the program.
This means funding may come from state allocations, philanthropic contributions, or federal sources.
4. Reporting & Accountability
The department must report on the program's impact during its SMART Act hearings.
The reports will focus on:
How the grant program is helping to create new medical residency programs.
Its role in addressing the physician shortage in Colorado.
Summary
The bill provides financial support to health-care facilities without prior residency programs to start new, accredited physician training programs.
Stakeholders will help set grant eligibility criteria.
The program can be funded through public and private donations.
The department will report on the program’s progress in state accountability hearings.
This initiative aims to increase the number of trained physicians in Colorado, especially in areas facing physician shortages.
Summary
The bill creates the graduate medical education grant program
(grant program) in the health facilities and emergency medical services division (division) within the department of public health and environment (department). The purpose of the grant program is to support the establishment of accredited residency programs at health-care facilities in Colorado that have never had a physician resident training program in order to expand physician training capacity and address the state's physician workforce shortage.
The division shall engage stakeholders, including representatives
from for-profit and not-for-profit medical schools, to recommend criteria for grant eligibility and other aspects of the grant award and reporting process.
The department may seek, accept, and expend gifts, grants, or
donations from private or public sources for purposes related to the grant program. The bill requires the department to include information about the grant program's role in creating new medical residency programs in the department's SMART Act hearings.
