| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to state funding for medical student |
| 3 | education; creating s. 1011.905, F.S.; providing |
| 4 | legislative intent; requiring the Board of Governors of |
| 5 | the State University System, in consultation with the |
| 6 | Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government |
| 7 | Accountability and representatives from Doctor of Medicine |
| 8 | degree programs, to develop a funding methodology for |
| 9 | Doctor of Medicine degree programs at state universities; |
| 10 | requiring the funding methodology to provide a consistent |
| 11 | base level of state support on a per-student basis; |
| 12 | providing duties of the Board of Governors in developing |
| 13 | the funding methodology; requiring a report; requiring use |
| 14 | of the funding methodology in the development of |
| 15 | legislative budget requests; providing an effective date. |
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| 17 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 19 | Section 1. Section 1011.905, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 20 | to read: |
| 21 | 1011.905 State funding for Doctor of Medicine degree |
| 22 | programs at state universities.-- |
| 23 | (1) It is the intent of the Legislature to use a funding |
| 24 | methodology for 4-year Doctor of Medicine degree programs that |
| 25 | provides a consistent base level of state support on a per- |
| 26 | student basis for each such program at state universities. |
| 27 | (2) The Board of Governors, in consultation with the |
| 28 | Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability |
| 29 | and representatives from each of the 4-year Doctor of Medicine |
| 30 | degree programs, shall develop a funding methodology for 4-year |
| 31 | Doctor of Medicine degree programs offered by state |
| 32 | universities. The funding methodology shall provide for a |
| 33 | consistent base level of state support on a per-student basis |
| 34 | for each such program. As part of the development of the funding |
| 35 | methodology, the Board of Governors shall: |
| 36 | (a) Review prior year expenditures for each of the 4-year |
| 37 | Doctor of Medicine degree programs, including expenditures from |
| 38 | all funding sources. |
| 39 | (b) Review national data on the costs associated with 4- |
| 40 | year Doctor of Medicine degree programs offered by public |
| 41 | universities. |
| 42 | (c) Determine a base-level cost per student that excludes |
| 43 | supplemental costs or startup costs. |
| 44 | (d) Determine supplemental costs and startup costs that |
| 45 | are in addition to the base-level cost per student and that |
| 46 | support the unique mission of a degree program or support the |
| 47 | implementation of new 4-year Doctor of Medicine degree programs. |
| 48 | (e) Determine a uniform reporting procedure for the |
| 49 | consistent annual reporting of expenditures for 4-year Doctor of |
| 50 | Medicine degree programs. |
| 51 | (f) Determine a uniform reporting procedure for the |
| 52 | consistent annual reporting of outcome data for 4-year Doctor of |
| 53 | Medicine degree programs, including, but not limited to, |
| 54 | enrollment statistics, graduation and retention rates, passage |
| 55 | rates for the Step 1 and Step 2 United States Medical Licensing |
| 56 | Examinations, placement rates in residency positions in this |
| 57 | state, and placement rates in the physician workforce in this |
| 58 | state. |
| 59 | (3) The Board of Governors shall submit a report detailing |
| 60 | the funding methodology developed pursuant to subsection (2) to |
| 61 | the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of |
| 62 | the House of Representatives no later than February 1, 2010. |
| 63 | (4) The Board of Governors shall use the funding |
| 64 | methodology developed pursuant to subsection (2) to develop the |
| 65 | legislative budget request for 4-year Doctor of Medicine degree |
| 66 | programs at state universities. For the 2010-2011 fiscal year, |
| 67 | the Board of Governors shall submit by March 1, 2010, an amended |
| 68 | legislative budget request based on the funding methodology. |
| 69 | Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |