Florida Senate - 2019 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 188 Ì633662,Î633662 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House Comm: RCS . 02/11/2019 . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Committee on Health Policy (Harrell) recommended the following: 1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 2 3 Delete lines 176 - 222 4 and insert: 5 in federally designated shortage areas, in otherwise medically 6 underserved areas, or in rural areas. Strategies shall also 7 consider the use of state programs, such as the Medical 8 Education Reimbursement and Loan Repayment Program pursuant to 9 s. 1009.65, which provide for education loan repayment or loan 10 forgiveness and provide monetary incentives for physicians to 11 relocate to underserved areas of the state. 12 (g) Coordinate and enhance activities relative to physician 13 workforce needs, undergraduate medical education, graduate 14 medical education, and reentry of retired military and other 15 physicians into the physician workforce provided by the Division 16 of Medical Quality Assurance, area health education center 17 networks established pursuant to s. 381.0402, and other offices 18 and programs within the department as designated by the State 19 Surgeon General. 20 (h) Work in conjunction with and act as a coordinating body 21 for governmental and nongovernmental stakeholders to address 22 matters relating to the state’s physician workforce assessment 23 and development for the purpose of ensuring an adequate supply 24 of well-trained physicians to meet the state’s future needs. 25 Such governmental stakeholders shall include, but need not be 26 limited to, the State Surgeon General or his or her designee, 27 the Commissioner of Education or his or her designee, the 28 Secretary of Health Care Administration or his or her designee, 29 and the Chancellor of the State University System or his or her 30 designee, and, at the discretion of the department, other 31 representatives of state and local agencies that are involved in 32 assessing, educating, or training the state’s current or future 33 physicians. Other stakeholders shall include, but need not be 34 limited to, organizations representing the state’s public and 35 private allopathic and osteopathic medical schools; 36 organizations representing hospitals and other institutions 37 providing health care, particularly those that currently provide 38 or have an interest in providing accredited medical education 39 and graduate medical education to medical students and medical 40 residents; organizations representing allopathic and osteopathic 41 practicing physicians; and, at the discretion of the department, 42 representatives of other organizations or entities involved in 43 assessing, educating, or training the state’s current or future 44 physicians. 45 (i) Serve as a liaison with other states and federal 46 agencies and programs in order to enhance resources available to 47 the state’s physician workforce and medical education continuum. 48 (j) Act as a clearinghouse for collecting and disseminating 49 information concerning the physician workforce and medical 50 education continuum in this state. 51 52 The department may adopt rules to implement this subsection, 53 including rules to establish guidelines to implement the federal 54 Conrad 30 Waiver Program created under s. 214(1) of the 55 Immigration and Nationality Act. 56 57 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 58 And the title is amended as follows: 59 Delete lines 3 - 4 60 and insert: 61 s. 381.4018, F.S.; requiring the Department of Health 62 to develop strategies to maximize federal-state 63 partnerships that provide incentives for physicians to 64 practice in medically underserved or rural areas; 65 authorizing the department to adopt certain rules; 66 amending s. 456.013,