S257 - Appropriations Act of 2017. (SL 2017-57)

Overview: Sec. 11J.2 of S.L. 2017-57 requires the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services and the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee to appoint subcommittees to jointly examine the use of State funds to support medical education and medical residency programs. The subcommittees may seek input from other states, stakeholders, and national experts on medical education programs, medical residency programs, and health care.

By February 1, 2018, the Department of Health and Human Services and the University of North Carolina must provide the subcommittees the following information: (1) the identity, location, and number of positions available in medical education programs and medical residency programs, broken down by geographic area; (2) the specific amount of State funds or the nature of any other support provided by the State to medical education programs and medical residency programs, broken down by program; (3) the number of graduates of medical education programs and medical residency programs who are currently practicing in North Carolina, broken down by specialty areas in which North Carolina is experiencing a shortage; (4) the number of program graduates who practiced in North Carolina for at least five years after graduation; and (5) any other information requested by the subcommittees.

The subcommittees shall jointly develop a proposal for a statewide plan to support medical education programs and medical residency programs within North Carolina. Each subcommittee shall submit a report to its respective oversight committee on or before March 15, 2018, at which time each subcommittee will terminate.

This section became effective June 28, 2017.