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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 96
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 3856
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
(PH)
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A WORKING GROUP TO ENHANCE
PHYSICIAN RECRUITMEN T IN THE STATE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective July 1, 2019) (a) On or before January 1, 2020, the 1
Commissioner of Public Health shall convene a working group to 2
advise the commissioner regarding methods to enhance physician 3
recruitment in the state. The working group shall examine issues that 4
include, but need not be limited to, (1) recruiting, retaining and 5
compensating primary care, psychiatric and behavioral health care 6
providers; (2) the potential effectiveness of loan forgiveness; (3) access 7
to health care providers; (4) the effect, if any, of the health insurance 8
landscape on limiting health care access; (5) barriers to physician 9
participation in health care networks; and (6) assistance for graduate 10
medical education training. 11
(b) The working group convened pursuant to subsection (a) of this 12
section shall include, but need not be limited to, the following 13
members: (1) A representative of the Connecticut Hospital Association; 14
(2) a representative of the Connecticut Medical Society; (3) a physician 15
licensed under chapter 370 of the general statutes with a small group 16
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practice; (4) a physician licensed under chapter 370 of the general 17
statutes with a multisite group practice; (5) one representative each of 18
at least three different schools of medicine; (6) a representative of a 19
regional physician recruiter association; (7) the human resources 20
director of at least one hospital in the state; (8) a member of a patient 21
advocacy group; and (9) four members of the general public. The 22
working group shall elect chairpersons from among its members. As 23
used in this subsection, "small group practice" means a group practice 24
comprised of less than eight full-time equivalent physicians, and 25
"multisite group practice" means a group practice comprised of over 26
one hundred full-time equivalent physicians practicing throughout the 27
state. 28
(c) On or before January 1, 2021, the working group shall report its 29
findings to the commissioner. 30
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2019 New section
Statement of Purpose:
To determine how to expand access to primary care in the state.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
not underlined.]
Co-Sponsors: SEN. SOMERS, 18th Dist.
S.B. 96