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| 3 | + | LCO No. 3856 1 of 2 | |
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| 7 | - | General Assembly | |
| 5 | + | General Assembly Committee Bill No. 96 | |
| 8 | 6 | January Session, 2019 | |
| 7 | + | LCO No. 3856 | |
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| 10 | + | Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH | |
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| 13 | + | Introduced by: | |
| 14 | + | (PH) | |
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| 14 | 18 | AN ACT ESTABLISHING A WORKING GROUP TO ENHANCE | |
| 15 | 19 | PHYSICIAN RECRUITMEN T IN THE STATE. | |
| 16 | 20 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
| 17 | 21 | Assembly convened: | |
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| 19 | 23 | Section 1. (Effective July 1, 2019) (a) On or before January 1, 2020, the 1 | |
| 20 | 24 | Commissioner of Public Health shall convene a working group to 2 | |
| 21 | 25 | advise the commissioner regarding methods to enhance physician 3 | |
| 22 | 26 | recruitment in the state. The working group shall examine issues that 4 | |
| 23 | 27 | include, but need not be limited to, (1) recruiting, retaining and 5 | |
| 24 | 28 | compensating primary care, psychiatric and behavioral health care 6 | |
| 25 | - | providers; (2) the potential effectiveness of | |
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| 29 | + | providers; (2) the potential effectiveness of loan forgiveness; (3) access 7 | |
| 30 | + | to health care providers; (4) the effect, if any, of the health insurance 8 | |
| 31 | + | landscape on limiting health care access; (5) barriers to physician 9 | |
| 32 | + | participation in health care networks; and (6) assistance for graduate 10 | |
| 33 | + | medical education training. 11 | |
| 30 | 34 | (b) The working group convened pursuant to subsection (a) of this 12 | |
| 31 | 35 | section shall include, but need not be limited to, the following 13 | |
| 32 | 36 | members: (1) A representative of the Connecticut Hospital Association; 14 | |
| 33 | 37 | (2) a representative of the Connecticut Medical Society; (3) a physician 15 | |
| 34 | 38 | licensed under chapter 370 of the general statutes with a small group 16 | |
| 39 | + | Committee Bill No. 96 | |
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| 42 | + | LCO No. 3856 2 of 2 | |
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| 35 | 44 | practice; (4) a physician licensed under chapter 370 of the general 17 | |
| 36 | 45 | statutes with a multisite group practice; (5) one representative each of 18 | |
| 37 | - | at least three different schools of medicine; (6) a representative of a 19 Substitute Bill No. 96 | |
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| 46 | + | at least three different schools of medicine; (6) a representative of a 19 | |
| 44 | 47 | regional physician recruiter association; (7) the human resources 20 | |
| 45 | 48 | director of at least one hospital in the state; (8) a member of a patient 21 | |
| 46 | 49 | advocacy group; and (9) four members of the general public. The 22 | |
| 47 | 50 | working group shall elect chairpersons from among its members. As 23 | |
| 48 | 51 | used in this subsection, "small group practice" means a group practice 24 | |
| 49 | 52 | comprised of less than eight full-time equivalent physicians, and 25 | |
| 50 | 53 | "multisite group practice" means a group practice comprised of over 26 | |
| 51 | 54 | one hundred full-time equivalent physicians practicing throughout the 27 | |
| 52 | 55 | state. 28 | |
| 53 | 56 | (c) On or before January 1, 2021, the working group shall report its 29 | |
| 54 | 57 | findings to the commissioner. 30 | |
| 55 | 58 | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following | |
| 56 | 59 | sections: | |
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| 58 | 61 | Section 1 July 1, 2019 New section | |
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| 60 | - | Statement of | |
| 61 | - | In | |
| 63 | + | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 64 | + | To determine how to expand access to primary care in the state. | |
| 62 | 65 | ||
| 63 | - | PH Joint Favorable Subst. -LCO | |
| 66 | + | [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, | |
| 67 | + | except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is | |
| 68 | + | not underlined.] | |
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| 70 | + | Co-Sponsors: SEN. SOMERS, 18th Dist. | |
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| 72 | + | S.B. 96 |