Massachusetts 2023-2024 Regular Session

Massachusetts House Bill H2198 Compare Versions

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2	2	HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3329 FILED ON: 1/20/2023
3	3	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2198
4	4	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
5	5	_________________
6	6	PRESENTED BY:
7	7	Kate Hogan
8	8	_________________
9	9	To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
10	10	Court assembled:
11	11	The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
12	12	An Act to improve access to family physicians.
13	13	_______________
14	14	PETITION OF:
15	15	NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Kate Hogan3rd Middlesex1/18/2023 1 of 2
16	16	HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3329 FILED ON: 1/20/2023
17	17	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2198
18	18	By Representative Hogan of Stow, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2198) of Kate
19	19	Hogan relative to requirements of certain health care applicants and trainees. Public Health.
20	20	[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
21	21	SEE HOUSE, NO. 2318 OF 2021-2022.]
22	22	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
23	23	_______________
24	24	In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
25	25	(2023-2024)
26	26	_______________
27	27	An Act to improve access to family physicians.
28	28	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
29	29	of the same, as follows:
30	30	1 SECTION 1. Section 25N ½ of chapter 111 of the General Laws, as appearing in the
31	31	22016 Official Edition, is hereby amended in subsection (b) by inserting after the words “primary
32	32	3care” in line 8 the words “and family medicine”.
33	33	4 SECTION 2. Said subsection (b) of section 25N ½, as so appearing, is hereby further
34	34	5amended by adding the phrase “and family physicians” after “primary care providers” at the end
35	35	6of the first sentence of the first paragraph.
36	36	7 SECTION 3. Said subsection (b) of section 25N ½, as so appearing, is hereby further
37	37	8amended by striking out in line 23 the number “50” and inserting in place thereof “95”.
38	38	9 SECTION 4. Said subsection (b) of section 25N ½, as so appearing, is hereby further
39	39	10amended by inserting after the second paragraph the following new paragraph:— 2 of 2
40	40	11 The health care workforce center shall require applicants to include the following
41	41	12information and give preference to those applicants whom meet at least one of the following
42	42	13criteria: (1) Have a proven record of placing graduates in areas of unmet need; (2) Have a record
43	43	14or written plan of attracting and admitting underrepresented minorities and/or economically
44	44	15disadvantaged groups; or (3) host their programs and/or clinical training sites in areas of unmet
45	45	16need.
46	46	17 SECTION 5. Said subsection (b) of section 25N ½, as so appearing, is hereby further
47	47	18amended by striking out the phrase “9 to 12 month” in line 30 and inserting in placing thereof “3
48	48	19to 4 year”.
49	49	20 SECTION 6. Said subsection (b) of section 25N ½, as so appearing, is hereby further
50	50	21amended by adding at the end of the third paragraph: —
51	51	22 All resident trainees shall be assigned as the primary care provider for a continuity panel
52	52	23of patients and see those patients in that location no less than 40 weeks per academic year for
53	53	24each year of the residency.
54	54	25 SECTION 7. Said subsection (b) of section 25N ½, as so appearing, is hereby further
55	55	26amended by striking out the first sentence and inserting in place thereof:—
56	56	27 The health care workforce center shall determine through regulation grant amounts per
57	57	28full-time resident, provided that grant amounts per resident are no less than 85% of the average
58	58	29CMS annual reimbursement rate per year and funding is provided for all of the 3 or 4 year
59	59	30residency.