Existing law establishes the Office of Science, Innovation and Technology in the Office of the Governor. (NRS 232.600) Section 5 of this bill requires the Office to establish the Graduate Medical Education Grant Program for the purpose of awarding grants to institutions seeking to create, expand or retain accredited programs for residency training and postdoctoral fellowships for physicians. Section 2 of this bill creates the Account for the Graduate Medical Education Grant Program in the State General Fund, requires the Director of the Office to administer the Account and requires money in the Account to be used to award competitive grants pursuant to the Program. Section 3 of this bill establishes the Advisory Council on Graduate Medical Education, and section 4 of this bill requires the Council to make recommendations to the Office concerning applications for grants pursuant to the Program. Under sections 4 and 5, the Council and the Office are required to give priority to applications for grants made for the purpose of retaining programs of residency training and postdoctoral fellowships when the federal funding supporting such programs expires. Section 5 also requires the Office to establish a committee to develop a process, procedure and rubric for evaluating applications for grants pursuant to the Program. Section 6 of this bill requires the Office to submit an annual report to the Governor and the Legislature concerning the Program and any recommendations for the measures to create, expand and retain programs of residency training and postdoctoral fellowships. Sections 7 and 8 of this bill make conforming changes to, respectively: (1) require the Director to provide support for the Council and implement the Program; and (2) clarify that money for the Program is required to be deposited in the Account. Section 11 of this bill provides that this bill becomes effective upon passage and approval.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 223.610, 223.630
Reprint 1: 223.610, 223.630
Reprint 2: 223.610, 223.630
As Enrolled: 223.610, 223.630
BDR: 223.610, 223.630