Existing law establishes the Office of Science, Innovation and Technology in the Office of the Governor and requires the Director of the Office to implement the Graduate Medical Education Grant Program. (NRS 223.600-223.610) Existing law: (1) requires the Office to establish and administer the Program to award grants to institutions in this State seeking to create, expand or retain programs for residency training and postdoctoral fellowships for physicians; (2) creates the Account for the Graduate Medical Education Grant Program, administered by the Director; and (3) creates the Advisory Council on Graduate Medical Education to evaluate applications and make recommendations for such grants. (NRS 223.631-223.639) Sections 3-7 of this bill transfer the Advisory Council and the duties to administer the Program and the Account from the Office to the Department of Health and Human Services. Sections 1 and 2 of this bill make conforming changes to remove the Program and the Advisory Council from the duties required to be performed by the Director. Sections 3 and 6 expand the grants that may be made from the Account under the Program to include grants to institutions which operate programs for residency training that are training a number of residents that exceeds the number of full-time equivalent residents for which the institution receives certain payments from Medicare. Section 8 of this bill makes an appropriation to the Account for the Program.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 223.610, 223.630, 223.631, 223.633, 223.635, 223.637, 223.639
BDR: 223.610, 223.630, 223.631, 223.633, 223.635, 223.637, 223.639