Revises statutory obligations of Advisory Graduate Medical Education Council of New Jersey.

A1006

ASSEMBLY, No. 1006

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

�

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman CAROL A. MURPHY

District 7 (Burlington)

Assemblyman LOUIS D. GREENWALD

District 6 (Burlington and Camden)

SYNOPSIS

���� Revises statutory obligations of Advisory Graduate
Medical Education Council of New Jersey.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative
Counsel.

��

An Act
concerning the Advisory Graduate Medical Education
Council of New Jersey and amending P.L.1977, c.390.

����
Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1. Section 2 of P.L.1977,
c.390 (C.18A:64H-2) is amended to read as follows:

���� 2. There is hereby established
the Advisory Graduate Medical Education Council of New Jersey, which
,
beginning on the effective date of this act,
shall be responsible to the
[
Commission on
Higher Education
]

Department of Health
.� The purpose of this council shall be to make
recommendations for the support, through federal, State and private funds, of
graduate medical education programs in private nonprofit and public hospitals
in the State, and to make recommendations for the development and
implementation of new graduate medical education programs which will meet the
needs of the citizens of the State.
The council shall meet at least once
annually.
�The functions of the council shall include, but not be limited
to:�

���� a. Obtaining and evaluating
information concerning the graduate medical
[
manpower
]

workforce

needs of the citizens of the State;�

���� b. Recommending standards and
criteria for participation by private nonprofit and public hospitals in the
State;�

���� c. Reviewing individual
institutional applications and recommending awards of support to particular
institutions based on conformance with the identified needs of the citizens of
the State and the standards and criteria recommended by the council;�

���� d. Annually reviewing the
educational programs provided by participating hospitals;�

����
e.��� Developing an
informational guide of available funding for graduate medical education in the
State to provide to legislators, policy-makers, and stakeholders three months
prior to the start of a new fiscal year;

����
f.���� Working with federal
stakeholders to maximize the use of federal programs such as the Health
Resources and Services Administration�s Rural Residency Planning and
Development Program and the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education
Program;

����
g.��� Developing workforce
and population health outcomes based on the Graduate Medical Education Subsidy
and Supplemental Graduate Medical Education Subsidy of each upcoming annual
appropriations act;�

����
h.��� Developing metrics to
measure whether workforce and population health outcomes have been achieved;

����
i.���� Making
recommendations on how to utilize and distribute federal and State funds from
the Graduate Medical Education Subsidy and Supplemental Graduate Medical
Education Subsidy in each upcoming annual appropriations act based on the
State�s five-year strategic plan;

����
j.���� Developing a
five-year strategic plan for the management and growth of graduate medical
education in the State; and�

����
[
e. Annually reporting to the
Governor and the Education Committees
]

k. (1) Submitting an annual report

[
of
the New Jersey Legislature on the council's activities pursuant to the
provisions of this act
]

to the Governor and, to the Legislature pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991,
c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), beginning one year following the effective date of this
act;�

����
(2) The annual report shall
contain the following:

����
(a) a summary of the
council�s activities;

����
(b) the graduate medical
workforce needs of the State, including emerging needs and any shortages in
practice areas, as well the general health needs of the State;

����
(c) the manner in which the
graduate medical education subsidy and any supplemental graduate medical
education funding in the State�s annual appropriations act have been allocated
among hospitals, including numerically, geographically, and according to specialty
and setting;

����
(d) information on whether
the graduate medical education subsidy and any supplemental graduate medical
education funding in

the State�s annual appropriations act are creating
desired workforce and population health outcomes;

����
(e) an analysis of where
medical graduates work following the completion of residency requirements and
whether the number and type of graduate medical education funded positions was
proportional to any needs or shortages in the State; and

����
(f) recommendations on
achieving the proper distribution of graduate medical education positions in
geographically underserved and specialty areas
.

(cf: P.L.1994, c.48, s.171)�

���� 2. This act shall take effect
immediately.

STATEMENT

���� This bill revises the
statutory obligations of the Advisory Graduate Medical Education Council of New
Jersey (council).

���� Under the bill, the council is
to be responsible to the Department of Health beginning on the bill�s effective
date and meet at least once annually.�

���� Under the bill, the functions
of the council are expanded to include:� 1) developing an informational guide
of available funding for graduate medical education in the State to provide to
legislators, policy-makers, and stakeholders three months prior to the start of
a new fiscal year; 2) working with federal stakeholders to maximize the use of
federal programs such as the Health Resources and Services Administration�s
Rural Residency Planning and Development Program and the Teaching Health Center
Graduate Medical Education Program; 3) developing workforce and population health
outcomes based on the Graduate Medical Education Subsidy and Supplemental
Graduate Medical Education Subsidy of each upcoming annual appropriations act;
4) developing metrics to measure whether workforce and population health
outcomes have been achieved; 5) making recommendations on how to utilize and
distribute federal and State funds from the Graduate Medical Education Subsidy
and Supplemental Graduate Medical Education Subsidy in each upcoming annual
appropriations act based on the State�s five-year strategic plan; and 6)
developing a five-year strategic plan for the management and growth of graduate
medical education in the State.
�

���� The bill provides that the
council is to submit an annual report to the Governor and Legislature which contains
the following:� 1) a summary of the council�s activities; 2) the graduate
medical workforce needs of the State, including emerging needs and any
shortages in practice areas, as well the general health needs of the State; 3)
the manner in which the graduate medical education subsidy and any supplemental
graduate medical education funding in the State�s annual appropriations act
have been allocated among hospitals, including numerically, geographically, and
according to specialty and setting; 4) information on whether the graduate
medical education subsidy and any supplemental graduate medical education
funding in the State�s annual appropriations act are creating desired workforce
and population health outcomes; 5) an analysis of where medical graduates work
following the completion of residency requirements and whether the number and
type of graduate medical education funded positions was proportional to any
needs or shortages in the State; and 6) recommendations on achieving the proper
distribution of graduate medical education positions in geographically
underserved and specialty areas.