AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- PRIMARY CARE TRAINING SITES PROGRAM (Appropriates two million seven hundred thousand dollars ($2,700,000) to fund the primary care training sites program to provide training for physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants within the department of health.)

Plain English Breakdown

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AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- PRIMARY CARE TRAINING SITES PROGRAM (Appropriates two million seven hundred thousand dollars ($2,700,000) to fund the primary care training sites program to provide training for physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants within the department of health.)

AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- PRIMARY CARE TRAINING SITES PROGRAM (Appropriates two million seven hundred thousand dollars ($2,700,000) to fund the primary care training sites program to provide training for physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants within the department of health.)

What This Bill Does

• AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- PRIMARY CARE TRAINING SITES PROGRAM (Appropriates two million seven hundred thousand dollars ($2,700,000) to fund the primary care training sites program to provide training for physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants within the department of health.)

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Official Summary Text

AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- PRIMARY CARE TRAINING SITES PROGRAM (Appropriates two million seven hundred thousand dollars ($2,700,000) to fund the primary care training sites program to provide training for physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants within the department of health.)

Current Bill Text

H7686

2026 -- H 7686
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2026
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A N A C T
RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- PRIMARY CARE TRAINING SITES PROGRAM

Introduced By:
Representatives Fogarty, Handy, Knight, Cortvriend, Shallcross Smith,
Ajello, Donovan, Spears, McGaw, and Boylan

Date Introduced:
February 11, 2026

Referred To:
House Finance
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
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SECTION 1. Chapter 23-17.30 of the General Laws entitled "Primary Care Training Sites
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Program" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section:
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23-17.30-8. Appropriation of funds.

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(a) For the fiscal year 2026 and thereafter, the State of Rhode Island shall appropriate the
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sum of two million seven hundred thousand dollars ($2,700,000) to the primary care training sites
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program for the purpose of supporting its training for physicians, nurse practitioners and physician
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assistants, established pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
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(b) The funds appropriated under this section shall be administered by the department of
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health.
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SECTION 2. This act shall take effect on July 1, 2026.
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EXPLANATION
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
OF
A N A C T
RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- PRIMARY CARE TRAINING SITES PROGRAM
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This act would appropriate two million seven hundred thousand dollars ($2,700,000) to
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fund the primary care training sites program to provide training for physicians, nurse practitioners
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and physician assistants within the department of health.
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This act would take effect on July 1, 2026.
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