Bill Title: Amends the Medical Practice Act of 1987. Requires the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to establish, in collaboration with the Department of Public Health and the Governor's Office of New Americans, a clinical readiness program to provide direct services to international medical graduate physicians seeking to reestablish their medical careers and obtain residency in this State. Provides that the clinical readiness program for international medical graduate physicians shall be subject to appropriation. Provides that the clinical readiness program shall be implemented pursuant to a New American Plan developed by the Department in accordance with the Governor's Office of New Americans Act and administered by the licensing liaison for international applicants. Provides that the Department may, in its discretion, contract with a vendor or with another State agency, through an intergovernmental agreement, to assist in the implementation and administration of the program. Makes other changes.

Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)

Status: (Passed) 2024-08-02 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0725 [HB0778 Detail]

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Bill Drafts

Revision	Date	Format	Source	View
Chaptered	2024-08-05	HTML/Text	Link	View
Enrolled	2024-05-21	HTML/Text	Link	View
Engrossed	2024-04-16	HTML/Text	Link	View
Introduced	2023-01-11	HTML/Text	Link	View

Amendments

Amendment	Date	Disposition	Format	Source	View
House Amendment 002	2024-04-02	Proposed	HTML/Text	Link	View
House Amendment 001	2023-03-14	Proposed	HTML/Text	Link	View

Supplemental Documents

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