Bill Text: MA S569 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced


Bill Title: Support primary care recruitment by community hospitals

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-01-20 - Public Hearing date 5/27 at 1:00 PM in Hearing Room A1 [S569 Detail]

Download: Massachusetts-2009-S569-Introduced.html

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

_______________

PRESENTED BY:

Richard T. Moore

_______________

To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
��������������� Court assembled:

��������������� The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:

An Act to Support Primary Care Recruitment by Community Hospitals.

_______________

PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Richard T. Moore

Worcester and Norfolk

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex


 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

_______________

In the Year Two Thousand and Nine

_______________




An Act to Support Primary Care Recruitment by Community Hospitals.



��������������� Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

����������� SECTION 1.� Section 57 of Chapter 118E of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following subsection:-

(c)Fifty percent of the surplus, if any, of the fund shall be transferred annually into a primary care development fund to be administered by the health care workforce center established pursuant to section 25L of chapter 111 of the general laws.� Funds may also be transferred into said fund during the fiscal year on a rolling basis to the extent there is an existing surplus during such time.� The center shall develop grant award criteria for the purpose of funding community hospital primary care physician recruitment and retention activities.

feedback