HB160 Alabama 2017 Session

Updated Jul 24, 2021

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Steve McMillan
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2017
Title: Physician Manpower Initiative, phase in of AL. College of Osteopathic Medicine medical students, scholarships for students who commit to practice family medicine in underserved areas of state, AL. Medical Education Consortium to administer, Dept. of Public Health to fund
Description: This bill would establish the Alabama Physician Manpower Initiative.
This bill would provide scholarships for certain Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine medical students who contract with the Alabama Medical Education Consortium to practice for five years after the completion of their residency in rural areas of the state with the greatest need for physicians with funds allocated through the State Department of Public Health.
This bill would also authorize the consortium to contract with and award scholarships to medical students enrolled in and attending other Alabama colleges of medicine whose main campus is physically located in the state.
Subjects: Physician Manpower Initiative

Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Ways and Means Education