HB160 Alabama 2017 Session

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

To establish the Alabama Physician Manpower Initiative; to phase in the provision of 100 scholarships per year for certain Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine medical students who commit to practice medicine in rural areas of the state with the greatest need for physicians; to provide that the contracts be entered into between the student and the Alabama Medical Education Consortium; to provide for the duties and responsibilities of the consortium in the recruiting and educating of medical students and the placing of physicians into the workforce; to provide for funding through the State Department of Public Health; and to authorize the consortium to award scholarships to medical students enrolled in and attending any Alabama college of medicine whose main campus is physically located in the state.