Bill > A4615

This bill requires the State of New Jersey to take steps to create additional graduate medical education program slots focused on behavioral health care. Specifically, it directs the Commissioner of Human Services to apply for necessary Medicaid plan amendments or waivers to secure federal funding for these additional program slots. Contingent on securing the federal funding, the bill instructs the Commissioner of Human Services and the Secretary of Higher Education to establish a process for new and existing graduate medical education programs to request and use Medicaid funds to establish the additional program slots focused on behavioral health care.