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This bill establishes a community health center nurse practitioner residency program to recruit and retain nurse practitioners at community health centers in order to increase access to high-quality community-based primary, preventative, and integrated care. The program will provide a 24-month post-graduate residency program administered by community health centers for certified nurse practitioners who have graduated within the past three years. Nurse practitioners in the program will receive patient panels under the supervision and mentorship of a physician or other advanced practice registered nurse at a community health center, and they must commit to at least 18 months of employment at the community health center after completing the residency. The bill also requires the division to make at least $2.5 million in annual expenditures for the program and to seek federal Medicaid reimbursement for it as graduate medical education. The division must also promulgate regulations to implement the program within six months of the bill's passage.

Health and Social Services

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/H1210