Bill > S2684

This bill requires the Board of Registration in Medicine and the Center for Health Information and Analysis to collect and publicly report data on the cultural, ethnic, linguistic, and educational composition of the physician workforce in Massachusetts. It mandates that healthcare facilities provide demographic, linguistic, specialty, and educational debt information for physicians, medical fellows, interns, and residents on an annual basis. The collected data will be used to assess the impact of physician workforce diversity on health outcomes in the state. The bill also requires the Center for Health Information and Analysis to report on the collected data to the state legislature and the Department of Public Health each year.