AK SB276

Establishes a grant program under the Department of Health and Social Services to provide supplemental funding to nonprofit health care facilities offering primary care services to Medicare recipients and needy persons in areas with physician shortages.

Creates a primary health care services grant account in the general fund composed of legislative appropriations, federal receipts, state money, donations, gifts, and accrued interest, with appropriations not subject to lapse.

Requires the department to establish annual application and award procedures prioritizing funding to health care facilities providing the most cost-effective expansion of medical services in shortage areas.

Permits grants to be used to provide additional incentives to physicians to provide services at eligible health care facilities, subject to federal law.

Eligible health care facilities include primary care clinics, community health centers, and outpatient health clinics that are nonprofit entities eligible to receive Medicare and medical assistance reimbursement.