HB2392 Summary

• Establishes a separate graduate medical education (GME) program beginning March 1, 2022, to reimburse qualifying community health centers and rural health clinics with approved primary care residency programs.

• Requires the administration to distribute appropriated GME monies for direct and indirect costs of primary care residency programs and adopt rules specifying the distribution formula.

• Mandates GME program recipients to report the number of new residency positions created, including rural positions, and track physicians locating practices in Arizona, with annual reporting to the joint legislative budget committee by July 1.

• Authorizes the administration to coordinate with local, county, and tribal governments and Arizona Board of Regents universities to provide matching funds for programs in specific localities and leverage additional federal matching monies.