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NC S310

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

3/14/2023

Primary Sponsor

Gale Adcock

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Origin

Senate

2023-2024 Session

AI Summary

  • NC AHEC shall study the availability and demand for community-based preceptors in North Carolina and nearby states, including factors affecting supply and barriers clinicians face in teaching healthcare professional students.

  • NC AHEC must survey other states to identify best practices for addressing preceptor shortages for medical students, nurse practitioner students, physician assistant students, and prelicensure nursing students.

  • NC AHEC shall research current approaches to identifying, engaging, financing, and evaluating clinical training sites and how schools use tuition funding for clinical placements.

  • NC AHEC shall assess clinical training site capacity in North Carolina and nearby states, including the number and percentage of independent and health system practices currently serving as training sites and those that could become training sites.

  • $250,000 in nonrecurring funds is appropriated for fiscal year 2023-2024 and $250,000 for fiscal year 2024-2025 to UNC Chapel Hill's NC AHEC Program, with an interim report due April 1, 2024, and final report due September 1, 2024.

Legislative Description

Solving the Preceptor Crisis

Appropriations; Budgeting; Colleges & Universities; Community Development; Counties; Education; Health Services; Higher Educatio

Last Action

Re-ref to Appropriations/Base Budget. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate

3/15/2023

Committee Referrals

Appropriations/Base Budget3/15/2023
Rules and Operations of the Senate3/15/2023

Full Bill Text

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