NJ A3620

Teaching hospitals receiving state funding for graduate medical education must give priority consideration to New Jersey residents and students enrolled at accredited in-state medical schools when filling residency and fellowship positions.

Hospitals must also prioritize students from the four public medical schools (Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, and Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School) for third and fourth year clinical clerkships.

Hospitals that fail to comply with the priority requirements face reallocation of 20 percent of their Medicaid funding for graduate medical education programs.

When a public medical school requests clerkship placements, hospitals must reduce positions given to out-of-state medical students within one academic year to accommodate the request, or lose 20 percent of their graduate medical education Medicaid funding.

The Commissioner of Human Services is directed to seek federal approval and waivers necessary to implement these requirements while maintaining federal Medicaid funding.