RI S3057

Creates a 17-member special legislative commission to study Rhode Island's healthcare workforce education and retention of primary care providers, including representatives from URI and Brown medical schools, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, pharmacists, and community health centers.

Addresses Rhode Island's primary care retention crisis where only 15 of 106 primary care residents graduating annually plan to stay in state.

Requires annual reports on Rhode Islanders' access to primary care, the number and distribution of clinicians practicing in the state, and the status of medical education resources and student financial support programs.

Commission will develop recommendations for establishing and financing graduate medical education resources, leveraging the state's community health center network.

Commission members serve without compensation, may receive annual budget resources, and must submit recommendations annually to the Senate President on an ongoing basis.