NRS 232.49961 Establishment; administration; award of grants; procedure for evaluation of applications for grants; regulations.

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1. The Division shall establish and administer a Graduate Medical Education Grant Program as a competitive grant program to award grants to institutions in this State:

(a)Seeking to create, expand or retain programs for residency training and postdoctoral fellowships that are approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education or its successor organization; or

(b)Which operate programs for residency training that are approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, or its successor organization, and that are training a number of residents that exceeds the maximum number of full-time equivalent resident positions for which the institution receives direct graduate medical education or indirect medical education payments from Medicare.

2. The Division may award limited grants pursuant to the Program established pursuant to subsection 1 to:

(a)Assist institutions in building administrative and operational capacity as necessary to establish a new program for residency training and postdoctoral fellowships.

(b)Recruit personnel essential to the operation of a program for residency training and postdoctoral fellowships, including, without limitation, program directors and resident faculty. Such recruitment may consist of paying relocation expenses, providing supplements to salaries and providing professional development.

3. In awarding grants pursuant to the Program established pursuant to subsection 1, the Division shall:

(a)Consider the recommendations of the Advisory Council on Graduate Medical Education created by NRS 232.49963 ; and

(b)Give priority to the award of grants:

(1)For the retention of programs in this State for residency training and postdoctoral fellowships when the federal funding for the support of such programs expires; and

(2)To programs that:

(I)Will leverage funds from the Federal Government or private persons to maximize the impact of the grants;

(II)Incorporate innovative delivery models, including, without limitation, telehealth, rotations in rural areas and training in underserved settings;

(III)Provide logistical support, which may include, without limitation, transportation, housing and accommodations for family members of residents and fellows, to facilitate the placement of residents and fellows in rural areas and other underserved areas;

(IV)Demonstrate collaboration with rural hospitals, community health centers and other local entities that provide health care; and

(V)Address geographic areas and populations of this State where the shortage of providers of health care is most critical and specialties for which the need in those areas and among those populations is most critical in this State.

4. The Division shall establish a committee to develop a process, procedure and rubric for evaluating applications for grants pursuant to the Program established pursuant to subsection 1 to ensure that the process and procedure are transparent, without bias, fair, equitable and accessible. The committee established pursuant to this subsection must be composed of persons with expertise in subject matters related to graduate medical education who are not affiliated with any applicant for a grant pursuant to the Program established pursuant to subsection 1.

5. The Division may adopt regulations necessary to carry out the Program established pursuant to subsection 1. Such regulations may include, without limitation, the requirements to apply for and receive a grant.