39.385 Primary care and psychiatry shortage grant program.

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(1)Definitions. In this section:

(a)“Graduate medical education training program” means any of the following:

1. A program of education in a medical specialty following the completion of medical school that prepares a physician for the independent practice of medicine in that specialty.

2. A program of education in a medical subspecialty following the completion of education in a medical specialty that prepares a physician for the independent practice of medicine in that subspecialty.

(b)“Grant program” means the primary care and psychiatry shortage grant program under this section.

(c)“Health professional shortage area” has the meaning given in s. 36.60

(aj).

(d)“Health service shortage area” means an area designated by the governor and certified by the federal secretary of health and human services under 42 USC 1395x as an area with a shortage of personal health services.

(e)“Medically underserved area” has the meaning given in 42 CFR Part 51 c, section 102 (e).

(f)“Primary care medicine” means any of the following medical specialties:

1. Family practice.

2. Internal medicine.

3. Pediatrics.

4. General surgery.

(g)“Psychiatry” includes child psychiatry.

(h)“Underserved area” means a health professional shortage area, a health service shortage area, or a medically underserved area.

(2)Establishment of program. There is established, to be administered by the board, a primary care and psychiatry shortage grant program to encourage primary care physicians and psychiatrists who meet the eligibility requirements specified in sub.

(3)to practice primary care medicine and psychiatry in underserved areas in this state by providing grants of financial assistance to those physicians and psychiatrists as provided in sub.

(4).

(3)Eligibility. A physician or psychiatrist is eligible for financial assistance as provided under sub.

(4)if the physician or psychiatrist meets all of the following requirements:

(a)He or she practices primary care medicine or psychiatry in an underserved area in this state.

(b)He or she graduated from a graduate medical education training program with an emphasis on primary care medicine or psychiatry.

(c)He or she does not appear on the statewide support lien docket under s. 49.854

(b), unless the physician provides to the board a payment agreement that has been approved by the county child support agency under s. 59.53

(5)and that is consistent with rules promulgated under s. 49.858

(a).

(4)Financial assistance.

1. From the appropriation account under s. 20.235

(fp), the board shall grant financial assistance to physicians and psychiatrists who meet the eligibility requirements specified in sub.

(3), who apply for participation in the grant program as provided in par.

(b), and who submit claims for that financial assistance as provided in par.

(c). From s. 20.235

(fp), the board shall allocate not more than $750,000 for financial assistance under the grant program to physicians and not more than $750,000 for financial assistance under the grant program to psychiatrists.

2. The board may grant financial assistance under the grant program to no more than 12 physicians and no more than 12 psychiatrists in a fiscal year. If more than 12 physicians or more than 12 psychiatrists apply for participation in the grant program in a fiscal year, the board shall consider the order in which those applications are received and the health professional shortage area score, as determined by the health resources and services administration of the federal department of health and human services, of the underserved area in which the applicant is practicing primary care medicine or psychiatry in selecting participants in the grant program.