A. The "graduate medical education expansion grant program fund" is created in the state treasury. The fund consists of money appropriated by the legislature. Money in the fund shall not revert to any other fund at the end of a fiscal year. The secretary shall administer the fund, and money in the fund is appropriated to the department to administer the provisions of the Graduate Medical Education Expansion Grant Program Act. Money in the fund may be utilized to secure federal and private matching funds as determined by the secretary. Money in the fund shall be disbursed on warrants signed by the secretary of finance and administration pursuant to vouchers signed by the secretary of human services or the secretary's authorized representative.

B. To receive a grant, a graduate medical education training program shall apply to the graduate medical education expansion grant program, pursuant to rules adopted by the secretary. Grant amounts will be determined by each entity's grant application. Funds from the graduate medical education expansion grant program fund shall be distributed to graduate medical education training programs to develop and implement graduate medical education training programs. The application must include the applicant's plan to receive accreditation for the positions within the graduate medical education training program.

C. The department may provide one-time planning grants to graduate medical education training programs pursuant to rules adopted by the secretary.

D. The department may provide graduate medical education grants to:

(1) establish new graduate medical education training programs with first-year positions;

(2) fund unfilled, accredited first-year positions within a graduate medical education training program;

(3) expand the number of first-year positions within an existing graduate medical education training program; and

(4) fund existing graduate medical education training programs.

E. The department may prioritize applications that emphasize the following:

(1) developing new or expanded programs with specialties of psychiatry, family medicine, pediatric medicine and internal medicine;

(2) increasing positions for medical specialities having shortages within the state, with preference being given to the primary care specialties of family medicine, pediatric medicine and internal medicine; and

(3) increasing primary care positions in medically underserved areas within the state.

F. Each award recipient shall report annually to the graduate medical education expansion review board on the:

(1) expenditures of grant funds; and

(2) plans for unexpended funds.

History: Laws 2019, ch. 141, § 3.

Effective dates. — Laws 2019, ch. 141 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 14, 2019, 90 days after the adjournment of the legislature.