A. The "graduate medical education expansion review board" is created to: (1) develop a state strategic plan for expanding graduate medical education training programs; (2) review grant applications; and (3) review the grants awarded pursuant to the Graduate Medical Education Expansion Grant Program Act. B. The graduate medical education expansion review board shall consist of nine members who shall be appointed by the authority. The review board shall include representation from each accredited osteopathic and allopathic medical school and from the following groups: (1) the authority; (2) the higher education department; (3) hospitals, primary care consortiums and medical organizations; and (4) osteopathic and allopathic medical professional societies and associations. C. The chair of the review board shall be elected by the review board. The review board shall meet at the call of the chair. D. Members of the review board shall not be paid per diem and mileage or other compensation for their services. E. The authority shall provide staff support for the review board in the performance of its duties. F. A simple majority of the review board members constitutes a quorum. A member of the review board shall abstain from voting or the member's vote shall be disqualified on any matter in which the member has a pecuniary interest. G. The health care authority and the higher education department shall assist the graduate medical education expansion review board in developing a strategic plan for the expansion of graduate medical education training programs, which shall include the following: (1) a statement describing the objectives and goals of the review board, the strategies by which those goals will be achieved and a time line for achieving those goals; (2) a summary of the current graduate medical education training programs throughout the state; (3) a five-year plan for expanding graduate medical education training programs in the state; (4) an evaluation of the standards and curriculum guidelines for graduate medical education training programs; (5) an ongoing evaluation process of funds distributed through the graduate medical education expansion grant program that is overseen by the review board; and (6) a plan to ensure long-term sustainability. H. The graduate medical education expansion review board shall review applications to the graduate medical education expansion grant program and provide recommendations to the secretary. History: Laws 2019, ch. 141, § 4; § 24-33-4, recompiled and amended as § 24A-7-4 by Laws 2024, ch. 39, § 56. Recompilations. — Laws 2024, ch. 39, § 56 recompiled and amended former 24-33-4 NMSA 1978 as 24A-7-4 NMSA 1978, effective July 1, 2024. The 2024 amendment, effective July 1, 2024, substituted the human services department with the health care authority to appoint members to the graduate medical education expansion review board, substituted secretary of human services with the health care authority to assist the graduate medical education expansion review board in developing a strategic plan for the expansion of graduate medical education training programs, and made technical changes; in Subsection A, in the introductory clause, deleted "Prior to October 1, 2019, the department shall create", and after "board'" added "is created"; in Subsection B, substituted each occurrence of "department" with "authority"; in Subsection E, substituted "secretary" with "authority"; and in Subsection G, deleted "secretary of human services" and added "health care authority", after "and the" deleted "secretary of" and after "higher education" added "department".
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