obstetrics/gynecology; ophthalmology; orthopedic surgery; pediatrics;
physical medicine and rehabilitation; plastic surgery/reconstructive
surgery; psychiatry; pulmonary/critical care; radiation oncology;
rheumatology; thoracic surgery; urology; and vascular surgery. Funding
for the Graduate Medical Education Startup Bonus Program is contingent
on the nonfederal share being provided through intergovernmental
transfers in the Grants and Donation Trust Fund.
From the funds in Specific Appropriation 216, $34,136,000 from the
General Revenue Fund and $45,864,000 from the Medical Care Trust Fund
are provided to fund the Graduate Medical Education Slots for Doctors
Program, and are provided for the following physician specialties and
subspecialties, both adult and pediatric, that are in statewide
supply/demand deficit: allergy or immunology; anesthesiology;
cardiology; colon and rectal surgery; emergency medicine; endocrinology;
family medicine; gastroenterology; general internal medicine; geriatric
medicine; hematology; oncology; infectious diseases; neonatology;
nephrology; neurological surgery; obstetrics/gynecology; ophthalmology;
orthopedic surgery; pediatrics; physical medicine and rehabilitation;
plastic surgery/reconstructive surgery; psychiatry; pulmonary/critical
care; radiation oncology; rheumatology; thoracic surgery; urology; and
vascular surgery. The Agency for Health Care Administration shall
annually submit a Graduate Medical Education Slots for Doctors report on
the number of newly created resident full-time equivalent (FTE)
positions by each eligible hospital and qualifying institution,
including the physician specialty or subspecialty in statewide
supply/demand deficit associated with the newly created FTE. The agency
shall submit the report to the Executive Office of the Governor's Office
of Policy and Budget, the chair of the Senate Committee on
Appropriations, and the chair of the House of Representatives Budget
Committee by April 1, 2027.
From the funds in Specific Appropriation 216, $2,560,200 from the
General Revenue Fund and $3,439,800 from the Medical Care Trust Fund are
provided to the Agency for Health Care Administration for the Slots for
Doctors Program established in s. 409.909, Florida Statutes, for up to
10 newly created positions for each designated behavioral health
teaching hospital designated under s. 395.902(4), Florida Statutes. The
agency shall allocate $150,000 for each newly created position.
From the funds in Specific Appropriation 216, $70,832,200 from the
Grants and Donations Trust Fund and $95,167,800 from the Medical Care
Trust Fund are provided to statutory teaching hospitals as defined in
section 408.07(46), Florida Statutes, which provide highly specialized
tertiary care including: comprehensive stroke and Level 2 adult
cardiovascular services; NICU II and III; and adult open heart; and has
more than 30 full-time equivalent (FTE) residents over the Medicare cap
in accordance to the CMS-2552 provider 2021 fiscal year end federal
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Healthcare Cost Report
Information System data extract on December 1, 2022, schedule E-4, line
6 minus schedule E-4, line 5, shall be designated as a High Tertiary
Statutory Teaching Hospital and eligible for funding calculated on a per
GME resident-FTE proportional allocation that shall be in addition to
any other GME funding. Of these funds, $78,309,504 shall be first
distributed equally to hospitals with greater than 500 unweighted
2022-2023 fiscal year FTEs. The remaining funds shall be distributed
proportionally based on the total unweighted 2022-2023 fiscal year FTEs.
Payments to providers under this section of proviso are contingent upon
the nonfederal share being provided through intergovernmental transfers
in the Grants and Donations Trust Fund. In the event the funds are not
available in the Grants and Donations Trust Fund, the State of Florida
is not obligated to make payments under this section of proviso.
From the funds in Specific Appropriation 216, $8,747,350 from the
Grants and Donations Trust Fund and $11,752,650 from the Medical Care
Trust Fund are provided to fund up to $150,000 per full-time equivalent
(FTE) in primary care as defined in section 409.909, Florida Statutes,
and training in Medicaid Region A. Payments are distributed
proportionally per all the filled State Fiscal Year 2023-2024 Statewide
Medicaid Residency Program approved Graduate Medical Education FTEs.
Payments to providers under this section of proviso are contingent upon
the nonfederal share being provided through intergovernmental transfers
in the Grants and Donations Trust Fund. In the event the funds are not
available in the Grants and Donations Trust Fund, the State of Florida
is not obligated to make payments under this section of proviso.
From the funds in Specific Appropriation 216, $1,941,485 from the