Budget Amendment ID: FY2027-S4-547-R1

Redraft EHS 547

Reproductive Care Training Pilot Program

Ms. Rausch, Messrs. Mark and Collins, Ms. Kennedy, Mr. Eldridge, Ms. Howard, Mr. Cyr, Ms. Lovely and Ms. Creem moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 4513-1005, by adding the following words:- "; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for a reproductive health care training grant program to be administered by the department of public health for hospitals in the commonwealth to provide out-of-state medical residents with reproductive health care training consistent with residency programs in the commonwealth including, but not limited to, abortion care training if they cannot receive such training in the state where they are employed as a medical resident due to abortion restriction laws in place in such state; provided further, that grants shall be issued to hospitals in the commonwealth that provide abortion care training to medical residents; provided further, that each hospital grant recipient shall create and implement an application process for medical residents from states with abortion restriction laws which prevent the out-of-state medical resident from receiving reproductive health care training, including abortion care training, in the state where they are employed as a medical resident; provided further, that notwithstanding  section 9A of chapter 112 of the General Laws, a medical student who has creditably completed not less than 2 years of study in a legally chartered medical school may practice medicine in a licensed health care facility in the commonwealth where reproductive health care may be lawfully provided under the supervision of a health care provider licensed in the commonwealth who, acting within the scope of that license, may provide such reproductive health care; and provided further, that not later than April 1, 2027, the department of public health shall collect data and submit a report to the joint committee on public health, the joint committee on health care financing, the house and senate committees on ways and means and the clerks of the house and senate  that shall include, but not be limited to, (i) the number of applicants to each grant recipient program; (ii) the number of applicants accepted into each program; and (iii) at least 1 program description for a hospital providing training funded by the grant"; and by striking out the figure “$25,036,673” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- "$25,286,673".