An Act To Encourage Maine Residents To Attend Medical School and Practice in Maine Reference to the Comrrrittee on Education and Cultural Affairs suggested and ordered printed.
Maine Legislature, Session 124, LD 0853
Sponsors: MARRACHE, MARTIN, ALFOND, PERRY, EBERLE, STRANG BURGESS, STUCKEY
Amends: 20-A MRSA §12103

Legislative,Document 
No. 
S.P.322 
In Senate, March 5, 2009 
An Act To Encourage Maine Residents To Attend Medical School 
and Practice in Maine 
Reference to the Comrrrittee on Education and Cultural Affairs suggested and ordered 
printed. 
Presented by Senator MARRACHE of Kennebec. 
Cosponsored by Representative MARTIN of Eagle Lake and 
9t8(J~ 
. JOY J. O'BRIEN 
Secretary of the Senate 
Senators: ALFOND of Cumberland, PERRY of Penobscot, Representatives: EBERLE of South 
Portland, HASKELL ofPbrtland, PERRY of Calais, STRANG BURGESS of Cumberland, 
STUCKEY of Portland. 
Printed on rccyc::led paper 
Be it enact~d by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 20-AMRSA §12103, sub-§l, as amended by PL 1997, c. 765, §1, is 
further amended to read: 
1. Positions. The Access to Medical Education Program is established under this 
section. Under this program, the chief executive officer shall secure up to 21 positions 
annually for Maine students at schools of allopathic, osteopathic or veterinary medical 
education up to an aggregate of 84 positions. 
Five positions are for students of 
osteopathic medicine, 15 positions are for students of allopathic medicine and one 
position is for students of veterinary medicine. If there is an insufficient number of 
qualified applicants for positions in either. allopathic or osteopathic medicine, the chief 
executive officer may increase or decrease the number of positions available in either 
discipline. 
The allopathic and osteopathic medicine positions are available only to 
eligible students commencing professional education on or after January 1, 1993. The 
veterinary medicine position is available to a student commencing medical education on 
or after January 1, 1999. 
The allopathic medicine positions for students beginning 
participation in the program on or after September 1, 2009 must be in a school of 
allopathic medical education located in the State. 
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Sec. 2. 20-A MRSA §12103, sub-§3, as amended by PL 1997, c. 765, §1, is 
further amended to read: 
3. Requirements. Each student obtaining a pos,ition in an institution of allopathic or 
osteopathic medical education shall enter into an agreement with the authority by which 
the student agrees during the student's medical education to complete clinical education in 
rural areas and health professional shortage areas of this State as provided in the contract 
between the institutions of medical education and the authority. Each student obtaining a 
position in a school of allopathic medical education shall infonn the authority of the 
location of the student's medical residency and place of employment for 5, years after 
graduation from the school. 
Each student obtaining a position in an institution of 
veterinary medical education shall enter into an agreement with the authority by which 
the student agrees during the student's medical education to complete clinical education in 
an area detennined to have insufficient veterinary services as provided in the contract 
between the institutions of veterinary medicine and the authority. 
SUMMARY 
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This bill requires that, beginning September 1, 2009, the positions for students of 
allopathiC medicine in the Access to Medical Education Program be placed in a school of 
allopathic medical education located in the State. This bill also requires a student of 
allopathic medicine who participates in the Access to Medical Education Program to 
inform the Finance Authority of Maine of the location of the student's medical residency 
and employment for 5 years after graduating from the school of allopathic medical 
education. 
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