Rep. Norm Thurston — Voting Record

Bill

Number

H.B. 101 (2015GS)

Sponsor

Rep. Redd, E.

Final action

Governor Signed 3/23/2015

Outcome

Became law — signed by Gov. Gary R. Herbert

Summary

What it does

• This bill:
• makes technical amendments to the Rural Residency Training Program; and
• reauthorizes the Rural Residency Training Program until July 1, 2020.

Every vote on this bill

Bill text

RURAL RESIDENCY TRAINING PROGRAM
REAUTHORIZATION
GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Edward H. Redd
Senate Sponsor: 
Evan J. Vickers
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill reauthorizes the Rural Residency Training Program.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
▸ makes technical amendments to the Rural Residency Training Program; and
▸ reauthorizes the Rural Residency Training Program until July 1, 2020.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
None
Utah Code Sections Affected:
AMENDS:
53B-24-402
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2013, Chapter 167 and renumbered and
amended by Laws of Utah 2013, Chapter 28
63I-1-253
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2014, Chapters 189, 226, and 412
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 
53B-24-402
 is amended to read:
53B-24-402.
Rural residency training program.
(1) For purposes of this section:
(a) "Physician" means:
(i) a person licensed to practice medicine under Title 58, Chapter 67, Utah Medical
Practice Act or Title 58, Chapter 68, Utah Osteopathic Medical Practice Act; and
(ii) a person licensed to practice dentistry under Title 58, Chapter 69, Dentist and
Dental Hygienist Practice Act.
(b) "Rural residency training program" means an accredited clinical training program
as defined in Section 
53B-24-102
 which places a physician into a rural county for a part or all
of the physician's clinical training.
(2) (a) Subject to appropriations from the Legislature, the council shall establish a pilot
program to place physicians into rural residency training programs.
(b) The [
pilot
] program shall [
begin July 1, 2005 and
] sunset [
July 1, 2015,
] in
accordance with Section [
63I-1-263
] 
63I-1-253
.
Section 2. Section 
63I-1-253
 is amended to read:
63I-1-253.
Repeal dates, Titles 53, 53A, and 53B.
The following provisions are repealed on the following dates:
(1) Section 
53-3-232
, Conditional license, is repealed July 1, 2015.
(2) Subsection 
53-10-202
(18) is repealed July 1, 2018.
(3) Section 
53-10-202.1
 is repealed July 1, 2018.
(4) Title 53A, Chapter 1a, Part 6, Public Education Job Enhancement Program is
repealed July 1, 2020.
(5) Title 53A, Chapter 11, Part 15, School Safety Tip Line, is repealed July 1, 2015.
(6) The State Instructional Materials Commission, created in Section 
53A-14-101
, is
repealed July 1, 2016.
(7) Subsections 
53A-16-113
(3) and (4) are repealed December 31, 2016.
(8) Section 
53A-16-114
 is repealed December 31, 2016.
(9) Section 
53A-17a-163
, Performance-based Compensation Pilot Program is repealed
July 1, 2016.
(10) Section 
53B-24-402
, Rural residency training program, is repealed July 1, [
]
.
(11) Subsection 
53C-3-203
(4)(b)(vii), which provides for the distribution of money
from the Land Exchange Distribution Account to the Geological Survey for test wells, other
hydrologic studies, and air quality monitoring in the West Desert, is repealed July 1, 2020.