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Read. Follow. Verify.New Jersey Bill A1006 Shifts Advisory Graduate Medical Education Council to Department of Health and Expands Duties
Last action · January 13, 2026: Introduced, Referred to Assembly Health CommitteeSponsors: Carol Murphy and 1 other
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What This Bill Would Do
New Jersey Assembly Bill A1006 transfers the oversight of the Advisory Graduate Medical Education Council of New Jersey from the Commission on Higher Education to the Department of Health and significantly expands its duties regarding medical workforce planning and funding recommendations.
The measure alters how state medical education subsidies are evaluated and distributed, requiring new strategic planning, funding guides, and outcome metrics that affect hospitals and residency programs across New Jersey.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Advisory Graduate Medical Education Council of New Jersey
The council undergoes a change in agency oversight and gains numerous new statutory duties regarding strategic planning, funding guides, and annual reporting.
Department of Health
The Department assumes administrative responsibility for overseeing the Advisory Graduate Medical Education Council.
Private nonprofit and public hospitals
Hospitals participating in graduate medical education programs will be subject to new council evaluations, metric tracking, and subsidy allocation analyses.
Key Facts
- The Advisory Graduate Medical Education Council of New Jersey is transferred from the Commission on Higher Education to the Department of Health.
- The council is required to meet at least once annually.
- The council must develop an informational guide of available funding for graduate medical education to provide to legislators and stakeholders three months prior to the start of a new fiscal year.
- The bill tasks the council with working with federal stakeholders to maximize programs like the Rural Residency Planning and Development Program and the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Program.
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- The council must develop workforce and population health outcomes based on the Graduate Medical Education Subsidy and Supplemental Graduate Medical Education Subsidy in each upcoming appropriations act.
- The council is required to create a five-year strategic plan for the management and growth of graduate medical education in the State.
- The council must submit an annual report to the Governor and the Legislature containing a summary of activities, workforce needs, funding allocations, and recommendations beginning one year after enactment.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which state agency will oversee the Advisory Graduate Medical Education Council under this bill?
What new planning document is the council required to develop?
When must the council submit its new annual report?
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Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
1 action- Jan 13, 2026HouseIntroducedIntroduced, Referred to Assembly Health Committee
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