Section 49-9-705 - Program to provide resident training opportunities for physicians focusing on family medicine and general internal medicine to provide medical and behavioral health services in medically underserved areas and rural counties(a) In addition to the resident training programs provided in this part, and subject to specific appropriation of funds by the general assembly, there is created a resident training program to provide resident training opportunities for physicians focusing on family medicine and general internal medicine to provide medical and behavioral health services in medically underserved areas and rural counties, distributed across all three (3) grand divisions of this state.(b) A private, nonprofit college or university having a college of osteopathic medicine located in Claiborne County, in cooperation with the department of health and the Tennessee higher education commission, shall administer the resident training program described in subsection (a).(c) A private, nonprofit college or university having a college of osteopathic medicine located in Claiborne County may contract with other accredited medical schools and sponsoring institutions of residency programs approved by the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) to provide physician resident training opportunities consistent with this section.(d) The resident training opportunities created pursuant to subsection (a):(1) Must use ACGME-accredited, family medicine or general internal medicine residency programs with institutional sponsors that are either local community hospitals or community health systems;(2) Shall not use residency programs with institutional sponsors that are universities or medical schools;(3) Must be open to all qualified candidates and filled using the matching process used for graduate medical education that exists on July 1, 2021;(4) Must make maximum feasible use of non-state funds from the federal government, private sources, and fees for services in a manner that is consistent with accreditation standards when developing and implementing the additional resident training opportunities created by this section; and(5) Are not eligible for graduate medical education funds distributed by the bureau of TennCare pursuant to § 71-5-2005(d)(1)(C).Added by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 587, s 2, eff. 7/1/2021.