Compendium of Budget Information for the 2010 General Session

Higher Education
Appropriations Subcommittee

Group: Higher Education - Medical Education

Function

The enactment of House Bill 141, 'Medical Education Program,' in the 1997 General Session, created the Medical Education Program to be administered by the Utah Medical Education Council (UMEC). The UMEC evaluates current and future healthcare workforce needs, which include increasing retention rates, stabilizing funding for training, and establishing policies to achieve a viable healthcare workforce. The UMEC helps promote a public/private partnership by working closely with the healthcare industry and the university and college medical education programs.

Historically, federal funding for state medical education was sent directly to hospitals providing healthcare workforce training. The UMEC now receives and disburses federal funds for Graduate Medical Education (GME) expenses allowing the UMEC to directly tie the funding of medical education to workforce needs. By utilizing data from workforce surveys prepared by the Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing and the Department of Workforce Services, the UMEC determines where the most critical healthcare workforce needs are in the state and enters into contractual agreements with institutions that provide medical education training. In this way, the UMEC helps to alleviate shortages of healthcare professionals, particularly in rural and underserved communities.

The UMEC is identifying approaches that use revenue sources more efficiently to stabilize funding for clinical training programs. The UMEC also seeks to provide leadership in developing strategies to meet workforce requirements and to maintain quality health care services.

Statutory Authority

The following laws govern the Medical Education Program:

UCA 63C-8-102 creates the Medical Education Program and the sources of funding.
UCA 63C-8-103 creates the Medical Education Council to administer the program.
UCA 63C-8-104 outlines the duties of the Medical Education Council.
UCA 63C-8-105 outlines the powers of the council.

Funding Detail

The Medical Education Program funding consists of General Funds and Dedicated Credits (contracts and fees for services).

Sources of Finance	2006 Actual	2007 Actual	2008 Actual	2009 Actual	2010 Approp
General Fund	$338,800	$364,100	$453,000	$623,000	$581,000
General Fund, One-time	$0	$0	$0	$0	$57,500
Dedicated Credits Revenue	$680,100	$682,100	$706,400	$392,100	$424,500
Beginning Nonlapsing	$11,800	$292,000	$567,500	$717,000	$336,900
Closing Nonlapsing	($292,000)	($567,400)	($717,000)	($627,700)	$0
Total	$738,700	$770,800	$1,009,900	$1,104,400	$1,399,900

Line Items	2006 Actual	2007 Actual	2008 Actual	2009 Actual	2010 Approp
Medical Education Council	$738,700	$770,800	$1,009,900	$1,104,400	$1,399,900
Total	$738,700	$770,800	$1,009,900	$1,104,400	$1,399,900

Categories of Expenditure	2006 Actual	2007 Actual	2008 Actual	2009 Actual	2010 Approp
Personnel Services	$601,300	$609,600	$588,300	$664,200	$644,100
In-state Travel	$4,700	$3,800	$3,400	$3,200	$4,500
Out-of-state Travel	$13,400	$16,500	$9,400	$9,200	$10,200
Current Expense	$94,400	$113,900	$97,000	$95,400	$101,100
DP Current Expense	$9,900	$4,300	$34,400	$1,000	$8,100
Other Charges/Pass Thru	$15,000	$22,700	$277,400	$331,400	$631,900
Total	$738,700	$770,800	$1,009,900	$1,104,400	$1,399,900

Other Indicators	2006 Actual	2007 Actual	2008 Actual	2009 Actual	2010 Approp
Budgeted FTE	8.0	7.0	7.0	7.0	6.0

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