A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to address primary care physician shortages in north carolina by modifying the enrollment change funding model and the board of governors' medical scholarship loan program.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  The General Administration of The University of North Carolina shall modify the existing student credit hour enrollment change funding model as it applies to the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University and the UNC‑Chapel Hill School of Medicine. The revised model shall include a performance‑based funding component to incorporate performance indicators, including the percentage of graduates entering primary care specialties. 
SECTION 2.  The Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina shall include in its criteria for awarding scholarship loans under G.S. 116‑40.9 a candidate's preference in professional practice area and shall reserve one or more Program slots to individuals who will specialize in primary care.
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.