J.R. 2

1993 JOINT RESOLUTIONS

RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, That all
institutions that train health professionals should have seek academically appropriate
affiliations with free standing community-based practices organizations to encourage
their exposure to minority underserved and remote rural communities; and be it further

RESOLVED, That health professions programs funded in part by the State
should give consideration to qualified applicants from rural areas and racial and ethnic
minorities in the admissions process as a method of increasing the pool of health
professionals in rural and minority underserved areas; and be it further

RESOLVED, That institutions that train health professionals should explore the
development of decentralized residency programs, including long-term placement in
rural communities under supervision; and be it further .                     .

RESOLVED, That State-funded health professions programs and institutions

that demonstrate substantial effectiveness in training rural doctors, minority underserved

population doctors, nurse practitioners, and allied health professionals who practice in

minority underserved and/or rural communities should be given priority in State health

professions education funding at the graduate and undergraduate level; and be it further

RESOLVED, That institutions that train health professionals, particularly those
having graduate programs, as well as graduate nursing programs in mental health,
gerontology, and primary care should as appropriate, pursue the development of service
linkages with rural providers to improve health cafe in underserved minority and
populations or rural communities, and specialized health services that are not locally
available should be developed by local providers; and be it further          

RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be forwarded by the Department of
Legislative Reference to the Honorable William Donald Schaefer, Governor of
Maryland; the Honorable Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr., President of the Senate of
Maryland; the Honorable R. Clayton Mitchell, Jr., Speaker of the House of Delegates;
Dean, The University of Maryland School of Medicine; and Dean, the Johns Hopkins
School of Medicine. Dean of the University of Maryland School of Medicine; and the Dean
of The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.                         

Signed May 27, 1993.                                                                                                         

Joint Resolution No. 2                             

(Senate Joint Resolution No. 10)

A Senate Joint Resolution concerning

Regional Horse Racing Circuit for Maryland and Virginia

FOR the purpose of requesting the Governor to establish a Task Force to Study the
Development of a Regional Horse, Racing Circuit for Maryland and Virginia to
examine the feasibility of developing a regional horse racing circuit, assess the
impact of the circuit on racing in this State and Virginia, and recommend changes in
the laws or regulations of the State in order to implement a regional horse racing

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