1. The Authority, in collaboration with the Advisory Council on Graduate Medical Education created by NRS 223.633, shall explore ways to use federal financial participation in Medicaid to support programs for medical residency training and postdoctoral fellowships in this State.
2. In allocating federal money pursuant to subsection 1, the Authority:
(a) May prioritize programs for medical residency training and postdoctoral fellowships serving geographical areas and populations of this State where the shortage of providers of health care is most critical or which provide training in the specialties for which the need is most critical; and
(b) Shall not use or authorize the use of such federal money to supplant existing methods of funding that are available to programs for medical residency training and postdoctoral fellowship.