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Bill to let residents bill outside training program draws support as rural workforce tool
Summary
Senate Bill 347, heard by the House Business and Labor Committee, would change Montana licensure so medical residents could take approved outside shifts and have those services billed. Proponents said the change would help rural hospitals fill gaps; program directors described safeguards. No committee vote was recorded.
The House Business and Labor Committee took testimony on Senate Bill 347, a proposal to revise Montana’s medical-resident licensure and allow residents to perform approved additional clinical shifts outside their residency program and for facilities to bill payers for those services.
Sponsor Sue Vinton said Montana has relatively few physician residents per capita and that enabling residents to work additional approved shifts could help address shortages, particularly in rural counties. She told the committee that Montana’s residents-per-100,000 figure was 7.8 versus a national average of 43.8 and said the change would align Montana with the licensing practice in many other states.
Proponents included Billings Clinic Logan Health, which said its residency…
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