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Committee advances amendment to graduate medical education grant law to match current residency terminology and distribute recent state funds
Summary
A bill amending the Graduate Medical Education (GME) grant statute to update terminology and align distribution rules passed the Senate Education Committee; sponsors said the changes reflect board feedback after the board began meeting following state funding allocated in 2023.
Representative Lee Johnson, presenting a technical amendment to the state's Graduate Medical Education grant statute, told the Senate Education Committee the changes update outdated statutory language and reflect work the newly assembled board conducted after funding became available.
"We had this board...the amendment here is the result of those conversations, as well as the result of the public comments," Representative Lee Johnson said, describing…
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