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House committee considers repeal to let commissioner use exchange slots beyond one Idaho osteopathic school

2250998 · February 5, 2025
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House Bill 317, introduced by Rep. David Beatty, would repeal a 2019 statute that requires the commissioner of higher education to negotiate, on behalf of the Board of Regents, a contract with a specific out‑of‑state osteopathic medical school to provide slots for Montana residents.

House Bill 317, introduced by Rep. David Beatty, would repeal a 2019 statute that requires the commissioner of higher education to negotiate, on behalf of the Board of Regents, a contract with a specific school of osteopathic medicine to provide slots for Montana residents.

The move “was deemed important at the time to help address a shortage of primary care doctors in our state,” Beatty said. He told…

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