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Mayo Clinic urges reinstatement of medical residency and student supports after proposed cut
Summary
Mayo Clinic representatives thanked the committee for existing research partnerships and asked the Senate to reconsider eliminating Mayo Clinic medical education line items included in the A‑4.
A government relations director for Mayo Clinic testified in the Senate Higher Education Committee after nonpartisan staff described the A‑4 proposal to eliminate general fund appropriations to Mayo Clinic School of Medicine and related family medicine residency programs.
Nikki Valender, director of government relations for Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, said Mayo trains and supports thousands of learners across multiple schools and programs and highlighted prior state investments in medical genomics and biotechnology partnerships. Valender asked the committee to continue support for family medicine residency programs and direct support to medical students, specifically asking the committee to “reconsider and enact support for all family medicine residencies and direct support to medical students, including reestablishing funding for the programs found on lines 203 and 204 of your budget sheet.”
Why it matters: Mayo Clinic cited the clinics’ role in research, startups and clinical trials and said state funding has helped build translational research and graduate medical education capacity. The A‑4 line items staff identified would eliminate roughly $3.598 million per biennium for Mayo Clinic line items, according to the staff walkthrough.
Committee action: no vote was taken; Mayo requested the committee restore the appropriations during upcoming negotiations.
