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Committee hears testimony supporting $1.5 million appropriation to expand family medicine residency supports
Summary
Witnesses told the Senate Education Committee that Senate Bill 443 would help grow and retain family medicine physicians in Oregon by funding residency supports and collaborative programs administered through OHSU and the Oregon Residency Collaborative Alliance for Family Medicine.
The Senate Committee on Education held a public hearing March 24, 2025, on Senate Bill 443, which would appropriate $1,500,000 from the general fund to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to be distributed to Oregon Health & Science University’s Area Health Education Center to support the Oregon Residency Collaborative Alliance for Family Medicine (ORCA FM). The bill would fund programs to expand the primary care workforce.
Jackie Wirz, executive director of the Oregon Residency…
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