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Physicians and medical examiners warn cuts to residency grants, behavioral‑health pass‑throughs and OME operations would erode capacity
Summary
Physicians urged lawmakers to preserve Medical Education Council and residency grant funding, warning cuts would eliminate residency slots and worsen Utah’s primary‑care shortage; the Office of Medical Examiner requested one‑time support to stabilize statewide death‑investigation operations.
Physician leaders and the Office of Medical Examiner (OME) told the Social Services Appropriation Subcommittee that a set of staff‑proposed cuts to medical education, residency grants and OME operations would have outsized long‑term consequences for health care and public safety.
Multiple residency program directors and physician educators told the committee that eliminating the Medical Education Council funding (line 70) and the medical residency grant program (line 100) would remove dozens of funded residency slots. Dr. Kara Frame, a family medicine residency director, said cutting those lines would “immediately eliminate…
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