Legislation to add the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine to the Family Medicine Residency Network was supported in the House Health Care Committee today by the state’s two other medical schools — University of Washington Medicine and the Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences. The network was established in 1975 to support family medicine […]
Legislation introduced last week in the form of Senate Bill 6093 and House Bill 2443 would add the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine to the Family Medicine Residency Network. The House version is scheduled for a hearing Wednesday in the Health Care Committee. The network was established in 1975 to support family medicine residencies […]
The university registered support yesterday evening on the 2017-19 biennial capital budget agreement reached by the Legislature last session but that has not yet been voted on. The Senate Ways & Means Committee held the public hearing to receive testimony on the compromise budget, as well as the Governor’s proposed 2018 supplemental capital budget. Both […]
WSU testified in support of the governor’s supplemental operating budget proposal this week in front of the House Appropriations and the Senate Ways and Means committees. The proposal funds the university’s top operating budget priorities. It most notably provided $1.272 million to fund administration of the state’s new solar energy incentive program, currently being built […]
Washington State University’s legislative agenda for the 2018 legislative session highlights the university’s top budget priorities and legislation to support the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine. You can find the WSU 2018 legislative agenda here. This year’s session begins Monday and is scheduled to run through March 11. The four point agenda leads off […]
Governor Jay Inslee released his 2017-19 supplemental operating budget proposal today, providing funding for WSU priorities going into the 2018 legislative session. Notably, the proposal provides the $1.272 million necessary for the WSU Energy Program to administer a new renewable energy incentive program. Legislation directing the administration of the incentive program was approved late in […]
Washington State University’s budget requests for the 2018 legislative session include the passage of a negotiated capital budget agreement and two operating budget priorities. The supplemental operating budget request includes a $1.272 million maintenance level adjustment to implement Senate Bill 5939, which was approved June 30 before the Legislature adjourned its 2017 session. The measure, […]
WSU medical school students met with regional policy-makers in Vancouver and Everett last week for an opportunity to get to know one another and talk about how the inaugural class of the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine (ESFCOM) is doing as students near the completion of their first semester of studies. Policy-makers had the […]
The new chair of WSU’s Committee for Cannabis Research and Outreach appeared before the House Commerce & Gaming Committee today to outline the university’s efforts to study the effects of cannabis consumption. Initiative 502 carved out funds for the University of Washington and WSU to do such work. Michael McDonell, an associate professor in the […]
The Joint Legislative Audit & Review Committee (JLARC) met today to receive a presentation from the state Auditor’s Office on its performance audit report determining the costs per student for medical education at the WSU Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine (ESFCOM) and the University of Washington School of Medicine. The report by the Auditor’s […]