OLYMPIA As questions over dueling medical school proposals continue to mount, lawmakers said they wanted a better accounting of how the money is beingspent.

A Senate committee Thursday decided University of Washingtons multistate medical school program should be audited as the Legislature decides how to expand it inSpokane.

At the end of a sometimes contentious hearing over UW plans to expand the number of medical students it has in Spokane, the Senate Health Care Committee added a requirement for a full audit by legislative financial experts of the a multistate medical training program that involves Washington, Wyoming

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OLYMPIA As questions over dueling medical school proposals continue to mount, lawmakers said they wanted a better accounting of how the money is beingspent.

A Senate committee Thursday decided University of Washingtons multistate medical school program should be audited as the Legislature decides how to expand it inSpokane.

At the end of a sometimes contentious hearing over UW plans to expand the number of medical students it has in Spokane, the Senate Health Care Committee added a requirement for a full audit by legislative financial experts of the a multistate medical training program that involves Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Idaho and goes by the acronymWWAMI.

Theres a lot we dont know about how WWAMI funding works, saidSen. Mike Baumgartner, R-Spokane, adding theres a possibility that Washington is subsidizing other states in theprogram.

Ian Goodhew, director of government relations for UW Medicine, said the other states pay for their students slots in the program and the Legislature can pay formore slots for Washington residents. The Spokane branch of WWAMI will start a class of 40 students in the fall, and eventually will grow that number to 120 per year if the Legislature approves.The bill calls for the program to grow to that level as quickly aspractical.

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Senate panel calls for full audit of WWAMI - Fri, 20 Feb 2015 PST