A pair of Spokane legislators will propose legislation to put the states second medical school in Spokane under the control of Washington State University.

Rep. Marcus Riccelli, a Democrat, and Sen. Mike Baumgartner, a Republican, will unveil legislation on Tuesday that would change a nearly century-old law that limits medical education to the University of Washington and provide some $2.5 million for WSU to establish a school that concentrates on family and rural medicine disciplines.

At this point theres no reduction on anything (for UW Medical School), Riccelli said. We want to grow medical education any way

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A pair of Spokane legislators will propose legislation to put the states second medical school in Spokane under the control of Washington State University.

Rep. Marcus Riccelli, a Democrat, and Sen. Mike Baumgartner, a Republican, will unveil legislation on Tuesday that would change a nearly century-old law that limits medical education to the University of Washington and provide some $2.5 million for WSU to establish a school that concentrates on family and rural medicine disciplines.

At this point theres no reduction on anything (for UW Medical School), Riccelli said. We want to grow medical education any way possible.

They plan to introduce legislation in both chambers that would amend a 1917 law that places the medical education at UW, allowing WSU to have a separate school at the Riverpoint Campus east of downtown Spokane.

This is not a radical idea, Riccelli said. There are plenty of states that have more than one medical school.

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Spokane med school legislation in works - Mon, 01 Dec 2014 PST