{"id":1417,"date":"2019-05-10T09:35:48","date_gmt":"2019-05-10T17:35:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sdc.wastateleg.org\/saldana\/?p=1417"},"modified":"2019-05-10T09:35:48","modified_gmt":"2019-05-10T17:35:48","slug":"governor-signs-saldana-bill-to-clear-barriers-for-international-medical-graduates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/alpha\/2019\/05\/10\/governor-signs-saldana-bill-to-clear-barriers-for-international-medical-graduates\/","title":{"rendered":"Governor signs Salda\u00f1a bill to clear barriers for international medical graduates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>OLYMPIA\n\u2013 <\/strong>Yesterday\nGov. Jay Inslee signed legislation establishing a work group that will develop\nrecommendations for a program to aid international medical graduates in\novercoming barriers to professional careers in Washington state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The\nwork group established by <a href=\"https:\/\/app.leg.wa.gov\/billsummary?BillNumber=5846&amp;Year=2019&amp;Initiative=false\">Senate Bill 5846<\/a> will recommend\nstrategies to reduce barriers for graduates of medical programs at institutions\noutside the U.S. and Canada but then struggle to gain access to residency programs\nnecessary for licensing in Washington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs\nwe address health disparities, physician shortages, and a lack of access to\nculturally competent medical care, we need to eliminate the barriers for these\nproviders,\u201d said the bill\u2019s sponsor, Sen. Rebecca Salda\u00f1a (D-Seattle). \u201cThis\nworkforce is an untapped resource that could provide more accessible, quality\ncare to our vulnerable communities.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The\nwork group will bring together representatives from state medical schools as\nwell as hospitals, international medical graduate organizations, migrant health\ncenters, the state Department of Health, and others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis\nimpacts the real lives of some of our community members who have dreamed of an\nequal opportunity to practice medicine in the professions they spent decades\npursuing,\u201d said Ahmed Ali, executive director of the Somali Health Board. \u201cThis\nbill gives them a window of hope to further their practice in medicine, and the\nimplementation of a program for international medical graduates would\nsignificantly help in addressing health disparities in low income, underserved\ncommunities throughout the state.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The work group must report its recommendations to the governor and the Legislature by Dec. 1, 2019.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OLYMPIA \u2013 Yesterday Gov. Jay Inslee signed legislation establishing a work group that will develop recommendations for a program to aid international medical graduates in overcoming barriers to professional careers in Washington state. The work group established by Senate Bill 5846 will recommend strategies to reduce barriers for graduates of medical programs at institutions outside the U.S. and Canada but then struggle to gain access to residency programs necessary for licensing in Washington. \u201cAs we address health disparities, physician shortages, and a lack of access to culturally competent medical care, we need to eliminate the barriers for these providers,\u201d said&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":1418,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"disable_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Governor signs Salda\u00f1a bill to clear barriers for international medical graduates - Sen.Alpha<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/alpha\/2019\/05\/10\/governor-signs-saldana-bill-to-clear-barriers-for-international-medical-graduates\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Governor signs Salda\u00f1a bill to clear barriers for international medical graduates - Sen.Alpha\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"OLYMPIA \u2013 Yesterday Gov. 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