The bill H.B. No. 2025-2026 proposes an appropriation of $5,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to support graduate medical education residency slots specifically for residents in family medicine and psychiatry. This funding is intended to be distributed to hospitals, with the Department of Health responsible for establishing the requirements for the distribution of these funds. The bill emphasizes that the funds must be utilized to support residents placed in the specified medical fields.
Additionally, the bill outlines that the Director of Budget and Management will create accounts to track the source and amount of funds appropriated, ensuring that expenditures are managed in accordance with existing provisions of H.B. 96 from the 136th General Assembly. This appropriation is supplementary to any other operating appropriations for the fiscal years mentioned, thereby enhancing the financial support for medical residency programs in Ohio.