This amendment provides $1.3 million from the general fund and an equivalent amount of federal matching funds the second year to increase the number of medical residency slots funded through Medicaid. The average residency slot is estimated at $100,000 a year and this funding would create 25 the second year. Half of the slots would be dedicated to primary care and the remainder for high-need specialties. Preference will be given to residency programs in community and rural areas that are underserved. This is a Joint Commission on Health Care recommendation.