SB 270 UNM MEDICAL RESIDENTS COMPENSATION

Sen Pete Campos

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 Senate Bill 270 (SB 270) appropriates five million dollars ($5,000,000) to the Board of Regents of the University of New Mexico to increase the compensation for medical residents of the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center.
 

 Senate Bill 270 (SB 270) appropriates five million dollars ($5,000,000) from the General Fund (GF) to the University of New Mexico (UNM)   for expenditure in Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 through FY 2030 to increase the compensation for medical residents at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, with no more than one million dollars ($1,000,000) expended in each FY.

Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of FY 2030 reverts to the GF.
 

 More than 100 protestors gathered outside of UNMH Wednesday. Most are in their residency at the hospital and are a part of the Committee of Interns and Residents, a nationwide union.
After months of bargaining with the hospital, they are still the lowest-paid residents and fellows regionally. Originally asking for a 12% raise, they said UNMH offered them a 2% increase.
There are currently 700 graduate medical education residents or trainees at UNMH. Because they are unionized they must bargain with UNM to establish a salary schedule. They do not get pay increases and other benefits given to state workers.
https://www.krqe.com/news/albuquerque-metro/unmh-residents-protest-pay-and-work-conditions/