AN ACT relating to comprehensive universities.

This bill would allow Eastern Kentucky University to offer a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree, a professional degree required to become a licensed osteopathic physician. Currently, state law limits the types of doctoral degrees comprehensive universities like EKU can offer, and this change would create a new pathway for medical training at EKU. Who it may affect: students pursuing careers in osteopathic medicine, and Kentuckians in communities that may benefit from increased access to locally trained physicians.

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