Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 2421 amends the Health and Safety Code to require the Center for Rural Health Initiatives in consultation with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to select a Texas medical school to recruit students from rural communities and encourage them to return to rural communities to practice medicine. The school selected must also develop a screening process to identify rural students likely to pursue a career in medicine, develop a rural medicine curriculum, develop a mentoring program, provide information for financial aid, and establish a rural practice incentive program.