Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 2867	House Author:  Metcalf et al.
Effective:  5-29-19	Senate Sponsor:  Creighton et al.

            House Bill 2867 amends the Education Code to establish the Sam Houston State University College of Osteopathic Medicine as a college of the university that is under the management and control of the board of regents of the Texas State University System. The bill authorizes the board, among other powers, to enter into agreements for the provision of certain additional facilities by a public or private entity and authorizes the provost of the university, on behalf of the board, to make an affiliation or coordinating agreement with any other entity or institution. The bill authorizes a teaching hospital considered suitable by the board to be provided by a public or private entity and prohibits the hospital from being constructed, maintained, or operated with state funds. The bill establishes that the university is not entitled to receive any formula funding for the college but makes the college eligible for appropriations from the permanent health fund for higher education. The bill makes applicable to the college statutory provisions relating to certain medical malpractice self-insurance coverage and relating to certain family practice medical residency programs.