Enrolled Bill Summary

Senate Bill 1128 amends the Education Code to require the Joint Admissions Medical Program Council to establish procedures for the selection of an appropriate number of eligible students from the annual pool of applicants to serve as program alternates until the start of their senior year, with the alternates ranked according to their qualifications. The bill requires the council to select the highest-ranking alternate for admission to the program whenever a previously admitted student terminates participation in the program. The bill also requires the council to establish procedures for matching alternates to any required undergraduate mentoring program, to adopt criteria for continuing eligibility as an alternate, and to adopt rules for admission to the program or selection as an alternate of an otherwise eligible student who, for good cause, has not completed the required number of semester credit hours.