Enrolled Bill Summary

            Senate Bill 1378 requires the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, in consultation with the Texas Department of Health, the Health Education Training Centers Alliance of Texas, and the Area Health Education Centers, to conduct a review of medical training needs of health care professionals in a 43-county border region of West and South Texas. It requires the coordinating board to review current methods of medical training for health care professionals in the region and requires the Texas Department of Health to determine the region's future needs for medical and health care services and other needs. The act also requires the two agencies to make recommendations to address medical training needs in light of the region's future needs and requires the coordinating board to report its findings and recommendations to the governor and the legislature not later than January 1, 2001.