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Senate Bill 1378 |
Senate Author: Buckingham et al. |
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Effective: 5-20-19 |
House Sponsor: Turner, Chris |
Senate Bill 1378 amends the Education Code to require a plan regarding the addition of first-year residency positions for the graduate medical education program to be offered in connection with a new doctor of medicine or doctor of osteopathic medicine degree program proposed by a public institution of higher education, if in its preliminary planning the institution establishes a long-term targeted maximum individual enrollment class size that differs from its proposed initial maximum individual enrollment class size, to include a proposed increase in the number of first-year residency positions over time that will be sufficient to accommodate, in accordance with the requirements applicable to that plan, the institution's planned increase or increases in maximum individual enrollment class size. The bill, among other provisions, requires any institution that experiences substantial growth in an applicable class size after the approval of its plan promptly to provide to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board an updated plan that complies with the statutory requirement to increase first year residency positions accordingly, based on the institution's actual maximum class size and, if the institution anticipates continued substantial growth, based on the institution's targeted maximum class size.