S.C.R. No. 124
                             SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
    1-1        WHEREAS,  The Texas Charter for Public Higher Education
    1-2  establishes public service as a "significant function" of the
    1-3  higher education system, including junior colleges and community
    1-4  colleges, with direct patient care being an additional
    1-5  responsibility of the state's health science institutions; and
    1-6        WHEREAS, The contribution of these institutions in providing
    1-7  patient care and producing a medical workforce in keeping with the
    1-8  needs of the state has become increasingly important in an era of
    1-9  budget constraints and health care reform; and
   1-10        WHEREAS, Residents in many areas of the state are medically
   1-11  underserved and could benefit greatly by enhancement of the level
   1-12  of health professions education in those regions; now, therefore,
   1-13  be it
   1-14        RESOLVED, That the 74th Legislature of the State of Texas
   1-15  hereby direct the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to
   1-16  study the feasibility and advisability of defining and establishing
   1-17  regional areas of principal responsibility for health professions
   1-18  education at institutions of higher education to ensure statewide
   1-19  access to these programs; and, be it further
   1-20        RESOLVED, That the institutions that provide health
   1-21  professions education cooperate with the Texas Higher Education
   1-22  Coordinating Board in developing the report; and, be it further
   1-23        RESOLVED, That the purpose of these regions is to establish a
   1-24  specific level of accountability for each institution in its
    2-1  designated service area; and, be it further
    2-2        RESOLVED, That the board report its findings to the governor,
    2-3  the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of
    2-4  representatives, and members of the legislature by December 1,
    2-5  1996; and, be it further
    2-6        RESOLVED, That the secretary of state forward an official
    2-7  copy of this resolution to the members of the Texas Higher
    2-8  Education Coordinating Board.