Amend SB 1500 (committee printing) by striking SECTION 1 of 
the bill (page 1, lines 13-52) and substituting the following:
	SECTION 1.  Section 32.0315, Human Resources Code, is amended 
by amending Subsection (b) to read as follows:
	(b)  The department shall allocate the funds in the manner 
the department determines most effectively and equitably achieves 
the purposes for which those federal funds are received, consistent 
with the needs of this state for graduate medical education and the 
training of resident physicians in accredited residency programs in 
appropriate fields and specialties, taking into account other money 
available to support graduate medical education.  In determining 
the needs of this state for graduate medical education, the 
department shall give primary emphasis to graduate medical 
education in primary care specialties and shall also recognize the 
growth in residency training slots since 1997 in the Lower Rio 
Grande Valley and other health care shortage areas of this state.