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	Amend SB 10 on third reading by adding the following 
appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering 
subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
	SECTION __.  (a)  The Texas Health Care Policy Council, in 
coordination with the Institute for Demographic and Socioeconomic 
Research at The University of Texas at San Antonio, the Regional 
Center for Health Workforce Studies at the Center for Health 
Economics and Policy of The University of Texas Health Science 
Center at San Antonio, and the Texas Medical Board, shall conduct a 
study regarding increasing:
		(1)  the number of medical residency programs and 
medical residents in this state; and
		(2)  the number of physicians practicing medical 
specialties.               
	(b)  The study must:                                                           
		(1)  examine the feasibility of using a percentage of 
physician licensing fees to increase the number of medical 
residency programs and medical residents in this state;
		(2)  put emphasis on, and recommend a plan of action 
for, increasing the number of:
			(A)  medical residency programs and medical 
residents in medically underserved areas of this state; and
			(B)  physicians practicing medical specialties 
that are underrepresented in this state; and
		(3)  determine the number of medical residents that 
obtain a license to practice medicine in this state on completion of 
a medical residency program in this state.
	(c)  Not later than December 1, 2008, the Texas Health Care 
Policy Council shall:
		(1)  report the results of the study to the governor, 
the lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of 
representatives; and
		(2)  make available the raw data from the study to the 
governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of 
representatives, the House Committee on Public Health, and the 
Senate Committee on Health and Human Services.
	(d)  The Texas Health Care Policy Council may accept gifts, 
grants, and donations of any kind from any source for the purposes 
of this section.
	(e)  This Section expires January 1, 2009.