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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a study on increasing the number of medical residency |
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programs, medical residents, and physicians practicing medical |
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specialties in this state. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. STUDY ON MEDICAL RESIDENCY PROGRAMS AND MEDICAL |
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RESIDENTS. (a) The Texas Health Care Policy Council, in |
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coordination with the Institute for Demographic and Socioeconomic |
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Research at The University of Texas at San Antonio, the Regional |
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Center for Health Workforce Studies at the Center for Health |
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Economics and Policy of The University of Texas Health Science |
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Center at San Antonio, and the Texas Medical Board, shall conduct a |
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study regarding increasing: |
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(1) the number of medical residency programs and |
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medical residents in this state; and |
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(2) the number of physicians practicing medical |
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specialties. |
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(b) The study must: |
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(1) examine the feasibility of using a percentage of |
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physician licensing fees to increase the number of medical |
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residency programs and medical residents in this state; |
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(2) put emphasis on, and recommend a plan of action |
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for, increasing the number of: |
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(A) medical residency programs and medical |
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residents in medically underserved areas of this state; and |
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(B) physicians practicing medical specialties |
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that are underrepresented in this state; and |
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(3) determine the number of medical residents that |
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obtain a license to practice medicine in this state on completion of |
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a medical residency program in this state. |
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(c) Not later than December 1, 2008, the Texas Health Care |
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Policy Council shall: |
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(1) report the results of the study to the governor, |
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the lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of |
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representatives; and |
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(2) make available the raw data from the study to the |
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governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of |
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representatives, the House Committee on Public Health, and the |
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Senate Committee on Health and Human Services. |
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(d) The Texas Health Care Policy Council may accept gifts, |
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grants, and donations of any kind from any source for the purposes |
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of this section. |
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SECTION 2. EFFECTIVE AND EXPIRATION DATES. (a) This Act |
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takes effect September 1, 2007. |
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(b) This Act expires January 1, 2009. |