Amend CSSB 2077 by adding an appropriately numbered section 
to read as follows:
	SECTION ____.  Section 51.918(b), Education Code is amended 
to read as follows:
	(b)  The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall:                      
		(1)  encourage and coordinate the creation or expansion 
of a rural preceptor program among medical schools, teaching 
hospitals, nursing schools, and schools of allied health sciences; 
and 
		(2)  require family practice residency programs to 
provide an opportunity for residents to have a one-month rotation 
through:
			(A)  a rural setting; [and]                                 
			(B)  a public health setting; and                                     
			(C)  an oncology setting.