Amend CSSB 2243 (committee printing) 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.