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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the physician education loan repayment program. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 153.053(a) and (c), Occupations Code, |
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are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The board shall collect a fee surcharge as follows: |
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(1) $200 for the license fee; |
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(2) $425 [$400] for the first registration permit; |
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(3) $425 [$400] for renewal of a registration permit; |
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and |
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(4) $200 for reinstatement of a license after |
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cancellation for cause. |
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(c) Of each surcharge collected under Subsections (a)(2) |
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and (3), the board shall deposit $110 [$100] to the credit of the |
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foundation school fund, $25 to the credit of the account created |
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under Section 61.5391, Education Code, and the remainder [$300] to |
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the credit of the general revenue fund. |
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SECTION 2. Section 61.535(a), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) The coordinating board shall deliver any repayment made |
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under this subchapter in a lump sum: |
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(1) payable to both the lender and the physician, in |
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accordance with federal law; or |
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(2) delivered directly to the lender on behalf of the |
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physician in electronic form. |
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SECTION 3. Subchapter J, Chapter 61, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 61.5391 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 61.5391. PHYSICIAN EDUCATION LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM |
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ACCOUNT. The physician education loan repayment program account is |
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an account in the general revenue fund. Money in that account may |
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be appropriated only for the physician education loan repayment |
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program under this subchapter. Interest or other earnings on the |
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balance of the account shall be credited to the account. Section |
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403.095, Government Code, does not apply to the account created |
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under this section. |
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SECTION 4. The change in law made by this Act in amending |
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Section 153.053, Occupations Code, applies only to the issuance or |
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renewal of a registration permit the application for which is filed |
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with the Texas Medical Board on or after the effective date of this |
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Act. The issuance or renewal of a registration permit the |
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application for which is filed with the Texas Medical Board before |
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the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when |
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the application is filed, and the former law is continued in effect |
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for that purpose. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |