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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a physician residency grant program. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 61, Education Code, is amended by adding |
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Subchapter I-1 to read as follows: |
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SUBCHAPTER I-1. PHYSICIAN RESIDENCY GRANTS |
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Sec. 61.511. PHYSICIAN RESIDENCY GRANT PROGRAM. (a) The |
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board shall establish and administer the physician residency grant |
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program to provide grants to eligible residency programs at health |
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care entities, including nonprofit community hospitals, county |
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health systems, and community health clinics, that apply to the |
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board in the manner prescribed by the board. |
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(b) The board may provide grants only to support physician |
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residency programs for: |
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(1) family practice; |
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(2) pediatrics; |
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(3) psychiatry; or |
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(4) internal medicine. |
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(c) The board shall award grants based on: |
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(1) the residency program's history of placing |
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residents in underserved communities after the residency program is |
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completed; and |
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(2) the amount of matching funding a residency program |
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will receive from community collaborative groups. |
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(d) A grant received by a health care entity under this |
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section may be used only to pay the salaries of resident physicians |
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in the appropriate programs in an amount of not more than $65,000 |
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for each resident in a year. |
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(e) The grant program may provide funding for not more than |
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420 residency positions each year. |
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(f) The board shall adopt rules for the administration of |
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this section. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |