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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to providing graduate medical education positions for |
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Texas medical school graduates. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 61.051, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (a-4) to read as follows: |
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(a-4) The board shall include in the five-year master plan |
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developed under Subsection (a-1) an assessment of the adequacy of |
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opportunities for graduates of medical schools in this state to |
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enter graduate medical education in this state. The assessment |
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must: |
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(1) compare the number of first-year graduate medical |
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education positions available annually with the number of medical |
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school graduates; |
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(2) include a statistical analysis of recent trends in |
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and projections of the number of medical school graduates and |
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first-year graduate medical education positions in this state; |
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(3) develop methods and strategies for achieving a |
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ratio for the number of first-year graduate medical education |
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positions to the number of medical school graduates in this state of |
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at least 1.1 to 1; |
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(4) evaluate current and projected physician |
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workforce needs of this state, by total number and by specialty, in |
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the development of additional first-year graduate medical |
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education positions; and |
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(5) examine whether this state should ensure that a |
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first-year graduate medical education position is created in this |
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state for each new medical student position established by a |
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medical and dental unit. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |