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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to meeting the graduate medical education needs of new |
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medical degree programs offered by public institutions of higher |
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education. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 61.05122 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 61.05122. GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENT FOR |
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NEW MEDICAL DEGREE PROGRAMS. (a) In this section, "graduate |
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medical education program" has the meaning assigned by Section |
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58A.001. |
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(b) As soon as practicable after an institution of higher |
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education completes preliminary planning for a new doctor of |
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medicine (M.D.) or doctor of osteopathic medicine (D.O.) degree |
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program, the institution promptly shall provide to the board a |
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specific plan regarding the addition of first-year residency |
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positions for the graduate medical education program to be offered |
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in connection with the new degree program. The plan must propose an |
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increase in the number of those first-year residency positions |
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that, when combined with the total number of existing first-year |
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residency positions in this state, will be sufficient to reasonably |
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accommodate the number of anticipated graduates from all doctor of |
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medicine (M.D.) or doctor of osteopathic medicine (D.O.) degree |
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programs that are offered in this state, including the degree |
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program proposed by the institution, and to provide adequate |
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opportunity for those graduates to remain in this state for the |
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clinical portion of their education. |
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(c) Submission of a plan described by this section is a |
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prerequisite for the board's approval of the proposed degree |
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program. |
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(d) An institution's projected increase in first-year |
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residency positions is presumed to be sufficient in its plan if the |
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increase will achieve the purposes of this section with respect to |
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all graduates from degree programs described by this section that |
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are offered or will be offered by the institution. |
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(e) The institution may consult with the board as necessary |
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to develop the plan required by this section. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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