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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to performance incentive funding for certain medical |
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schools based on public health impact. |
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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 61.0597 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 61.0597. MEDICAL SCHOOL PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE |
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FUNDING. (a) In this section, "medical school" means a medical |
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school that is part of The University of Texas System, the Texas |
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Tech University System, The Texas A&M University System, or the |
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University of North Texas System, or the Baylor College of |
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Medicine. |
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(b) In consultation with the Health and Human Services |
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Commission, the board with the assistance of the advisory committee |
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appointed under Subsection (e) biennially shall develop a plan for |
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distributing performance incentive funds appropriated for that |
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purpose for the next state fiscal biennium to medical schools based |
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on each medical school's success in improving the delivery of |
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health services and improving health conditions of persons in the |
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service region of the medical school. |
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(c) A plan developed under this section must: |
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(1) define the geographic service region for each |
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medical school so that all the territory of this state is included |
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in a service region; and |
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(2) include recommendations for the performance |
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measures and related formulas on which distributions to medical |
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schools of any performance incentive funds appropriated by the |
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legislature for the next state fiscal biennium would be based. |
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(d) In defining the service region for a medical school |
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under Subsection (c)(1), the board: |
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(1) shall attempt to include areas that: |
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(A) are in geographic proximity to the medical |
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school; and |
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(B) benefit from being served by the medical |
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school; and |
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(2) may establish a single region for two or more |
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medical schools if the board determines that the medical schools |
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serve primarily the same areas. |
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(e) The board shall establish an advisory committee to |
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assist the board in administering this section. Membership on the |
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committee must: |
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(1) to the greatest extent practicable, reflect a |
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balanced representation of: |
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(A) the geographic regions of this state; and |
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(B) municipalities and counties in this state of |
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high, medium, and low population; and |
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(2) include: |
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(A) members appointed by the governor, |
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lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of representatives; |
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(B) members who are medical professionals, |
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including nurses, nurse practitioners, mental health providers, |
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pediatricians, primary care physicians, and public school nurses; |
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and |
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(C) members who represent the interests of senior |
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citizens, veterans, children, the adult criminal justice and |
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juvenile justice communities, the health insurance industry, the |
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health care free market, public and private hospitals, and |
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charitable foundations with a presence in health care. |
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(f) The chair of each standing legislative committee with |
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primary jurisdiction over criminal justice, juvenile justice, |
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public health, appropriations, health and human services, county |
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affairs, or higher education, as determined by the presiding |
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officer of each house, serves as an ex officio member of the |
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advisory committee appointed under Subsection (e). |
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(g) The members of the advisory committee appointed under |
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Subsection (e) serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed |
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by the board for actual expenses incurred in the performance of |
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duties as members of the committee. |
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(h) Not later than November 1 of each even-numbered year, |
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the board shall submit the plan developed for the next state fiscal |
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biennium under this section to the legislature. The legislature |
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may appropriate performance incentive funds for distribution to |
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medical schools for the next fiscal biennium based on the plan. |
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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, 2019. |