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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 medical |
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degree programs offered or proposed by public institutions of |
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higher education. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 61.05122, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsections (b) and (d) and adding Subsections (b-1) and |
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(d-1) to read as follows: |
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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 |
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an 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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(b-1) If in its preliminary planning the institution |
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establishes a long-term targeted maximum individual enrollment |
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class size that differs from its proposed initial maximum |
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individual enrollment class size, the institution's plan under |
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Subsection (b) must include a proposed increase in the number of |
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first-year residency positions over time that will be sufficient to |
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accommodate, in accordance with the requirements of that |
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subsection, the institution's planned increase or increases in |
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maximum individual enrollment class size. |
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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, |
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considering both the institution's proposed initial maximum |
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individual enrollment class size and any projected growth in that |
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class size, the increase will achieve the purposes of this section |
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with respect to all graduates from degree programs described by |
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this section that are offered or will be offered by the institution. |
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(d-1) Any institution that experiences substantial growth |
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in an individual enrollment class size after the approval of its |
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plan promptly shall provide to the board an updated plan that |
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complies with Subsection (b) based on the institution's actual |
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maximum individual enrollment class size and, if the institution |
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anticipates continued substantial growth, based on the |
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institution's targeted maximum individual enrollment class size. |
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The board shall adopt rules that clearly define what constitutes a |
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substantial growth in class size for an institution subject to this |
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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, 2019. |