By: Coleman (Senate Sponsor - Miles) H.B. No. 1325
         (In the Senate - Received from the House April 14, 2021;
  April 15, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Higher
  Education; April 23, 2021, reported favorably by the following
  vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 0; April 23, 2021, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the participation of the medical school at the
  University of Houston and the college of osteopathic medicine at
  Sam Houston State University in the Joint Admission Medical
  Program.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 51.821(4), Education Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
               (4)  "Participating medical school" means each of the
  following entities:
                     (A)  the medical school at The University of Texas
  Health Science Center at Houston;
                     (B)  the medical school at The University of Texas
  Southwestern Medical Center;
                     (C)  the medical school at The University of Texas
  Health Science Center at San Antonio;
                     (D)  the medical school at The University of Texas
  Medical Branch at Galveston;
                     (E)  the medical school at the Texas Tech
  University Health Sciences Center at Lubbock;
                     (F)  the medical school at the Texas Tech
  University Health Sciences Center at El Paso;
                     (G)  the Baylor College of Medicine;
                     (H)  the college of osteopathic medicine at the
  University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth;
                     (I)  the medical school at The Texas A&M
  University System Health Science Center;
                     (J)  the medical school at The University of Texas
  at Austin; [and]
                     (K)  the medical school at The University of Texas
  Rio Grande Valley;
                     (L)  the medical school at the University of
  Houston; and
                     (M)  the college of osteopathic medicine at Sam
  Houston State University.
         SECTION 2.  (a) As soon as practicable after the effective
  date of this Act, the medical school at the University of Houston
  and the college of osteopathic medicine at Sam Houston State
  University each shall:
               (1)  enter into the agreement with the Joint Admission
  Medical Program Council required by Section 51.829, Education Code;
  and
               (2)  select an appropriate faculty member to represent
  the respective medical school on the council.
         (b)  The medical school at the University of Houston and the
  college of osteopathic medicine at Sam Houston State University
  each shall provide internships and mentoring under the Joint
  Admission Medical Program as appropriate beginning not later than
  the 2022-2023 academic year, but are not required before the
  2023-2024 academic year to admit participating students to the
  school or college under the program.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
 
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