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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to coordination between teaching hospitals and medical |
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schools regarding student field-based experience placements and to |
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preference in those placements. |
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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 61.09097 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 61.09097. COORDINATION OF CLERKSHIPS OR CLINICAL |
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ROTATIONS REQUIRED. (a) In this section: |
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(1) "Hospital" has the meaning assigned by Section |
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241.003, Health and Safety Code. |
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(2) "Medical school" has the meaning assigned by |
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Section 58A.001. |
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(b) The board by rule shall: |
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(1) require a medical school to coordinate with a |
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hospital that serves as a teaching hospital for the medical school |
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through a written agreement regarding placement of the school's |
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students in required field-based experience positions with the |
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hospital, such as clerkships or clinical rotations; and |
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(2) establish a form for use in entering into a written |
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agreement under Subdivision (1). |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 241, Health and Safety |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 241.014 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 241.014. PLACEMENT OF STUDENT IN CLERKSHIP OR CLINICAL |
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ROTATION. (a) In this section, "medical school" has the meaning |
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assigned by Section 58A.001, Education Code. |
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(b) A teaching hospital may not charge to a person who is not |
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a resident of this state a fee for providing a placement in a |
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field-based experience position, such as a clerkship or clinical |
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rotation, in an amount that exceeds the amount the hospital charges |
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to a resident of this state for the placement. |
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(c) A hospital shall give priority for placement of a |
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qualified student in a field-based experience position, such as a |
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clerkship or clinical rotation, in the following order: |
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(1) a resident of the hospital's community; |
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(2) a resident of this state; and |
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(3) a student who is not a resident of this state. |
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(d) The executive commissioner by rule shall: |
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(1) require a teaching hospital to coordinate with a |
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medical school through a written agreement regarding placement with |
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the hospital of the school's students in required field-based |
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experience positions, such as clerkships or clinical rotations, in |
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the manner described in Section 61.09097, Education Code; and |
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(2) establish guidelines and procedures for |
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prioritizing students for clerkships or clinical rotations as |
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provided by Subsection (c). |
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SECTION 3. Section 61.09097, Education Code, and Section |
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241.014, Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act, apply |
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beginning with medical student placements in field-based |
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experience positions for the 2026-2027 academic year. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |