81R11163 KJM-D
By: Rose H.B. No. 3371
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requiring training in geriatric medicine as a requisite
for certain medical degrees.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 51, Education Code, is
amending by adding Section 51.311 to read as follows:
Sec. 51.311. GERIATRIC MEDICINE TRAINING REQUIRED. (a) In
this section, "medical school" means:
(1) a medical school as defined by Section 61.501; and
(2) any other institution of higher education, as
defined by Section 61.003, or school, department, or college of
such an institution, that awards medical degrees.
(b) Each medical school shall include training in geriatric
medicine in the curriculum required for a medical degree that
serves to qualify a person to engage in patient care.
(c) The training under Subsection (b) must be provided
through:
(1) classroom instruction; and
(2) clinical experience.
(c-1) This section does not apply to the requirements for
the degree program of a student who entered the degree program at a
medical school before the 2010 fall semester. This subsection
expires January 1, 2016.
SECTION 2. 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, 2009.