By: Schwertner, et al. S.B. No. 295
(Guillen)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to tracking career information for graduates of Texas
medical schools and persons completing medical residency programs
in Texas.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 61.0906 to read as follows:
Sec. 61.0906. TRACKING SYSTEM FOR MEDICAL TRAINING AND
PRACTICE CHOICES. (a) The board by rule shall establish a system
under which the board acquires and maintains data regarding the
initial residency program choices made by graduates of medical
schools in this state and the initial practice choices made by
persons completing medical residency programs in this state. The
tracking system must:
(1) use any data reasonably available to the board,
including data maintained by or accessible to medical schools or
residency programs in this state; and
(2) with respect to a person who completes a medical
residency program in this state, collect relevant information for
the two-year period following completion of that program.
(b) For purposes of Subsection (a)(2), relevant information
includes:
(1) whether and for how long physicians who complete
medical residency programs in this state work in primary care in
this state and which medical specialties they report as their
primary medical practice; and
(2) the locations of the practices established by
those persons.
SECTION 2. (a) As soon as practicable after the effective
date of this Act, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
shall adopt rules for the implementation and administration of the
tracking system established under Section 61.0906, Education Code,
as added by this Act. The board may adopt the initial rules in the
manner provided by law for emergency rules.
(b) Not later than January 1, 2016, the Texas Higher
Education Coordinating Board shall establish the tracking system
required by Section 61.0906, Education Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.