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| 2 | 2 | | By: Davis of Harris H.B. No. 2478 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to an innovation grant program to support residency |
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| 8 | 8 | | training programs in psychiatric specialty fields. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Chapter 58A, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 11 | 11 | | adding Subchapter D to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SUBCHAPTER D. PSYCHIATRIC SPECIALTY INNOVATION GRANT PROGRAM |
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| 13 | 13 | | Sec. 58A.071. PSYCHIATRIC SPECIALTY INNOVATION GRANT |
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| 14 | 14 | | PROGRAM. Subject to available funds, the board shall establish an |
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| 15 | 15 | | innovation grant program under which the board awards incentive |
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| 16 | 16 | | payments to medical schools that administer innovative residency |
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| 17 | 17 | | training programs designed to increase the number of physicians in |
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| 18 | 18 | | this state who specialize in pediatric or adult psychiatric care. |
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| 19 | 19 | | Sec. 58A.072. FEDERAL FUNDS AND GIFTS, GRANTS, AND |
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| 20 | 20 | | DONATIONS. In addition to other money appropriated by the |
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| 21 | 21 | | legislature, for the purpose of promoting pediatric or adult |
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| 22 | 22 | | psychiatric care under the program established under this |
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| 23 | 23 | | subchapter the board: |
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| 24 | 24 | | (1) shall first seek and apply for any available |
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| 25 | 25 | | federal funds; and |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2) after determining in a program year the state's |
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| 27 | 27 | | eligibility for funds described by Subdivision (1), may solicit and |
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| 28 | 28 | | accept gifts, grants, and donations from any other source, public |
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| 29 | 29 | | or private, as necessary to ensure effective implementation of the |
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| 30 | 30 | | program. |
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| 31 | 31 | | Sec. 58A.073. RULES. In consultation with each medical |
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| 32 | 32 | | school in this state, the board shall adopt rules for the |
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| 33 | 33 | | administration of the program established under this |
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| 34 | 34 | | subchapter. The rules must include: |
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| 35 | 35 | | (1) administrative provisions relating to the |
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| 36 | 36 | | awarding of grants under this subchapter, such as: |
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| 37 | 37 | | (A) eligibility criteria for medical schools; |
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| 38 | 38 | | (B) grant application procedures; |
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| 39 | 39 | | (C) guidelines relating to grant amounts; |
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| 40 | 40 | | (D) procedures for evaluating grant |
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| 41 | 41 | | applications; and |
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| 42 | 42 | | (E) procedures for monitoring the use of grants; |
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| 43 | 43 | | and |
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| 44 | 44 | | (2) methods for tracking the effectiveness of grants |
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| 45 | 45 | | that: |
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| 46 | 46 | | (A) using data reasonably available to the board, |
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| 47 | 47 | | consider relevant information regarding the career paths of medical |
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| 48 | 48 | | school graduates during the four-year period following their |
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| 49 | 49 | | graduation; and |
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| 50 | 50 | | (B) evaluate whether and for how long those |
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| 51 | 51 | | graduates practice in a psychiatric specialty field in this state. |
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| 52 | 52 | | Sec. 58A.074. AWARD OF GRANTS. (a) In awarding grants |
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| 53 | 53 | | under the program, the board shall award: |
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| 54 | 54 | | (1) 60 percent of the amount available in each program |
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| 55 | 55 | | year to medical schools with innovative residency programs that |
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| 56 | 56 | | train physicians to specialize in pediatric psychiatric care; and |
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| 57 | 57 | | (2) 40 percent of the amount available in each program |
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| 58 | 58 | | year to medical schools with innovative residency programs that |
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| 59 | 59 | | train physicians to specialize in adult psychiatric care. |
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| 60 | 60 | | (b) Within each category of grants prescribed by Subsection |
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| 61 | 61 | | (a), the board shall give priority to grants to medical schools with |
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| 62 | 62 | | innovative residency programs based in rural or underserved areas. |
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| 63 | 63 | | Sec. 58A.075. ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS. A reasonable amount, |
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| 64 | 64 | | not to exceed three percent, of any money appropriated for purposes |
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| 65 | 65 | | of this subchapter may be used by the board to pay the costs of |
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| 66 | 66 | | administering this subchapter. |
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| 67 | 67 | | SECTION 2. (a) As soon as practicable after the effective |
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| 68 | 68 | | date of this Act, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board |
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| 69 | 69 | | shall adopt rules for the implementation and administration of the |
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| 70 | 70 | | innovation grant program established under Subchapter D, Chapter |
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| 71 | 71 | | 58A, Education Code, as added by this Act. |
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| 72 | 72 | | (b) Not later than September 1, 2018, the Texas Higher |
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| 73 | 73 | | Education Coordinating Board shall establish the innovation grant |
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| 74 | 74 | | program required by Subchapter D, Chapter 58A, Education Code, as |
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| 75 | 75 | | added by this Act, and shall begin to award grants under the program |
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| 76 | 76 | | as soon as practicable after the program is established. |
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| 77 | 77 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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