| 1 | 1 | | By: Ortega H.B. No. 817 |
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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | relating to a study on increasing the number of medical residency |
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| 7 | 7 | | programs, medical residents, and physicians practicing medical |
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| 8 | 8 | | specialties in this state. |
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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. STUDY ON MEDICAL RESIDENCY PROGRAMS AND MEDICAL |
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| 11 | 11 | | RESIDENTS. (a) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, in |
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| 12 | 12 | | coordination with the Institute for Demographic and Socioeconomic |
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| 13 | 13 | | Research at The University of Texas at San Antonio, the Regional |
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| 14 | 14 | | Center for Health Workforce Studies at the Center for Health |
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| 15 | 15 | | Economics and Policy of The University of Texas Health Science |
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| 16 | 16 | | Center at San Antonio, and the Texas Medical Board, shall conduct a |
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| 17 | 17 | | study regarding increasing: |
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| 18 | 18 | | (1) the number of medical residency programs and |
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| 19 | 19 | | medical residents in this state; and |
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| 20 | 20 | | (2) the number of physicians practicing medical |
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| 21 | 21 | | specialties. |
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| 22 | 22 | | (b) The study must: |
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| 23 | 23 | | (1) examine the feasibility of using a percentage of |
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| 24 | 24 | | physician licensing fees to increase the number of medical |
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| 25 | 25 | | residency programs and medical residents in this state; |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2) put emphasis on, and recommend a plan of action |
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| 27 | 27 | | for, increasing the number of: |
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| 28 | 28 | | (A) medical residency programs and medical |
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| 29 | 29 | | residents in medically underserved areas of this state; and |
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| 30 | 30 | | (B) physicians practicing medical specialties |
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| 31 | 31 | | that are underrepresented in this state; and |
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| 32 | 32 | | (3) determine the number of medical residents that |
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| 33 | 33 | | obtain a license to practice medicine in this state on completion of |
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| 34 | 34 | | a medical residency program in this state. |
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| 35 | 35 | | (c) Not later than December 1, 2018, the Texas Higher |
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| 36 | 36 | | Education Coordinating Board shall: |
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| 37 | 37 | | (1) report the results of the study to the governor, |
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| 38 | 38 | | the lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of |
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| 39 | 39 | | representatives; and |
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| 40 | 40 | | (2) make available the raw data from the study to the |
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| 41 | 41 | | governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of |
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| 42 | 42 | | representatives, the House Committee on Public Health, and the |
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| 43 | 43 | | Senate Committee on Health and Human Services. |
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| 44 | 44 | | (d) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board may |
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| 45 | 45 | | accept gifts, grants, and donations of any kind from any source for |
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| 46 | 46 | | the purposes of this section. |
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| 47 | 47 | | SECTION 2. EXPIRATION. This Act expires January 1, 2019. |
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| 48 | 48 | | SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. |
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| 49 | 49 | | This Act takes effect September |
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| 50 | 50 | | 1, 2017. |
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