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1		-	By: Lozano (Senate Sponsor - Schwertner) H.C.R. No. 102
2		-	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 5, 2017;
3		-	May 11, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on Higher
4		-	Education; May 17, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote:
5		-	Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 17, 2017, sent to printer.)
6		-	Click here to see the committee vote
	1	+	H.C.R. No. 102
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9	4		HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
10	5		WHEREAS, The Texas population is growing rapidly, and the
11	6		number of health care providers is not keeping pace; and
12	7		WHEREAS, Almost 70 percent of Texas counties were wholly or
13	8		partially designated as primary care Health Professional Shortage
14	9		Areas in 2015; and
15	10		WHEREAS, The Texas Legislature and governor approved $53
16	11		million for graduate medical education funding in the 84th
17	12		Legislative Session to help address this shortage; and
18	13		WHEREAS, Before that investment, the Texas Higher Education
19	14		Coordinating Board projected that, by 2016, more than 100 Texas
20	15		medical school graduates would not have an opportunity to remain in
21	16		state for their residency training due to a lack of first-year
22	17		residency positions; and
23	18		WHEREAS, In 2015, Texas medical schools awarded 1,692 doctor
24	19		of medicine and doctor of osteopathic medicine degrees, and the
25	20		state opened two new medical schools in 2016, and an additional four
26	21		medical schools may be created in the near future; and
27	22		WHEREAS, This new growth in the number of medical school
28	23		graduates will all but nullify or outstrip the legislature's recent
29	24		efforts to expand graduate medical education and further hinder
30	25		Texas' efforts to achieve the goal of 1.1 residency positions for
31	26		each medical school graduate; now, therefore, be it
32	27		RESOLVED, That the 85th Legislature of the State of Texas
33	28		hereby express its support for prioritizing a substantial increase
34	29		in funding for graduate medical education before it considers
35	30		authorizing the creation and support of additional medical schools
36	31		in our state; and, be it further
37	32		RESOLVED, That the Texas Legislature charge the Texas Higher
38	33		Education Coordinating Board to work with institutions of higher
39	34		education and the medical community to achieve the 1.1 to 1 goal for
40	35		graduate medical education; and, be it further
41	36		RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward an
42	37		official copy of this resolution to all public and private
43	38		institutions of higher education in the state.
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	39	+	Lozano
	40	+	______________________________ ______________________________
	41	+	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
	42	+	I certify that H.C.R. No. 102 was adopted by the House on May
	43	+	4, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 134, Nays 12, 3 present, not
	44	+	voting.
	45	+	______________________________
	46	+	Chief Clerk of the House
	47	+	I certify that H.C.R. No. 102 was adopted by the Senate on May
	48	+	24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	49	+	______________________________
	50	+	Secretary of the Senate
	51	+	APPROVED: __________________
	52	+	Date
	53	+	__________________
	54	+	Governor