Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

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1		-	85R31045 KEL-D
2		-	By: Schwertner, et al. S.B. No. 1066
3		-	(Lozano)
4		-	Substitute the following for S.B. No. 1066: No.
	1	+	S.B. No. 1066
5	2
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7		-	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	4		AN ACT
9	5		relating to meeting the graduate medical education needs of new
10	6		medical degree programs offered by public institutions of higher
11	7		education and to the employment status of certain residents
12	8		participating in certain graduate medical education programs.
13	9		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
14	10		SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Education Code, is
15	11		amended by adding Section 61.05122 to read as follows:
16	12		Sec. 61.05122. GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENT FOR
17	13		NEW MEDICAL DEGREE PROGRAMS. (a) In this section, "graduate
18	14		medical education program" has the meaning assigned by Section
19	15		58A.001.
20	16		(b) As soon as practicable after an institution of higher
21	17		education completes preliminary planning for a new doctor of
22	18		medicine (M.D.) or doctor of osteopathic medicine (D.O.) degree
23	19		program, the institution promptly shall provide to the board a
24	20		specific plan regarding the addition of first-year residency
25	21		positions for the graduate medical education program to be offered
26	22		in connection with the new degree program. The plan must propose an
27	23		increase in the number of those first-year residency positions
28	24		that, when combined with the total number of existing first-year
29	25		residency positions in this state, will be sufficient to reasonably
30	26		accommodate the number of anticipated graduates from all doctor of
31	27		medicine (M.D.) or doctor of osteopathic medicine (D.O.) degree
32	28		programs that are offered in this state, including the degree
33	29		program proposed by the institution, and to provide adequate
34	30		opportunity for those graduates to remain in this state for the
35	31		clinical portion of their education.
36	32		(c) Submission of a plan described by this section is a
37	33		prerequisite for the board's approval of the proposed degree
38	34		program.
39	35		(d) An institution's projected increase in first-year
40	36		residency positions is presumed to be sufficient in its plan if the
41	37		increase will achieve the purposes of this section with respect to
42	38		all graduates from degree programs described by this section that
43	39		are offered or will be offered by the institution.
44	40		(e) The institution may consult with the board as necessary
45	41		to develop the plan required by this section.
46	42		SECTION 2. Section 312.003, Health and Safety Code, is
47	43		amended to read as follows:
48	44		Sec. 312.003. AGREEMENT REQUIRED. This chapter applies
49	45		only if the [a] medical and dental unit or [and a] supported medical
50	46		or dental school agrees [agree], either directly or through a
51	47		coordinating entity, to provide or cause to be provided medical,
52	48		dental, or other patient care or services or to perform or cause to
53	49		be performed medical, dental, or clinical education, training, or
54	50		research activities in a coordinated or cooperative manner in a
55	51		public or nonprofit hospital.
56	52		SECTION 3. Section 312.007, Health and Safety Code, is
57	53		amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
58	54		(c) A resident engaged in graduate medical education in a
59	55		public or nonprofit hospital in association with a medical and
60	56		dental unit is an employee of a state agency regardless of whether
61	57		the resident receives a stipend or other payment from the medical
62	58		and dental unit for services performed as a resident.
63	59		SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
64	60		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
65	61		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
66	62		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
67	63		Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
	64	+	______________________________ ______________________________
	65	+	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
	66	+	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1066 passed the Senate on
	67	+	April 3, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that
	68	+	the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 26, 2017, by the
	69	+	following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	70	+	______________________________
	71	+	Secretary of the Senate
	72	+	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1066 passed the House, with
	73	+	amendment, on May 23, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 146,
	74	+	Nays 0, two present not voting.
	75	+	______________________________
	76	+	Chief Clerk of the House
	77	+	Approved:
	78	+	______________________________
	79	+	Date
	80	+	______________________________
	81	+	Governor