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1		-	H.B. No. 1065
	1	+	By: Ashby, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Kolkhorst) H.B. No. 1065
	2	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 15, 2019;
	3	+	April 16, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Higher
	4	+	Education; May 9, 2019, reported adversely, with favorable
	5	+	Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0;
	6	+	May 9, 2019, sent to printer.)
	7	+	Click here to see the committee vote
	8	+	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 1065 By: Taylor
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	11	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	12		AN ACT
5	13		relating to the establishment of a rural resident physician grant
6	14		program.
7	15		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	16		SECTION 1. Chapter 58A, Education Code, is amended by
9	17		adding Subchapter E to read as follows:
10	18		SUBCHAPTER E. RURAL RESIDENT PHYSICIAN GRANT PROGRAM
11	19		Sec. 58A.081. RURAL RESIDENT PHYSICIAN GRANT PROGRAM. (a)
12	20		The board shall administer the Rural Resident Physician Grant
13	21		Program as a competitive grant program to encourage the creation of
14	22		new graduate medical education positions in rural and
15	23		nonmetropolitan areas, with particular emphasis on the creation of
16	24		rural training tracks. The board shall award grants to new or
17	25		expanded physician residency programs at teaching hospitals and
18	26		other appropriate health care entities according to the program
19	27		criteria established under this section.
20	28		(b) The board shall establish criteria for the grant program
21	29		in consultation with one or more physicians, including a physician
22	30		who practices in a rural area of this state, teaching hospitals,
23	31		medical schools, and independent physician residency programs, and
24	32		with other persons considered appropriate by the board. The
25	33		program criteria must take into account whether a rural or
26	34		nonmetropolitan area has the resources sufficient to support a
27	35		physician residency program in a manner that would satisfy
28	36		applicable residency program accreditation requirements.
29	37		(c) The board may provide grants only to support a physician
30	38		residency program:
31	39		(1) that provides the level of medical care that is
32	40		most needed in a rural or nonmetropolitan area; and
33	41		(2) until the program becomes eligible for federal
34	42		grant funding.
35	43		(d) Grant funds awarded under this section may be used only
36	44		to pay direct costs associated with creating or maintaining a
37	45		residency position, including the salary of the resident physician.
38	46		(e) Each grant application must:
39	47		(1) specify the number of residency positions expected
40	48		to be created or maintained with the grant money;
41	49		(2) specify the grant amount requested for each year;
42	50		(3) include documentation of infrastructure and
43	51		staffing to satisfy applicable residency program accreditation
44	52		requirements;
45	53		(4) include documentation that the residency program
46	54		will set a primary goal of producing physicians who are prepared for
47	55		practice in a rural area; and
48	56		(5) include evidence of support for residency training
49	57		by sponsoring institutions and the community.
50	58		(f) The board shall award grants for all residency positions
51	59		awarded a grant under this section in the preceding year before
52	60		awarding a grant for a residency position that did not receive a
53	61		grant in the preceding year, provided that the applicable grant
54	62		recipient from the preceding year complies with all conditions of
55	63		the grant as described by Subsection (g) and satisfies the grant
56	64		eligibility requirements.
57	65		(g) The board shall monitor physician residency programs
58	66		receiving grants as necessary to ensure compliance with the grant
59	67		program and shall require the return of any unused grant money by,
60	68		or shall decline to award additional grants to, a residency program
61	69		that receives a grant but fails to:
62	70		(1) create and fill, within a reasonable period, the
63	71		number of residency positions proposed in the program's grant
64	72		application; or
65	73		(2) satisfy any other conditions of the grant imposed
66	74		by the board.
67	75		(h) The board shall use money forfeited under Subsection (g)
68	76		to award grants to other eligible applicants. With respect to the
69	77		physician residency program forfeiting the grant, the board may
70	78		restore grant money or award additional grants, as applicable, to
71	79		the program as soon as practicable after the program satisfies all
72	80		conditions of the grant.
73	81		(i) The board shall adopt rules for the administration of
74	82		the grant program. The rules must include:
75	83		(1) administrative provisions governing:
76	84		(A) eligibility criteria for grant applicants;
77	85		(B) grant application procedures;
78	86		(C) guidelines relating to grant amounts;
79	87		(D) guidelines relating to the number of grants
80	88		to be awarded each year, subject to available funds;
81	89		(E) procedures for evaluating grant
82	90		applications;
83	91		(F) procedures for monitoring the use of grants;
84	92		and
85	93		(G) reporting requirements for grant recipients;
86	94		(2) methods for tracking the effectiveness of grants;
87	95		and
88	96		(3) any conditions relating to the receipt and use of a
89	97		grant as considered appropriate by the board.
90	98		SECTION 2. (a) As soon as practicable after the effective
91	99		date of this Act, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
92	100		shall adopt rules for the implementation and administration of the
93	101		grant program established under Subchapter E, Chapter 58A,
94	102		Education Code, as added by this Act. The board may adopt the
95	103		initial rules in the manner provided by law for emergency rules.
96	104		(b) Not later than October 1, 2019, the Texas Higher
97	105		Education Coordinating Board shall establish the grant program
98	106		required by Subchapter E, Chapter 58A, Education Code, as added by
99	107		this Act, and shall begin to award grants under that program not
100	108		later than January 1, 2020.
101	109		SECTION 3. The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board is
102	110		required to implement a provision of this Act only if the
103	111		legislature appropriates money specifically for that purpose. If
104	112		the legislature does not appropriate money specifically for that
105	113		purpose, the coordinating board may, but is not required to,
106	114		implement a provision of this Act using other appropriations
107	115		available for that purpose.
108	116		SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
109	117		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
110	118		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
111	119		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
112	120		Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
113		-	______________________________ ______________________________
114		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
115		-	I certify that H.B. No. 1065 was passed by the House on April
116		-	12, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 130, Nays 12, 1 present, not
117		-	voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
118		-	No. 1065 on May 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 133, Nays 11,
119		-	1 present, not voting.
120		-	______________________________
121		-	Chief Clerk of the House
122		-	I certify that H.B. No. 1065 was passed by the Senate, with
123		-	amendments, on May 14, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays
124		-	2.
125		-	______________________________
126		-	Secretary of the Senate
127		-	APPROVED: __________________
128		-	Date
129		-	__________________
130		-	Governor
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