Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

Texas House Bill HB4039 Compare Versions

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1	1	86R12486 KEL-D
2	2	By: Turner of Tarrant H.B. No. 4039
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to meeting the graduate medical education needs of medical
8	8	degree programs offered or proposed by public institutions of
9	9	higher education.
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. Section 61.05122, Education Code, is amended by
12	12	amending Subsections (b) and (d) and adding Subsections (b-1) and
13	13	(d-1) to read as follows:
14	14	(b) As soon as practicable after an institution of higher
15	15	education completes preliminary planning for a new doctor of
16	16	medicine (M.D.) or doctor of osteopathic medicine (D.O.) degree
17	17	program, the institution promptly shall provide to the board a
18	18	specific plan regarding the addition of first-year residency
19	19	positions for the graduate medical education program to be offered
20	20	in connection with the [new] degree program. The plan must propose
21	21	an increase in the number of those first-year residency positions
22	22	that, when combined with the total number of existing first-year
23	23	residency positions in this state, will be sufficient to reasonably
24	24	accommodate the number of anticipated graduates from all doctor of
25	25	medicine (M.D.) or doctor of osteopathic medicine (D.O.) degree
26	26	programs that are offered in this state, including the degree
27	27	program proposed by the institution, and to provide adequate
28	28	opportunity for those graduates to remain in this state for the
29	29	clinical portion of their education.
30	30	(b-1) If in its preliminary planning the institution
31	31	establishes a long-term targeted maximum individual enrollment
32	32	class size that differs from its proposed initial maximum
33	33	individual enrollment class size, the institution's plan under
34	34	Subsection (b) must include a proposed increase in the number of
35	35	first-year residency positions over time that will be sufficient to
36	36	accommodate, in accordance with the requirements of that
37	37	subsection, the institution's planned increase or increases in
38	38	maximum individual enrollment class size.
39	39	(d) An institution's projected increase in first-year
40	40	residency positions is presumed to be sufficient in its plan if,
41	41	considering both the institution's proposed initial maximum
42	42	individual enrollment class size and any projected growth in that
43	43	class size, the increase will achieve the purposes of this section
44	44	with respect to all graduates from degree programs described by
45	45	this section that are offered or will be offered by the institution.
46	46	(d-1) Any institution that experiences substantial growth
47	47	in an individual enrollment class size after the approval of its
48	48	plan promptly shall provide to the board an updated plan that
49	49	complies with Subsection (b) based on the institution's actual
50	50	maximum individual enrollment class size and, if the institution
51	51	anticipates continued substantial growth, based on the
52	52	institution's targeted maximum individual enrollment class size.
53	53	The board shall adopt rules that clearly define what constitutes a
54	54	substantial growth in class size for an institution subject to this
55	55	section.
56	56	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
57	57	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
58	58	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
59	59	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
60	60	Act takes effect September 1, 2019.