86R2222 MM-D
By: Hinojosa, Lucio, Zaffirini S.B. No. 134
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the participation of the medical school at The
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley in the Joint Admission
Medical Program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 51.821(4), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(4) "Participating medical school" means each of the
following entities:
(A) the medical school at The University of Texas
Health Science Center at Houston;
(B) the medical school at The University of Texas
Southwestern Medical Center;
(C) the medical school at The University of Texas
Health Science Center at San Antonio;
(D) the medical school at The University of Texas
Medical Branch at Galveston;
(E) the medical school at the Texas Tech
University Health Sciences Center at Lubbock;
(F) the medical school at the Texas Tech
University Health Sciences Center at El Paso;
(G) the Baylor College of Medicine;
(H) the college of osteopathic medicine at the
University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth;
[and]
(I) the medical school at The Texas A&M
University System Health Science Center; and
(J) the medical school at The University of Texas
Rio Grande Valley.
SECTION 2. (a) As soon as practicable after the effective
date of this Act, the medical school at The University of Texas Rio
Grande Valley shall:
(1) enter into the agreement with the Joint Admission
Medical Program Council required by Section 51.829, Education Code;
and
(2) select an appropriate faculty member to represent
the medical school on the council.
(b) The medical school shall provide internships and
mentoring under the Joint Admission Medical Program as appropriate
beginning with the 2019-2020 academic year, but is not required
before the 2022-2023 academic year to admit participating students
to the medical school under the program.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2019.