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1		-	S.B. No. 1378
	1	+	By: Buckingham, et al. S.B. No. 1378
	2	+	(Turner of Tarrant)
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	5	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	6		AN ACT
5	7		relating to meeting the graduate medical education needs of medical
6	8		degree programs offered or proposed by public institutions of
7	9		higher education.
8	10		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	11		SECTION 1. Section 61.05122, Education Code, is amended by
10	12		amending Subsections (b) and (d) and adding Subsections (b-1) and
11	13		(d-1) to read as follows:
12	14		(b) As soon as practicable after an institution of higher
13	15		education completes preliminary planning for a new doctor of
14	16		medicine (M.D.) or doctor of osteopathic medicine (D.O.) degree
15	17		program, the institution promptly shall provide to the board a
16	18		specific plan regarding the addition of first-year residency
17	19		positions for the graduate medical education program to be offered
18	20		in connection with the [new] degree program. The plan must propose
19	21		an increase in the number of those first-year residency positions
20	22		that, when combined with the total number of existing first-year
21	23		residency positions in this state, will be sufficient to reasonably
22	24		accommodate the number of anticipated graduates from all doctor of
23	25		medicine (M.D.) or doctor of osteopathic medicine (D.O.) degree
24	26		programs that are offered in this state, including the degree
25	27		program proposed by the institution, and to provide adequate
26	28		opportunity for those graduates to remain in this state for the
27	29		clinical portion of their education.
28	30		(b-1) If in its preliminary planning the institution
29	31		establishes a long-term targeted maximum individual enrollment
30	32		class size that differs from its proposed initial maximum
31	33		individual enrollment class size, the institution's plan under
32	34		Subsection (b) must include a proposed increase in the number of
33	35		first-year residency positions over time that will be sufficient to
34	36		accommodate, in accordance with the requirements of that
35	37		subsection, the institution's planned increase or increases in
36	38		maximum individual enrollment class size.
37	39		(d) An institution's projected increase in first-year
38	40		residency positions is presumed to be sufficient in its plan if,
39	41		considering both the institution's proposed initial maximum
40	42		individual enrollment class size and any projected growth in that
41	43		class size, the increase will achieve the purposes of this section
42	44		with respect to all graduates from degree programs described by
43	45		this section that are offered or will be offered by the institution.
44	46		(d-1) Any institution that experiences substantial growth
45	47		in an individual enrollment class size after the approval of its
46	48		plan promptly shall provide to the board an updated plan that
47	49		complies with Subsection (b) based on the institution's actual
48	50		maximum individual enrollment class size and, if the institution
49	51		anticipates continued substantial growth, based on the
50	52		institution's targeted maximum individual enrollment class size.
51	53		The board shall adopt rules that clearly define what constitutes a
52	54		substantial growth in class size for an institution subject to this
53	55		section.
54	56		SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
55	57		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
56	58		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
57	59		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
58	60		Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
59		-	______________________________ ______________________________
60		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
61		-	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1378 passed the Senate on
62		-	April 9, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
63		-	______________________________
64		-	Secretary of the Senate
65		-	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1378 passed the House on
66		-	May 3, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 1, two present
67		-	not voting.
68		-	______________________________
69		-	Chief Clerk of the House
70		-	Approved:
71		-	______________________________
72		-	Date
73		-	______________________________
74		-	Governor