S.B. No. 1378
AN ACT
relating to meeting the graduate medical education needs of medical
degree programs offered or proposed by public institutions of
higher education.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 61.05122, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsections (b) and (d) and adding Subsections (b-1) and
(d-1) to read as follows:
(b) As soon as practicable after an institution of higher
education completes preliminary planning for a new doctor of
medicine (M.D.) or doctor of osteopathic medicine (D.O.) degree
program, the institution promptly shall provide to the board a
specific plan regarding the addition of first-year residency
positions for the graduate medical education program to be offered
in connection with the [new] degree program. The plan must propose
an increase in the number of those first-year residency positions
that, when combined with the total number of existing first-year
residency positions in this state, will be sufficient to reasonably
accommodate the number of anticipated graduates from all doctor of
medicine (M.D.) or doctor of osteopathic medicine (D.O.) degree
programs that are offered in this state, including the degree
program proposed by the institution, and to provide adequate
opportunity for those graduates to remain in this state for the
clinical portion of their education.
(b-1) If in its preliminary planning the institution
establishes a long-term targeted maximum individual enrollment
class size that differs from its proposed initial maximum
individual enrollment class size, the institution's plan under
Subsection (b) must include a proposed increase in the number of
first-year residency positions over time that will be sufficient to
accommodate, in accordance with the requirements of that
subsection, the institution's planned increase or increases in
maximum individual enrollment class size.
(d) An institution's projected increase in first-year
residency positions is presumed to be sufficient in its plan if,
considering both the institution's proposed initial maximum
individual enrollment class size and any projected growth in that
class size, the increase will achieve the purposes of this section
with respect to all graduates from degree programs described by
this section that are offered or will be offered by the institution.
(d-1) Any institution that experiences substantial growth
in an individual enrollment class size after the approval of its
plan promptly shall provide to the board an updated plan that
complies with Subsection (b) based on the institution's actual
maximum individual enrollment class size and, if the institution
anticipates continued substantial growth, based on the
institution's targeted maximum individual enrollment class size.
The board shall adopt rules that clearly define what constitutes a
substantial growth in class size for an institution subject to this
section.
SECTION 2. 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.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1378 passed the Senate on
April 9, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1378 passed the House on
May 3, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 1, two present
not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor