Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB2346 Compare Versions

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1	1	86R11552 KJE-F
2	2	By: Creighton S.B. No. 2346
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the creation of the Sam Houston State University
8	8	College of Osteopathic Medicine.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 96, Education Code, is
11	11	amended by adding Section 96.66 to read as follows:
12	12	Sec. 96.66. SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF
13	13	OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE. (a) In this section:
14	14	(1) "Board" means the board of regents of the Texas
15	15	State University System.
16	16	(2) "College" means the Sam Houston State University
17	17	College of Osteopathic Medicine established under this section.
18	18	(3) "University" means Sam Houston State University.
19	19	(b) The Sam Houston State University College of Osteopathic
20	20	Medicine is a college of the university and is under the management
21	21	and control of the board with degrees offered under the name and
22	22	authority of the university.
23	23	(c) The board may prescribe courses leading to customary
24	24	degrees and may adopt rules for the operation, control, and
25	25	management of the college as necessary for conducting a college of
26	26	osteopathic medicine of the first class.
27	27	(d) The provost of the university, on behalf of the board,
28	28	may execute and carry out an affiliation or coordinating agreement
29	29	with any other entity or institution.
30	30	(e) The board may solicit, accept, and administer gifts and
31	31	grants from any public or private source for the use and benefit of
32	32	the college.
33	33	(f) In addition to the college's facilities, the board may
34	34	enter into agreements under which additional facilities used in the
35	35	college's teaching and research programs, including libraries,
36	36	auditoriums, research facilities, and medical education buildings,
37	37	may be provided by a public or private entity.
38	38	(g) A teaching hospital considered suitable by the board may
39	39	be provided by a public or private entity. The hospital may not be
40	40	constructed, maintained, or operated with state funds.
41	41	(h) Notwithstanding any other law, the university is not
42	42	entitled to receive any formula funding for the college.
43	43	SECTION 2. Section 51.821(4), Education Code, is amended to
44	44	read as follows:
45	45	(4) "Participating medical school" means each of the
46	46	following entities:
47	47	(A) the medical school at The University of Texas
48	48	Health Science Center at Houston;
49	49	(B) the medical school at The University of Texas
50	50	Southwestern Medical Center;
51	51	(C) the medical school at The University of Texas
52	52	Health Science Center at San Antonio;
53	53	(D) the medical school at The University of Texas
54	54	Medical Branch at Galveston;
55	55	(E) the medical school at the Texas Tech
56	56	University Health Sciences Center at Lubbock;
57	57	(F) the medical school at the Texas Tech
58	58	University Health Sciences Center at El Paso;
59	59	(G) the Baylor College of Medicine;
60	60	(H) the college of osteopathic medicine at the
61	61	University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth;
62	62	[and]
63	63	(I) the medical school at The Texas A&M
64	64	University System Health Science Center; and
65	65	(J) the college of osteopathic medicine at Sam
66	66	Houston State University.
67	67	SECTION 3. Section 58.002(a)(1), Education Code, is amended
68	68	to read as follows:
69	69	(1) "Resident physician" means a person who is
70	70	appointed a resident physician by a school of medicine in The
71	71	University of Texas System, the Texas Tech University System, The
72	72	Texas A&M University System, or the University of North Texas
73	73	System or by the Sam Houston State University College of
74	74	Osteopathic Medicine or the Baylor College of Medicine and who:
75	75	(A) has received a Doctor of Medicine or a Doctor
76	76	of Osteopathic Medicine degree from the Baylor College of Medicine
77	77	or from an approved school of medicine; or
78	78	(B) is a citizen of Texas and has received a
79	79	Doctor of Medicine or a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from
80	80	some other school of medicine that is accredited by the Liaison
81	81	Committee on Medical Education or by the Bureau of Professional
82	82	Education of the American Osteopathic Association.
83	83	SECTION 4. Sections 59.01(1) and (3), Education Code, are
84	84	amended to read as follows:
85	85	(1) "Medical staff or students" means medical doctors,
86	86	doctors of osteopathy, dentists, veterinarians, and podiatrists
87	87	appointed to the faculty or professional medical staff employed for
88	88	student health services by The University of Texas System, The
89	89	Texas A&M University System, the Texas Tech University System, the
90	90	Sam Houston State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, or
91	91	the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth,
92	92	either full time or who, although appointed less than full time
93	93	(including volunteers), either devote their total professional
94	94	service to such appointment or provide services to patients by
95	95	assignment from the department chairman; and interns, residents,
96	96	fellows, and medical or dental students, veterinary students, and
97	97	students of osteopathy participating in a patient-care program in
98	98	The University of Texas System, The Texas A&M University System,
99	99	the Texas Tech University System, the Sam Houston State University
100	100	College of Osteopathic Medicine, or the University of North Texas
101	101	Health Science Center at Fort Worth.
102	102	(3) "Board" means the board of regents of The
103	103	University of Texas System, the board of regents of The Texas A&M
104	104	University System, the board of regents of the Texas Tech
105	105	University System, the board of regents of the Texas State
106	106	University System, or the board of regents of the University of
107	107	North Texas.
108	108	SECTION 5. Sections 59.02(a) and (c), Education Code, are
109	109	amended to read as follows:
110	110	(a) Each board may establish a separate self-insurance fund
111	111	to pay any damages adjudged in a court of competent jurisdiction or
112	112	a settlement of any medical malpractice claim against a member of
113	113	the medical staff or students arising from the exercise of the
114	114	member's [his] appointment, duties, or training with The University
115	115	of Texas System, The Texas A&M University System, the Texas Tech
116	116	University System, the Sam Houston State University College of
117	117	Osteopathic Medicine, or the University of North Texas Health
118	118	Science Center at Fort Worth.
119	119	(c) On the establishment of each fund, transfers to the fund
120	120	shall be made in an amount and at such intervals as determined by
121	121	the board. Each board may receive and accept any gifts or donations
122	122	specified for the purposes of this subchapter and deposit those
123	123	gifts or donations into the fund. Each board may invest money
124	124	deposited in the fund, and any income received shall be retained in
125	125	the fund. The money shall be deposited in any of the approved
126	126	depository banks of The University of Texas System, The Texas A&M
127	127	University System, the Texas Tech University System, the Texas
128	128	State University System, or the University of North Texas Health
129	129	Science Center at Fort Worth. All expenditures from the funds shall
130	130	be paid pursuant to approval by the boards.
131	131	SECTION 6. Section 61.003(5), Education Code, is amended to
132	132	read as follows:
133	133	(5) "Medical and dental unit" means The Texas A&M
134	134	University System Health Science Center and its component
135	135	institutions, agencies, and programs; the Texas Tech University
136	136	Health Sciences Center; the Texas Tech University Health Sciences
137	137	Center at El Paso; the Sam Houston State University College of
138	138	Osteopathic Medicine; The University of Texas Medical Branch at
139	139	Galveston; The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center; The
140	140	University of Texas Medical School at San Antonio; The University
141	141	of Texas Dental Branch at Houston; The University of Texas M. D.
142	142	Anderson Cancer Center; The University of Texas Graduate School of
143	143	Biomedical Sciences at Houston; The University of Texas Dental
144	144	School at San Antonio; The University of Texas Medical School at
145	145	Houston; The University of Texas Health Science Center--South Texas
146	146	and its component institutions, if established under Subchapter N,
147	147	Chapter 74; the nursing institutions of The Texas A&M University
148	148	System and The University of Texas System; and The University of
149	149	Texas School of Public Health at Houston; and such other medical or
150	150	dental schools as may be established by statute or as provided in
151	151	this chapter.
152	152	SECTION 7. Section 61.501(1), Education Code, is amended to
153	153	read as follows:
154	154	(1) "Medical school" means the medical school at The
155	155	University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, the medical
156	156	school at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, the
157	157	medical school at The University of Texas Health Science Center at
158	158	San Antonio, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston,
159	159	the medical school at The University of Texas at Austin, the medical
160	160	school at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, the medical
161	161	education program of The University of Texas Health Science Center
162	162	at Tyler, the medical school at the Texas Tech University Health
163	163	Sciences Center, the medical school at the Texas Tech University
164	164	Health Sciences Center at El Paso, the Sam Houston State University
165	165	College of Osteopathic Medicine, the Baylor College of Medicine,
166	166	the college of osteopathic medicine at the University of North
167	167	Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, or the medical school at
168	168	the Texas A&M University Health Science Center.
169	169	SECTION 8. Section 63.002(c), Education Code, is amended to
170	170	read as follows:
171	171	(c) The amount available for distribution from the fund may
172	172	be appropriated only for programs that benefit medical research,
173	173	health education, or treatment programs at the following
174	174	health-related institutions of higher education:
175	175	(1) The University of Texas Health Science Center at
176	176	San Antonio;
177	177	(2) The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer
178	178	Center;
179	179	(3) The University of Texas Southwestern Medical
180	180	Center;
181	181	(4) The University of Texas Medical Branch at
182	182	Galveston;
183	183	(5) The University of Texas Health Science Center at
184	184	Houston;
185	185	(6) The University of Texas Health Science Center at
186	186	Tyler;
187	187	(7) The University of Texas Health Science
188	188	Center--South Texas and its component institutions, if established
189	189	under Subchapter N, Chapter 74;
190	190	(8) The Texas A&M University Health Science Center;
191	191	(9) the University of North Texas Health Science
192	192	Center at Fort Worth;
193	193	(10) the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center;
194	194	(11) the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
195	195	at El Paso; [and]
196	196	(12) the Sam Houston State University College of
197	197	Osteopathic Medicine; and
198	198	(13) Baylor College of Medicine, if a contract between
199	199	Baylor College of Medicine and the Texas Higher Education
200	200	Coordinating Board is in effect under Section 61.092.
201	201	SECTION 9. (a) As soon as practicable after the effective
202	202	date of this Act, the Sam Houston State University College of
203	203	Osteopathic Medicine shall:
204	204	(1) enter into the agreement with the Joint Admission
205	205	Medical Program Council required by Section 51.829, Education Code;
206	206	and
207	207	(2) select an appropriate faculty member to represent
208	208	the college on the council.
209	209	(b) The Sam Houston State University College of Osteopathic
210	210	Medicine shall provide internships and mentoring under the Joint
211	211	Admission Medical Program not later than the 2022-2023 academic
212	212	year to admit participating students to the college under the
213	213	program.
214	214	SECTION 10. The Sam Houston State University College of
215	215	Osteopathic Medicine is eligible to receive funding under
216	216	Subchapter A, Chapter 63, Education Code, beginning with
217	217	allocations for the state fiscal year that begins September 1,
218	218	2019.
219	219	SECTION 11. This Act takes effect immediately if it
220	220	receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each
221	221	house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.
222	222	If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate
223	223	effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2019.