| 1 | 1 | | 88R9842 MM-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Ortega, Lalani, Raney, Howard H.B. No. 2594 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to requiring training in the importance of mental and |
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| 8 | 8 | | physical health as a requisite for certain medical degrees. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 51, Education Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by adding Section 51.312 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 51.312. MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH TRAINING REQUIRED. |
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| 13 | 13 | | (a) In this section, "medical school" means: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (1) a medical school as defined by Section 61.501; and |
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| 15 | 15 | | (2) any other institution of higher education, as |
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| 16 | 16 | | defined by Section 61.003, or school, department, or college of |
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| 17 | 17 | | such an institution, that awards medical degrees. |
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| 18 | 18 | | (b) Each medical school shall include training regarding |
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| 19 | 19 | | the importance of student, resident, and physician mental and |
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| 20 | 20 | | physical health in the curriculum required for a medical degree. |
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| 21 | 21 | | (c) This section does not apply to the requirements for the |
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| 22 | 22 | | degree program of a student who entered the degree program at a |
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| 23 | 23 | | medical school before the 2024 fall semester. This subsection |
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| 24 | 24 | | expires January 1, 2030. |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 26 | 26 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 27 | 27 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 28 | 28 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 29 | 29 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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