88R9842 MM-D
By: Ortega, Lalani, Raney, Howard H.B. No. 2594
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requiring training in the importance of mental and
physical health as a requisite for certain medical degrees.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 51, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 51.312 to read as follows:
Sec. 51.312. MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH TRAINING REQUIRED.
(a) In this section, "medical school" means:
(1) a medical school as defined by Section 61.501; and
(2) any other institution of higher education, as
defined by Section 61.003, or school, department, or college of
such an institution, that awards medical degrees.
(b) Each medical school shall include training regarding
the importance of student, resident, and physician mental and
physical health in the curriculum required for a medical degree.
(c) This section does not apply to the requirements for the
degree program of a student who entered the degree program at a
medical school before the 2024 fall semester. This subsection
expires January 1, 2030.
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, 2023.