88R24097 JRJ-D
By: Wilson H.B. No. 3790
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3790:
By: Clardy C.S.H.B. No. 3790
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the provision of scholarships by private or independent
institutions of higher education under the Joint Admission Medical
Program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 51.831, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 51.831. COUNCIL AGREEMENT WITH PRIVATE OR INDEPENDENT
INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION. Each private or independent
institution of higher education must enter into an agreement with
the council under which the institution agrees to:
(1) provide academic counseling to a participating
student or program alternate enrolled at the institution;
(2) as soon as practicable, implement or expand
appropriate degree programs as necessary to provide participating
students with sufficient preparation for enrollment in
participating medical schools;
(3) select a faculty director or an academic or health
professions advisor to assist in implementing the program at the
institution and in implementing or expanding the institution's
degree programs as necessary under Subdivision (2); and
(4) provide, in addition to any other scholarship
money awarded to the student, a scholarship to a participating
student in the amount required for a participating student
attending a general academic teaching institution, except that
[but not to exceed] the amount of scholarship awards may not exceed
the amount of tuition and fees that the student is charged.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to the
provision of scholarships pursuant to an agreement under Section
51.831, Education Code, as amended by this Act, beginning with the
2023-2024 academic year.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.