| 1 | 1 | | 88R12874 MM-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Hefner H.B. No. 4315 |
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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 the participation of the medical school at The |
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| 8 | 8 | | University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler in the Joint |
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| 9 | 9 | | Admission Medical Program. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Section 51.821(4), Education Code, is amended to |
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| 12 | 12 | | read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (4) "Participating medical school" means each of the |
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| 14 | 14 | | following entities: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (A) the medical school at The University of Texas |
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| 16 | 16 | | Health Science Center at Houston; |
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| 17 | 17 | | (B) the medical school at The University of Texas |
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| 18 | 18 | | Southwestern Medical Center; |
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| 19 | 19 | | (C) the medical school at The University of Texas |
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| 20 | 20 | | Health Science Center at San Antonio; |
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| 21 | 21 | | (D) the medical school at The University of Texas |
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| 22 | 22 | | Medical Branch at Galveston; |
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| 23 | 23 | | (E) the medical school at the Texas Tech |
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| 24 | 24 | | University Health Sciences Center at Lubbock; |
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| 25 | 25 | | (F) the medical school at the Texas Tech |
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| 26 | 26 | | University Health Sciences Center at El Paso; |
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| 27 | 27 | | (G) the Baylor College of Medicine; |
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| 28 | 28 | | (H) the college of osteopathic medicine at the |
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| 29 | 29 | | University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth; |
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| 30 | 30 | | (I) the medical school at The Texas A&M |
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| 31 | 31 | | University System Health Science Center; |
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| 32 | 32 | | (J) the medical school at The University of Texas |
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| 33 | 33 | | at Austin; |
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| 34 | 34 | | (K) the medical school at The University of Texas |
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| 35 | 35 | | Rio Grande Valley; |
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| 36 | 36 | | (L) the medical school at the University of |
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| 37 | 37 | | Houston; [and] |
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| 38 | 38 | | (M) the college of osteopathic medicine at Sam |
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| 39 | 39 | | Houston State University; and |
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| 40 | 40 | | (N) the medical school at The University of Texas |
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| 41 | 41 | | Health Science Center at Tyler. |
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| 42 | 42 | | SECTION 2. (a) As soon as practicable after the effective |
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| 43 | 43 | | date of this Act, the medical school at The University of Texas |
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| 44 | 44 | | Health Science Center at Tyler shall: |
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| 45 | 45 | | (1) enter into the agreement with the Joint Admission |
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| 46 | 46 | | Medical Program Council required by Section 51.829, Education Code; |
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| 47 | 47 | | and |
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| 48 | 48 | | (2) select an appropriate faculty member to represent |
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| 49 | 49 | | the medical school on the council. |
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| 50 | 50 | | (b) The medical school at The University of Texas Health |
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| 51 | 51 | | Science Center at Tyler shall provide internships and mentoring |
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| 52 | 52 | | under the Joint Admission Medical Program as appropriate beginning |
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| 53 | 53 | | not later than the 2024-2025 academic year, but is not required |
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| 54 | 54 | | before the 2026-2027 academic year to admit participating students |
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| 55 | 55 | | to the school under the program. |
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| 56 | 56 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 57 | 57 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 58 | 58 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 59 | 59 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 60 | 60 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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