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| 4 | 6 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 7 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 8 | | relating to the reporting of the Joint Admission Medical Program. |
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| 7 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter V, Chapter 51, Education Code, is |
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| 9 | 11 | | amended by amending Section 51.834 to read as follows: |
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| 10 | 12 | | Sec. 51.834. REPORT. (a) The council shall deliver a |
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| 11 | 13 | | report on the program to the governor, the lieutenant governor, and |
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| 12 | 14 | | the speaker of the house of representatives not later than December |
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| 13 | 15 | | 31 of each even-numbered year. |
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| 14 | 16 | | (b) The report must contain detailed information regarding: |
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| 15 | 17 | | (1) any problems the council identifies in |
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| 16 | 18 | | implementing the program, with recommended solutions for those |
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| 17 | 19 | | problems; |
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| 18 | 20 | | (2) the expenditure of any money received under this |
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| 19 | 21 | | subchapter, including legislative appropriations; [and] |
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| 20 | 22 | | (3) the number of students who are admitted to the |
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| 21 | 23 | | program and who are enrolled in each year of a baccalaureate, |
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| 22 | 24 | | graduate, or professional degree program offered by a general |
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| 23 | 25 | | academic teaching institution, a private or independent |
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| 24 | 26 | | institution of higher education, or a participating medical school, |
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| 25 | 27 | | as applicable; [.] |
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| 26 | 28 | | (4) the number of students who are dismissed, |
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| 27 | 29 | | terminated, placed on probation, or otherwise withdrawn from the |
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| 28 | 30 | | program by the council or voluntary decision who were enrolled in |
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| 29 | 31 | | each year of a baccalaureate, graduate, or professional degree |
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| 30 | 32 | | program offered by a general academic teaching institution, a |
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| 31 | 33 | | private or independent institution of higher education, or a |
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| 32 | 34 | | participating medical school, as applicable; and |
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| 33 | 35 | | (5) expenditure for graduate scholarships awarded to |
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| 34 | 36 | | participating medical students; including the amount per student |
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| 35 | 37 | | and any need to maintain the ending balance in lieu of reallocation |
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| 36 | 38 | | to medical school scholarship recipients. |
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| 37 | 39 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 38 | 40 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 39 | 41 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 40 | 42 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 41 | 43 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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