Bill Text: TX SB134 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the participation of the medical school at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley in the Joint Admission Medical Program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-01 - Referred to Higher Education [SB134 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB134-Introduced.html
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By: Hinojosa, Lucio, Zaffirini | S.B. No. 134 |
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relating to the participation of the medical school at The | ||
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley in the Joint Admission | ||
Medical Program. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 51.821(4), Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(4) "Participating medical school" means each of the | ||
following entities: | ||
(A) the medical school at The University of Texas | ||
Health Science Center at Houston; | ||
(B) the medical school at The University of Texas | ||
Southwestern Medical Center; | ||
(C) the medical school at The University of Texas | ||
Health Science Center at San Antonio; | ||
(D) the medical school at The University of Texas | ||
Medical Branch at Galveston; | ||
(E) the medical school at the Texas Tech | ||
University Health Sciences Center at Lubbock; | ||
(F) the medical school at the Texas Tech | ||
University Health Sciences Center at El Paso; | ||
(G) the Baylor College of Medicine; | ||
(H) the college of osteopathic medicine at the | ||
University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth; | ||
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(I) the medical school at The Texas A&M | ||
University System Health Science Center; and | ||
(J) the medical school at The University of Texas | ||
Rio Grande Valley. | ||
SECTION 2. (a) As soon as practicable after the effective | ||
date of this Act, the medical school at The University of Texas Rio | ||
Grande Valley shall: | ||
(1) enter into the agreement with the Joint Admission | ||
Medical Program Council required by Section 51.829, Education Code; | ||
and | ||
(2) select an appropriate faculty member to represent | ||
the medical school on the council. | ||
(b) The medical school shall provide internships and | ||
mentoring under the Joint Admission Medical Program as appropriate | ||
beginning with the 2019-2020 academic year, but is not required | ||
before the 2022-2023 academic year to admit participating students | ||
to the medical school under the program. | ||
SECTION 3. 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, 2019. |