Bill Text: TX HB1325 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the participation of the medical school at the University of Houston and the college of osteopathic medicine at Sam Houston State University in the Joint Admission Medical Program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-05-15 - Effective immediately [HB1325 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB1325-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 1325 | ||
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| relating to the participation of the medical school at the | ||
| University of Houston and the college of osteopathic medicine at | ||
| Sam Houston State University 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; | ||
| (I) the medical school at The Texas A&M | ||
| University System Health Science Center; | ||
| (J) the medical school at The University of Texas | ||
| at Austin; [ |
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| (K) the medical school at The University of Texas | ||
| Rio Grande Valley; | ||
| (L) the medical school at the University of | ||
| Houston; and | ||
| (M) the college of osteopathic medicine at Sam | ||
| Houston State University. | ||
| SECTION 2. (a) As soon as practicable after the effective | ||
| date of this Act, the medical school at the University of Houston | ||
| and the college of osteopathic medicine at Sam Houston State | ||
| University each 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 respective medical school on the council. | ||
| (b) The medical school at the University of Houston and the | ||
| college of osteopathic medicine at Sam Houston State University | ||
| each shall provide internships and mentoring under the Joint | ||
| Admission Medical Program as appropriate beginning not later than | ||
| the 2022-2023 academic year, but are not required before the | ||
| 2023-2024 academic year to admit participating students to the | ||
| school or college 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, 2021. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 1325 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 14, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 148, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 1325 was passed by the Senate on April | ||
| 29, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
