Bill Text: TX HCR102 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Expressing support for prioritizing a substantial increase in funding for graduate medical education before authorizing the creation and support of additional medical schools.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-15 - Signed by the Governor [HCR102 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HCR102-Enrolled.html
| H.C.R. No. 102 | ||
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| WHEREAS, The Texas population is growing rapidly, and the | ||
| number of health care providers is not keeping pace; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Almost 70 percent of Texas counties were wholly or | ||
| partially designated as primary care Health Professional Shortage | ||
| Areas in 2015; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The Texas Legislature and governor approved $53 | ||
| million for graduate medical education funding in the 84th | ||
| Legislative Session to help address this shortage; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Before that investment, the Texas Higher Education | ||
| Coordinating Board projected that, by 2016, more than 100 Texas | ||
| medical school graduates would not have an opportunity to remain in | ||
| state for their residency training due to a lack of first-year | ||
| residency positions; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In 2015, Texas medical schools awarded 1,692 doctor | ||
| of medicine and doctor of osteopathic medicine degrees, and the | ||
| state opened two new medical schools in 2016, and an additional four | ||
| medical schools may be created in the near future; and | ||
| WHEREAS, This new growth in the number of medical school | ||
| graduates will all but nullify or outstrip the legislature's recent | ||
| efforts to expand graduate medical education and further hinder | ||
| Texas' efforts to achieve the goal of 1.1 residency positions for | ||
| each medical school graduate; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the 85th Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
| hereby express its support for prioritizing a substantial increase | ||
| in funding for graduate medical education before it considers | ||
| authorizing the creation and support of additional medical schools | ||
| in our state; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Texas Legislature charge the Texas Higher | ||
| Education Coordinating Board to work with institutions of higher | ||
| education and the medical community to achieve the 1.1 to 1 goal for | ||
| graduate medical education; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward an | ||
| official copy of this resolution to all public and private | ||
| institutions of higher education in the state. | ||
| Lozano | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.C.R. No. 102 was adopted by the House on May | ||
| 4, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 134, Nays 12, 3 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.C.R. No. 102 was adopted by the Senate on May | ||
| 24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: __________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| __________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
