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.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
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. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |