87(R) SB 420 - Introduced version - Bill Text

	87R6621 KJE-F
	By:  Miles	S.B.  No.  420

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	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; [and]
	(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.