Bill Text: TX HB576 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to tracking career information for graduates of Texas medical schools.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-14 - Referred to Higher Education [HB576 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB576-Introduced.html
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| By: Guillen | H.B. No. 576 | |
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| relating to tracking career information for graduates of Texas | ||
| medical schools. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 61.0906 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 61.0906. MEDICAL SCHOOL GRADUATE TRACKING SYSTEM. (a) | ||
| The board by rule shall establish a system under which the board | ||
| acquires and maintains data regarding the initial medical career | ||
| choices made by graduates of medical schools in this state. The | ||
| tracking system must use any data reasonably available to the | ||
| board, including data maintained by or accessible to medical | ||
| schools in this state, and must collect relevant information | ||
| regarding the career paths of medical school graduates during the | ||
| two-year period following completion of their residency or | ||
| fellowship. | ||
| (b) For purposes of Subsection (a), relevant information | ||
| includes: | ||
| (1) whether and for how long graduates work in primary | ||
| care in this state and which medical specialties they choose; and | ||
| (2) the location of the practices established by | ||
| graduates, including whether and for how long they work in a health | ||
| professional shortage area designated by the Department of State | ||
| Health Services or in a community-based setting such as a federally | ||
| qualified health center, community health clinic, or rural | ||
| hospital. | ||
| SECTION 2. (a) As soon as practicable after the effective | ||
| date of this Act, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board | ||
| shall adopt rules for the implementation and administration of the | ||
| tracking system established under Section 61.0906, Education Code, | ||
| as added by this Act. The board may adopt the initial rules in the | ||
| manner provided by law for emergency rules. | ||
| (b) Not later than January 1, 2014, the Texas Higher | ||
| Education Coordinating Board shall establish the tracking system | ||
| required by Section 61.0906, Education Code, as added by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
