Bill Text: TX SB491 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the statewide preceptorship program in family medicine.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-09 - Effective immediately [SB491 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB491-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 491 | ||
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| relating to the statewide preceptorship program in family medicine. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 58.006(a), Education Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (a) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board may | ||
| contract with one or more organizations to operate the statewide | ||
| preceptorship program in general internal medicine, the statewide | ||
| preceptorship program in family medicine, and the statewide | ||
| preceptorship program in general pediatrics for medical students | ||
| enrolled in Texas medical schools. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 58.006, Education Code, is amended by | ||
| amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (d) to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| (b) An organization eligible to receive funds under this | ||
| subsection must: | ||
| (1) qualify for exemption from federal income tax | ||
| under Section 501, Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. Section | ||
| 501); or | ||
| (2) be operated by a state accredited medical school | ||
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| (d) For purposes of this section, "medical school" has the | ||
| meaning assigned by Section 61.501(1), except that the term also | ||
| includes the school of osteopathic medicine at the University of | ||
| the Incarnate Word. | ||
| 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, 2017. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 491 passed the Senate on | ||
| April 3, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that | ||
| the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 28, 2017, by the | ||
| following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 491 passed the House, with | ||
| amendment, on May 24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 147, | ||
| Nays 0, one present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
