Texas Education Code - Section 61.0594. Coordinated Funding Of Graduate Medical Education
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§ 61.0594. COORDINATED FUNDING OF GRADUATE MEDICAL
EDUCATION. (a) The board shall administer a program to support
graduate medical education programs in this state consistent with
the needs of this state for graduate medical education and the
training of resident physicians in accredited residency programs in
appropriate fields and specialties, including primary care
specialties described by Section 58.008(a).
(b) From money available to the program, the board may make
grants or formula distributions to:
(1) support appropriate graduate medical education
programs and activities for which adequate funds are not otherwise
available; or
(2) foster new or expanded graduate medical education
programs or activities that the board determines will address the
state's needs for graduate medical education.
(c) To be eligible to receive a grant or distribution under
this section, an institution or other entity must incur the costs of
faculty supervision and education or the stipend costs of resident
physicians in accredited clinical residency programs in this state.
In making grants and distributions under this section, the board
shall give consideration to the costs incurred by medical schools
or other entities to support faculty responsible for the education
or supervision of resident physicians in accredited graduate
medical education programs, including programs in osteopathic
medical education.
(d) The program is funded by appropriations, by gifts,
grants, and donations made to support the program, and by any other
funds the board obtains, including federal funds, for the program.
From program funds, the comptroller of public accounts shall issue
warrants to each institution or other entity determined by the
board as eligible to receive a grant or distribution from the
program in the amount certified by the board. An amount granted to
an institution or other entity under the program may be used only to
cover expenses of training residents of the particular program or
activity for which the award is made in accordance with any
conditions imposed by the board and may not otherwise be expended
for the general support of the institution or entity.
(e) The board shall appoint an advisory committee to advise
the board regarding the development and administration of the
program, including considering requests for program grants and
establishing formulas for distribution of money under the program.
The advisory committee shall consist of:
(1) the executive director of the Texas State Board of
Medical Examiners or the executive director's designee;
(2) the chair of the Family Practice Residency
Advisory Committee or the chair's designee;
(3) the chair of the Primary Care Residency Advisory
Committee or the chair's designee;
(4) the commissioner of the Health and Human Services
Commission or the commissioner's designee; and
(5) the following members appointed by the board:
(A) one representative of a teaching hospital
affiliated with a Texas medical school;
(B) one representative of a teaching hospital not
affiliated with a Texas medical school;
(C) three representatives of medical schools, at
least one representing a medical school in The University of Texas
System, and at least one representing a medical school not in The
University of Texas System;
(D) two physicians active in private practice,
one of whom must be a generalist;
(E) one doctor of osteopathic medicine active in
private practice;
(F) one representative of an entity providing
managed health care;
(G) three clinical faculty members, at least one
of whom must be a generalist;
(H) one resident physician, who is a nonvoting
member; and
(I) one medical student, who is a nonvoting
member.
(f) The appointed advisory committee members serve
staggered three-year terms. The board shall make the initial
committee appointments to terms of one, two, and three years as
necessary so that one-third of the appointed members' terms expire
each year, as nearly as practicable. The committee shall elect one
of its members as presiding officer for a term of one year. The
committee shall meet at least once each year at the times requested
by the board or set by the presiding officer of the committee. A
member of the advisory committee may not be compensated for service
on the committee but is entitled to be reimbursed by the board for
actual expenses incurred in the performance of the member's duties
as a committee member.
(g) The advisory committee shall:
(1) review applications for funding of graduate
medical education programs under this section and make
recommendations for approval or disapproval of those applications;
(2) make recommendations relating to the standards and
criteria used for consideration and approval of grants or for the
development of formulas for distribution of funding under this
section;
(3) recommend to the board an allocation of funds
among medical schools, teaching hospitals, and other entities that
may receive funds under this section; and
(4) perform other duties assigned by the board.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 252, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Section: 61.0572 61.058 61.0581 61.0582 61.0583 61.059 61.0591 61.0594 61.0595 61.060 61.061 61.062 61.063 61.0631 61.064
Last modified: August 10, 2007
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