Texas Education Code
§ 58A.081 — RURAL RESIDENT PHYSICIAN GRANT PROGRAM
ED § 58A.081Title 3. HIGHER EDUCATION · Part A. HIGHER EDUCATION IN GENERAL · Ch. 58A. PROGRAMS SUPPORTING GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION · Art. E. RURAL RESIDENT PHYSICIAN GRANT PROGRAM
Statute text
View on source(a)The board shall administer the Rural Resident Physician Grant Program as a competitive grant program to encourage the creation of new graduate medical education positions in rural and nonmetropolitan areas, with particular emphasis on the creation of rural training tracks. The board shall award grants to new or expanded physician residency programs at teaching hospitals and other appropriate health care entities according to the program criteria established under this section.
(b)The board shall establish criteria for the grant program in consultation with one or more physicians, including a physician who practices in a rural area of this state, teaching hospitals, medical schools, and independent physician residency programs, and with other persons considered appropriate by the board. The program criteria must take into account whether a rural or nonmetropolitan area has the resources sufficient to support a physician residency program in a manner that would satisfy applicable residency program accreditation requirements.
(c)The board may provide grants only to support a physician residency program:
(1)that provides the level of medical care that is most needed in a rural or nonmetropolitan area; and
(2)until the program becomes eligible for federal grant funding.
(d)Grant funds awarded under this section may be used only to pay direct costs associated with creating or maintaining a residency position, including the salary of the resident physician.
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 754 (H.B. 1065), Sec. 1, eff. June 10, 2019.