Texas Education Code

§ 61.506 — FAMILY PRACTICE RESIDENCY TRAINING PILOT PROGRAMS

ED § 61.506Title 3. HIGHER EDUCATION · Part B. STATE COORDINATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION · Ch. 61. TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD · Art. I. CONTRACTS FOR MEDICAL RESIDENCY PROGRAMS

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(a)The Family Practice Residency Advisory Committee shall work to enhance approved family practice residency programs and to establish not less than three or more than five pilot programs to provide a major source of indigent health care and to train family practice resident physicians. Text of subsection effective until September 01, 2026

(b)Each of the pilot programs must provide services to an economically depressed or rural medically underserved area of the state. One pilot program must be located in an urban area, one pilot program must be located in a rural area, and the remaining pilot program or programs must be located in the border region as defined by Section 481.001, Government Code. Text of subsection effective on September 01, 2026

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Legislative history

Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 573 (S.B. 241), Sec. 3.01(1), eff. September 1, 2019. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 933 (H.B. 1240), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2026.