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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to an innovation grant program to support residency |
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training programs in psychiatric specialty fields. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 58A, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subchapter D to read as follows: |
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SUBCHAPTER D. PSYCHIATRIC SPECIALTY INNOVATION GRANT PROGRAM |
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Sec. 58A.071. PSYCHIATRIC SPECIALTY INNOVATION GRANT |
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PROGRAM. Subject to available funds, the board shall establish an |
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innovation grant program under which the board awards incentive |
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payments to medical schools that administer innovative residency |
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training programs designed to increase the number of physicians in |
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this state who specialize in pediatric or adult psychiatric care. |
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Sec. 58A.072. FEDERAL FUNDS AND GIFTS, GRANTS, AND |
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DONATIONS. In addition to other money appropriated by the |
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legislature, for the purpose of promoting pediatric or adult |
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psychiatric care under the program established under this |
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subchapter the board: |
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(1) shall first seek and apply for any available |
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federal funds; and |
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(2) after determining in a program year the state's |
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eligibility for funds described by Subdivision (1), may solicit and |
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accept gifts, grants, and donations from any other source, public |
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or private, as necessary to ensure effective implementation of the |
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program. |
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Sec. 58A.073. RULES. In consultation with each medical |
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school in this state, the board shall adopt rules for the |
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administration of the program established under this |
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subchapter. The rules must include: |
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(1) administrative provisions relating to the |
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awarding of grants under this subchapter, such as: |
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(A) eligibility criteria for medical schools; |
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(B) grant application procedures; |
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(C) guidelines relating to grant amounts; |
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(D) procedures for evaluating grant |
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applications; and |
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(E) procedures for monitoring the use of grants; |
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and |
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(2) methods for tracking the effectiveness of grants |
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that: |
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(A) using data reasonably available to the board, |
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consider relevant information regarding the career paths of medical |
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school graduates during the four-year period following their |
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graduation; and |
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(B) evaluate whether and for how long those |
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graduates practice in a psychiatric specialty field in this state. |
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Sec. 58A.074. AWARD OF GRANTS. (a) In awarding grants |
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under the program, the board shall award: |
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(1) 60 percent of the amount available in each program |
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year to medical schools with innovative residency programs that |
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train physicians to specialize in pediatric psychiatric care; and |
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(2) 40 percent of the amount available in each program |
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year to medical schools with innovative residency programs that |
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train physicians to specialize in adult psychiatric care. |
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(b) Within each category of grants prescribed by Subsection |
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(a), the board shall give priority to grants to medical schools with |
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innovative residency programs based in rural or underserved areas. |
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Sec. 58A.075. ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS. A reasonable amount, |
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not to exceed three percent, of any money appropriated for purposes |
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of this subchapter may be used by the board to pay the costs of |
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administering this subchapter. |
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SECTION 2. (a) As soon as practicable after the effective |
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date of this Act, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board |
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shall adopt rules for the implementation and administration of the |
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innovation grant program established under Subchapter D, Chapter |
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58A, Education Code, as added by this Act. |
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(b) Not later than September 1, 2018, the Texas Higher |
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Education Coordinating Board shall establish the innovation grant |
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program required by Subchapter D, Chapter 58A, Education Code, as |
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added by this Act, and shall begin to award grants under the program |
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as soon as practicable after the program is established. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |