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HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, The Texas population is growing rapidly, and the |
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number of health care providers is not keeping pace; and |
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WHEREAS, Almost 70 percent of Texas counties were wholly or |
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partially designated as primary care Health Professional Shortage |
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Areas in 2015; and |
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WHEREAS, The Texas Legislature and governor approved $53 |
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million for graduate medical education funding in the 84th |
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Legislative Session to help address this shortage; and |
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WHEREAS, Before that investment, the Texas Higher Education |
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Coordinating Board projected that, by 2016, more than 100 Texas |
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medical school graduates would not have an opportunity to remain in |
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state for their residency training due to a lack of first-year |
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residency positions; and |
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WHEREAS, In 2015, Texas medical schools awarded 1,692 doctor |
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of medicine and doctor of osteopathic medicine degrees, and the |
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state opened two new medical schools in 2016, and an additional four |
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medical schools may be created in the near future; and |
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WHEREAS, This new growth in the number of medical school |
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graduates will all but nullify or outstrip the legislature's recent |
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efforts to expand graduate medical education and further hinder |
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Texas' efforts to achieve the goal of 1.1 residency positions for |
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each medical school graduate; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the 85th Legislature of the State of Texas |
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hereby express its support for prioritizing a substantial increase |
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in funding for graduate medical education before it considers |
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authorizing the creation and support of additional medical schools |
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in our state; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That the Texas Legislature charge the Texas Higher |
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Education Coordinating Board to work with institutions of higher |
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education and the medical community to achieve the 1.1 to 1 goal for |
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graduate medical education; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward an |
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official copy of this resolution to all public and private |
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institutions of higher education in the state. |
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Lozano |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.C.R. No. 102 was adopted by the House on May |
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4, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 134, Nays 12, 3 present, not |
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voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.C.R. No. 102 was adopted by the Senate on May |
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24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |