S.B. No. 491
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the statewide preceptorship program in family medicine.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 58.006(a), Education Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (a)  The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board may
  contract with one or more organizations to operate the statewide
  preceptorship program in general internal medicine, the statewide
  preceptorship program in family medicine, and the statewide
  preceptorship program in general pediatrics for medical students
  enrolled in Texas medical schools.
         SECTION 2.  Section 58.006, Education Code, is amended by
  amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (d) to read as
  follows:
         (b)  An organization eligible to receive funds under this
  subsection must:
               (1)  qualify for exemption from federal income tax
  under Section 501, Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. Section
  501); or
               (2)  be operated by a state accredited medical school
  [as defined in Section 61.501(1)].
         (d)  For purposes of this section, "medical school" has the
  meaning assigned by Section 61.501(1), except that the term also
  includes the school of osteopathic medicine at the University of
  the Incarnate Word.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 491 passed the Senate on
  April 3, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that
  the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 28, 2017, by the
  following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 491 passed the House, with
  amendment, on May 24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 147,
  Nays 0, one present not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor