87R6621 KJE-F     By: Miles S.B. No. 420       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the participation of the medical school at the   University of Houston and the college of osteopathic medicine at   Sam Houston State University in the Joint Admission Medical   Program.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 51.821(4), Education Code, is amended to   read as follows:                (4)  "Participating medical school" means each of the   following entities:                      (A)  the medical school at The University of Texas   Health Science Center at Houston;                      (B)  the medical school at The University of Texas   Southwestern Medical Center;                      (C)  the medical school at The University of Texas   Health Science Center at San Antonio;                      (D)  the medical school at The University of Texas   Medical Branch at Galveston;                      (E)  the medical school at the Texas Tech   University Health Sciences Center at Lubbock;                      (F)  the medical school at the Texas Tech   University Health Sciences Center at El Paso;                      (G)  the Baylor College of Medicine;                      (H)  the college of osteopathic medicine at the   University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth;                      (I)  the medical school at The Texas A&M   University System Health Science Center;                      (J)  the medical school at The University of Texas   at Austin; [and]                      (K)  the medical school at The University of Texas   Rio Grande Valley;                      (L)  the medical school at the University of   Houston; and                      (M)  the college of osteopathic medicine at Sam   Houston State University.          SECTION 2.  (a) As soon as practicable after the effective   date of this Act, the medical school at the University of Houston   and the college of osteopathic medicine at Sam Houston State   University each shall:                (1)  enter into the agreement with the Joint Admission   Medical Program Council required by Section 51.829, Education Code;   and                (2)  select an appropriate faculty member to represent   the respective medical school on the council.          (b)  The medical school at the University of Houston and the   college of osteopathic medicine at Sam Houston State University   each shall provide internships and mentoring under the Joint   Admission Medical Program as appropriate beginning not later than   the 2022-2023 academic year, but are not required before the   2023-2024 academic year to admit participating students to the   school or college under the program.          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, 2021.