85R91 KJE-D     By: Watson S.B. No. 1998       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the formal recognition of the Dell Medical School at The   University of Texas at Austin and the School of Medicine at The   University of Texas Rio Grande Valley and the participation of   those schools 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;   [and]                      (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.          SECTION 2.  Section 61.003(5), Education Code, is amended to   read as follows:                (5)  "Medical and dental unit" means The Texas A&M   University System Health Science Center and its component   institutions, agencies, and programs; the Texas Tech University   Health Sciences Center; the Texas Tech University Health Sciences   Center at El Paso; The University of Texas Medical Branch at   Galveston; The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center; The   University of Texas Medical School at San Antonio; The University   of Texas Dental Branch at Houston; The University of Texas M. D.   Anderson Cancer Center; The University of Texas Graduate School of   Biomedical Sciences at Houston; The University of Texas Dental   School at San Antonio; The University of Texas Medical School at   Houston; the Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at   Austin; the School of Medicine at The University of Texas Rio Grande   Valley; [The University of Texas Health Science Center--South Texas   and its component institutions, if established under Subchapter N,   Chapter 74;] the nursing institutions of The Texas A&M University   System and The University of Texas System; and The University of   Texas School of Public Health at Houston; and such other medical or   dental schools as may be established by statute or as provided in   this chapter.          SECTION 3.  (a) As soon as practicable after the effective   date of this Act, the medical schools at The University of Texas at   Austin and The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley 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 schools each shall provide internships and   mentoring under the Joint Admission Medical Program as appropriate   beginning with the 2017-2018 academic year, but are not required   before the 2020-2021 academic year to admit participating students   to the medical schools under the program.          SECTION 4.  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.