Tex.
Educ. Code Section 58A.022
Graduate Medical Education Planning and Partnership Grants
(a)
The board shall award one-time graduate medical education planning and partnership grants to hospitals, medical schools, and community-based, ambulatory patient care centers located in this state that seek to develop new graduate medical education programs with first-year residency positions, regardless of whether the grant recipient currently offers or has previously offered a graduate medical education program with first-year residency positions.(b)
The board shall award graduate medical education planning and partnership grants on a competitive basis according to criteria adopted by the board. The board shall determine the number of grants awarded and the amount of each grant consistent with any conditions provided by legislative appropriation. A grant received under this section must be used for the purpose of planning a new graduate medical education program with first-year residency positions.(c)
A hospital, medical school, or community-based, ambulatory patient care center that is awarded a graduate medical education planning and partnership grant and that establishes new first-year residency positions after receipt of the grant is eligible to apply for additional funds under Section 58A.024 (Grants for Program Expansion or New Program) for each such position established, as provided by appropriation.(d)
A hospital, medical school, or community-based, ambulatory patient care center may partner with an existing graduate medical education program or sponsoring institution for purposes of planning a new graduate medical education program using grant funds awarded under this section.
Source:
Section 58A.022 — Graduate Medical Education Planning and Partnership Grants, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.58A.htm#58A.022 (accessed Apr. 29, 2024).
