Tex. Educ. Code Section 58A.0245
Critical Shortage Levels

(a)

If the board determines that the number of first-year residency positions proposed by eligible applicants under Sections 58A.023 (Grants for Unfilled Residency Positions) and 58A.024 (Grants for Program Expansion or New Program) exceeds the number of first-year residency positions for which grant funding under those sections is appropriated, in awarding grants under those sections the board shall prioritize the awarding of new grants to medical specialties determined by the board to be at critical shortage levels.

(b)

In determining critical shortage levels under this section, the board shall consider:

(1)

the available results of research conducted by the center under Section 105.009 (Research Regarding Graduate Medical Education System), Health and Safety Code;

(2)

other relevant research and criteria, including research and criteria related to the designation of health professional shortage areas; and

(3)

research performed by other appropriate entities.
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 321 (S.B. 18), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2015.
Sec. 58A.0246. CONTINUATION OF GRANTS AWARDED FOR 2015 STATE FISCAL YEAR. The board shall award additional grants to fund eligible graduate medical education programs that, for the state fiscal year ending on August 31, 2015, received a grant awarded under Section 58A.023 (Grants for Unfilled Residency Positions) or 58A.024 (Grants for Program Expansion or New Program) or under Section 61.511, as that section existed immediately before September 1, 2015, if those programs continue to meet the applicable grant requirements that existed at the time of the initial award.
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 321 (S.B. 18), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2015.

Source: Section 58A.0245 — Critical Shortage Levels, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.­58A.­htm#58A.­0245 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).

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