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TX SB2150

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/10/2025

Primary Sponsor

Paul Bettencourt

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Origin

Senate

89th Legislature Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requires medical schools and their affiliated teaching hospitals to enter into written coordination agreements regarding student placements in clerkships and clinical rotations

  • Establishes a mandatory priority system for hospital clinical placement positions: first priority to residents of the hospital's community, second to Texas state residents, and third to out-of-state students

  • Prohibits teaching hospitals from charging out-of-state students higher fees than Texas residents for field-based experience placements such as clerkships or clinical rotations

  • Directs the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to create a standardized form for the required written agreements between medical schools and teaching hospitals

  • Applies to medical student placements beginning with the 2026-2027 academic year, with an effective date of September 1, 2025

Legislative Description

Relating to coordination between teaching hospitals and medical schools regarding student field-based experience placements and to preference in those placements.

Education

Last Action

Referred to Health & Human Services

3/24/2025

Committee Referrals

Health & Human Services3/24/2025

Full Bill Text

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