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TX SB2150
Bill
Status
3/10/2025
Primary Sponsor
Paul Bettencourt
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AI Summary
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Requires medical schools and their affiliated teaching hospitals to enter into written coordination agreements regarding student placements in clerkships and clinical rotations
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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
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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
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Directs the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to create a standardized form for the required written agreements between medical schools and teaching hospitals
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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