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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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HUMAN RESOURCES CODE |
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Title 2. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AND DEPARTMENT OF PROTECTIVE AND REGULATORY SERVICES |
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Subtitle C. ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS |
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Chapter 32. MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM |
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Subchapter B. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS |
Sec. 32.0315. FUNDS FOR GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION
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(a) Subject to appropriated state funds, the department shall establish procedures and formulas for the allocation of federal medical assistance funds that are directed to be used to support graduate medical education in connection with the medical assistance program.
(b) The department shall allocate the funds in the manner the department determines most effectively and equitably achieves the purposes for which those federal funds are received, consistent with the needs of this state for graduate medical education and the training of resident physicians in accredited residency programs in appropriate fields and specialties, taking into account other money available to support graduate medical education. In determining the needs of this state for graduate medical education, the department shall give primary emphasis to graduate medical education in primary care specialties and shall also recognize the growth in residency training slots since 1997 in the Lower Rio Grande Valley and other health care shortage areas of this state.
(c) The department shall consult with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board before adopting or revising a formula under this section. At the request of the department, the coordinating board shall provide the department with any information the board possesses to assist the department in administering this section.
(d) Repealed by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 198, Sec. 2.100(b).
(d-1) Expired.
(e) to (h) Repealed by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 198, Sec. 2.100(b).