Texas Register, Volume 38, Number 33, Pages 5135-5370, August 16, 2013 Page: 5,151
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TRD-201303123
Bill Franz
General Counsel
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
Effective date: July 31, 2013
Expiration date: November 27, 2013
For further information, please call: (512) 427-6114SUBCHAPTER H. GRANTS FOR NEW AND
EXPANDED PROGRAMS FOR GRADUATE
MEDICAL EDUCATION
19 TAC 6.135 - 6.140
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (Coordinating
Board) adopts on an emergency basis new 6.135 - 6.140, con-
cerning Grants for New and Expanded Programs for Graduate
Medical Education. The new sections are adopted on an emer-
gency basis pursuant to 2001.034 of the Government Code,
which allows a state agency to adopt an emergency rule if a re-
quirement of state or federal law requires adoptions of the rule
on less than 30 days notice.
The Coordinating Board made the finding that these new sec-
tions should be adopted on an emergency basis, pursuant to
2001.034 of the Government Code, because House Bill 1025
and House Bill 2550 of the 83rd Texas Legislature passed both
houses and were signed by the Governor. The new statutes will
support the increase of first-year residency positions in the state.
The Coordinating Board will immediately begin planning and im-
plementation of the grant programs, some of which have statu-
torily mandated timelines. Therefore, these new sections must
be adopted on less than 30 days notice pursuant to 2001.034
of the Government Code.
The intent of the new sections is to specify the Board's criteria
and process for awarding Grants for New and Expanded Pro-
grams to eligible: 1) existing first-year graduate medical educa-
tion programs that intend to increase their number of accredi-
tor-approved first-year residency positions and 2) sponsoring in-
stitutions that intend to establish a new graduate medical edu-
cation program with first-year residency positions.
The new sections are adopted on an emergency basis under
the Texas Education Code, Chapter 58A, Subchapter B, which
provides the Coordinating Board with the authority to adopt rules
to administer the section.
6.135. Purpose.
The purpose of this subchapter is to implement rules regarding awards
for Graduate Medical Education Program Expansion and New Pro-
grams.
6.136. Authority.
The authority for this subchapter is found in Texas Education Code,
Chapter 58A, Subchapter B, 58A.021, 58A.024 and 58A.025.
6.137. Definitions.
The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall
have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates oth-
erwise:
(1) Board--The Texas Higher Education Coordinating
Board.(2) Commissioner--The Commissioner of Higher Educa-
tion.
(3) First-Year Residency Position--A position filled by a
physician that is entering into residency training for the first time.
These positions are also referred to as entry level positions.
(4) First-Year Residency Program--Any graduate medical
education program that accepts first-year physicians immediately after
their successful completion of medical school.
(5) Graduate Medical Education Program--A nation-
ally-accredited post-medical degree (M.D.) or doctor of osteopathic
medicine (D.O.) program that prepares physicians for the independent
practice of medicine in a specific specialty area, also referred to as
residency training.
(6) Graduate-Year Level--A resident's current year of ac-
credited graduate medical education. Graduate-Year Level is also re-
ferred to as "postgraduate year" or "PGY."
(7) Medical School--A public or independent medical in-
stitution that awards the doctor of medicine (M.D.) or doctor of osteo-
pathic medicine (D.O.) degree, as defined in Texas Education Code,
61.501(1).
(8) Request for Applications--The full text of the admin-
istrative regulations, budget guidelines, reporting requirements, and
other standards of accountability for this program.
(9) Sponsoring Institution--The organization or entity that
assumes the ultimate financial and/or academic responsibility for a
program of graduate medical education, e.g., a university, a medical
school, a hospital, a school of public health, a health department,
a public health agency, an organized health care delivery system, a
medical examiner's office, a consortium, an educational foundation.
6.138. Eligibility.
(a) The following entities are eligible to participate in the grant
program and may apply for support:
(1) An existing graduate medical education (GME) pro-
gram that intends to increase the number of approved first-year resi-
dency positions; or
(2) A sponsoring institution that intends to establish a new
GME program with first-year residency positions.
(b) A grant under this subchapter may only support costs re-
lated to the direct resident costs of the GME program.
6.139. Selection for Funding.
(a) Applicant shall be selected for funding based on require-
ments and selection criteria provided in the Request for Applications
RFA .
(b) The selection process includes an application review and
staff recommendation for funding. Board staff shall review applica-
tions to determine if they adhere to the grant program requirements
and the funding priorities contained in the RFA. An application must
meet the requirements of the RFA and be submitted with proper autho-
rization before or on the day specified by the RFA to qualify for further
consideration.
(c) Board staff shall distribute funding only after awarded ap-
plicants verify that funded residency positions have been filled.
6.140. General Information.
(a) Cancellation or Suspension of Grants. The Board has the
right to reject all applications and cancel a grant solicitation at any
point.EMERGENCY RULES August 16, 2013 38 TexReg 5151
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