This section creates the Primary Care Residency Advisory Committee, sets its membership rules, and assigns it review and recommendation duties for certain Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board applications.
Sec. 58.007. ADVISORY COMMITTEE. (a) Nothing in this section or Section 58.006 or 58.008 shall diminish or abolish the activities of the Family Practice Residency Advisory Committee established under Section 61.505. It is not the intent of this section to combine or assimilate advisory programs but only to add to and enhance the training of primary care physicians in Texas. (b)(1) The Primary Care Residency Advisory Committee is created and shall consist of 12 members as follows: (A) seven members shall be licensed physicians, one appointed by each of the following: (i) the Texas Medical Association; (ii) the Texas Osteopathic Medical Association; (iii) the Texas Academy of Family Physicians; (iv) the Texas Society of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians; (v) the Texas Society of Internal Medicine; (vi) the Texas Pediatric Society; and (vii) the Texas Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists; (B) one member shall be appointed by the Texas Department of Rural Affairs; (C) one member shall be appointed by the Bureau of Community Oriented Primary Care at the Department of State Health Services; and (D) three members shall be members of the public, one appointed by each of the following: (i) the governor; (ii) the lieutenant governor; and (iii) the speaker of the house of representatives. (2) No individual who has a direct financial interest in primary care residency training programs shall be appointed to serve as a member of the advisory committee. (c) The terms of the office of each member shall be for three years, except for the initial term, which shall be designated in a manner approved by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board in such a way that one-third of the members shall serve for one year, one-third for two years, and one-third for three years, and thereafter each member shall serve for a term of three years. Each member shall serve until the member's replacement has been appointed to the committee. (d) The members of the committee shall not be compensated for their service. (e) The committee shall meet at least annually and so often as requested by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board or called into meeting by the committee chair. (f) The committee chair shall be elected by the members of the committee for a term of one year. (g) The committee shall review for the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board applications for approval and funding of primary care residency training program expansion as described in Section 58.008 and related support programs, make recommendations to the board relating to the standards and criteria for approval of residency training and related support programs, and perform such other duties as may be directed by the board. (h) The committee shall review for the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board applications for approval and funding of faculty enhancement for generalist physicians at Texas medical schools as described in Section 58.009, make recommendations to the board relating to the standards and criteria for approval of faculty enhancement awards, monitor compliance with the contractual conditions associated with faculty enhancement awards, and evaluate the success of the faculty enhancement program in reaching the goal of increasing the number of generalist physician faculty at Texas medical schools. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 518, Sec. 1, eff. June 12, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 940, Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 1997; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1424, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 2001. Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (H.B. 1918), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2009.