PROGRAM — Texas Code § GV.487.202

§ GV.487.202. PROGRAM

PROGRAM. (a) The department shall establish and administer a program under this subchapter to increase the number of physicians providing primary care in medically underserved communities. (b) A medically underserved community may sponsor a physician who has completed a primary care residency program and has agreed to provide primary care in the community by contributing start-up money for the physician and having that contribution matched wholly or partly by state money appropriated to the department for that purpose. (c) A participating medically underserved community may provide start-up money to an eligible physician over a two-year period. (d) The department may not pay more than $25,000 to a community in a fiscal year unless the office makes a specific finding of need by the community. (e) The office shall establish priorities so that the neediest communities eligible for assistance under this subchapter are assured the receipt of a grant. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1424, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001. Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1241 (H.B. 2542 ), Sec. 31, eff. June 15, 2007. Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (H.B. 1918 ), Sec. 45, eff. September 1, 2009. Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 148 (H.B. 1493 ), Sec. 23, eff. September 1, 2013.