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Texas Education Code - EDUC § 58A.026. Grants for Additional Years of Residency

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) If the board determines that funds appropriated for purposes of this subchapter are available after all eligible grant applications under Sections 58A.022, 58A.023, and 58A.024 have been funded, the board shall award grants from excess funds to support residents:

(1) who have completed at least three years of residency; and

(2) whose residency program is in a field in which this state has less than 80 percent of the national average of physicians per 100,000 population, as determined by the board.

(b) Grants shall be awarded under this section in amounts, in the number, and in the residency fields determined by the board, subject to any conditions provided by legislative appropriation. A grant received under this section must be expended to support the direct resident costs to the program, including the resident stipend and benefits.

(c) The board may distribute grant amounts only on receiving verification that the applicable residency position has been filled.

(d) The board may award grants under this section only from funds appropriated for the state fiscal year beginning September 1, 2016, or for a subsequent state fiscal year.

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