Section 487.202 - 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.Tex. Gov't. Code § 487.202
Amended by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 148,Sec. 23, eff. 9/1/2013.Amended By Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 112, Sec. 45, eff. 9/1/2009.Amended By Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1241, Sec. 31, eff. 6/15/2007.Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1424, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2001.