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Read. Follow. Verify.Texas Southern University required to study establishing a public medical school by September 2026
Last action · March 14, 2025: Referred to Higher EducationSponsor: Lauren Simmons
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What This Bill Proposed
Relating to a study regarding establishing a public medical school as a professional school of Texas Southern University.
Determines whether a new medical school will be proposed for an urban-focused public university, involving state-level reporting on health care access and financial planning.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Texas Southern University
Texas Southern University must designate an entity to conduct a feasibility study, prepare a written report, and submit it to state regulators.
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
The board is designated to receive the final written report summarizing the feasibility study and legislative recommendations.
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Who is required to conduct the medical school feasibility study?
When is the final report due and who receives it?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
3 actions- Mar 14, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to Higher Education
- Mar 14, 2025HouseIntroducedRead first time
- Jan 16, 2025HouseIntroducedFiled
Version history
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 25)
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
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