Tex. Educ. Code § 51.822 · Subchapter V. JOINT ADMISSION MEDICAL PROGRAM
JOINT ADMISSION MEDICAL PROGRAM.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The Joint Admission Medical Program is a program administered by the Joint Admission Medical Program Council to:
(1) provide mentoring and academic services to support and encourage highly qualified, economically disadvantaged students pursuing a medical education to complete a medical degree and meet state workforce needs;
(2) award undergraduate and graduate scholarships and summer stipends to those students;
(3) guarantee and facilitate the admission of those students to at least one participating medical school, subject to the conditions under Section 51.827 and under other provisions of this subchapter;
(4) align statewide educational and workforce goals to increase medical jobs and stop workforce shortages; and
(5) promote the accessibility and equality of medical education by addressing statewide barriers to entry and participation for economically disadvantaged communities.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 605, Sec. 1, eff. June 11, 2001.
Amended by:
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1117 (H.B. 5154), Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 2025.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.51.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 2aa211dcb5c041c48fe64eec7b9f9a3ed92f51fd7f5ec250ac3a7aeeab89b23a
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
This section cites
Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Procedural information only. Not legal advice and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Confirm the current text with the official publisher before relying on it.