Texas House signs off on medical schools for Sam Houston State, University of Houston
The Texas House approved two new medical schools in Texas this week, one at Sam Houston State University and the other at the University of Houston, as reported by The Texas Tribune.
The decisions bring both universities' plans for medical schools one step closer to reality, though both still need Senate approval. The Sam Houston State enabling legislation — House Bill 2867 by Rep. Will Metcalf, R-Conroe, and Rep. Tom Oliverson, R-Cypress — was approved Thursday, but it will still need final approval on what is called the third reading from the House. That third reading is usually just a formality.
Both bills were approved by wide margins.
"This is a very smart solution to an ongoing problem that we have in Texas, which is a shortage of primary care physicians in the rural parts of our state," Oliverson said after the vote. "Sam [Houston State]'s medical school is geared to deal precisely with that particular problem."
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