(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.

Terms Used In Texas Education Code 58A.026

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Population: means the population shown by the most recent federal decennial census. See Texas Government Code 311.005
  • Year: means 12 consecutive months. See Texas Government Code 311.005

(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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