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Legislature boosts Texas medical-education funding; coordinating board staff outline new grant programs
Summary
The Texas Legislature increased funding for graduate medical education and approved new behavioral health and family medicine-obstetrics programs, the Higher Education Coordinating Board staff told the Family Practice Advisory Committee on June 10, 2025.
The Texas Legislature included a substantial increase for graduate medical education in the 2026–27 budget, and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) staff briefed the Family Practice Advisory Committee on the changes and new programs on June 10.
John Wyatt, senior director for government relations at THECB, said the final budget "included a total of $304,000,000 for GME expansion, which is a $71,000,000 increase, over the previous biennium." Wyatt described the GME expansion programas intended to help the state approach a 1.1-to-1 ratio of residency positions to medical-school graduates.
Elizabeth Mayer, assistant commissioner for academic…
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