In consultation with each medical school in this state, the board shall adopt rules for the administration of the program established under this subchapter. The rules must include:

1. (1) administrative provisions relating to the awarding of grants under this subchapter, such as:

   1. (A) eligibility criteria for medical schools, including a requirement that the medical school demonstrate regional and state workforce need;
   2. (B) grant application procedures;
   3. (C) guidelines relating to grant amounts;
   4. (D) procedures for evaluating grant applications; and
   5. (E) procedures for monitoring the use of grants; and

2. (2) methods for tracking the effectiveness of grants that:

   1. (A) using data reasonably available to the board, consider relevant information regarding the career paths of medical school graduates during the four-year period following their graduation; and
   2. (B) evaluate whether and for how long those graduates practice in a psychiatric specialty field in this state.

Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 662 (H.B. 400), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.