Editorial: A “two-med-school” town is a step closer
Law’s passage should impact local doctor shortage
It’s been years in the making (and has hurdles yet to clear), but the University of North Texas Health Science Center is one step closer to offering both osteopathic (D.O.) and allopathic (M.D.) medical degrees.
We have state Rep. Charlie Geren, R-Fort Worth, and Sen. Jane Nelson, R-Flower Mound, to thank for that.
The two lawmakers are responsible for sponsoring and shepherding House Bill 1913 — which will undo the 1993 statute preventing UNTHSC from awarding M.D.’s — through the Legislature and to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk. It was signed on May 29.
The law also allows the president of UNTHSC to be someone other than a doctor of osteopathic medicine, expanding the hiring pool for future presidents.