Sec. 54.50891.  MEDICAL SERVICES FEE;  THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM COMPONENTS.  (a)  The board of regents of The University of Texas System may charge each student registered at a component institution of The University of Texas System a medical services fee not to exceed $55 for each semester or term.  If approved by a majority vote of those students participating in a general election held at the institution for that purpose, the maximum amount of the medical services fee that may be charged at a component institution is increased to the amount stated on the ballot proposition, not to exceed $75 for each semester or term.  Approval at the election of an increase in the maximum amount of the fee that may be charged at a component institution does not affect the application of Subsection (e) to an increase in the amount of the fee actually charged at that institution from one academic year to the next.
(b)  Before charging a medical services fee, the board must give students and administrators an opportunity to offer recommendations to the board as to the type and scope of medical services that should be provided.  Before increasing the amount of the medical services fee at The University of Texas at Austin, a medical services fee committee, a majority of the members of which must be students of the university, must approve the fee increase.
(c)  A medical services fee charged at a component institution of The University of Texas System may be used only to provide medical services to students registered at that component institution.
(d)  A medical services fee charged under this section is in addition to any other fee the board is authorized by law to charge and may not be considered in determining the maximum student services fee that may be charged students enrolled at a component institution of The University of Texas System.
(e)  The board may not increase the amount of the fee charged at a component institution of The University of Texas System by more than 10 percent from one academic year to the next unless the increase is approved by a majority of the students of the institution voting in a general election held at the institution for that purpose.
(f)  The board shall prorate the amount of a fee charged to a student under this section based on the length of the semester or term for which the student is enrolled.
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 990, Sec. 3, eff. June 19, 1993.  Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1558, Sec. 2, eff. June 19, 1999.