Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas House Bill HB1738 Compare Versions

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1	1	81R9156 BEF-F
2	2	By: Howard of Travis H.B. No. 1738
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to a study of nursing educational programs that require a
8	8	single clinical competency assessment.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 301, Occupations Code, is
11	11	amended by adding Section 301.1571 to read as follows:
12	12	Sec. 301.1571. STUDY OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS REQUIRING
13	13	SINGLE CLINICAL COMPETENCY ASSESSMENT. (a) The board shall study
14	14	whether graduates of a nursing educational program that requires
15	15	students to pass only a single clinical competency assessment are
16	16	able after graduation to practice in a clinical setting at a level
17	17	substantially equivalent to the graduates of a nursing educational
18	18	program that requires students to complete a required number of
19	19	supervised clinical learning experiences involving multiple,
20	20	ongoing assessments and feedback.
21	21	(b) In conducting the study, the board may consider a
22	22	nursing educational program that requires students to pass only a
23	23	single clinical competency assessment only if the program:
24	24	(1) has been requiring only a single clinical
25	25	competency assessment for at least 10 years;
26	26	(2) has students who reside in this state;
27	27	(3) has graduates who have been considered by the
28	28	board to be eligible to apply for a registered nurse license as a
29	29	result of graduating from the program on or before January 1, 2007;
30	30	and
31	31	(4) conducts the single clinical competency
32	32	assessment at a facility located in this state under the
33	33	supervision of a registered nurse who holds a master's or doctoral
34	34	degree in nursing and who has at least five years of experience on
35	35	the faculty of a nursing program approved to operate in this state.
36	36	(c) If a nursing educational program that requires students
37	37	to pass only a single clinical competency assessment has students
38	38	who are already licensed registered nurses, the study may consider
39	39	only students who are not already licensed registered nurses.
40	40	(d) The board shall begin the study, including the research
41	41	design and the compilation of results, not later than January 1,
42	42	2010, and shall conclude the study not later than June 30, 2012,
43	43	except that the board may extend the study until June 30, 2014, if
44	44	additional time is needed to complete the study or compile the
45	45	results.
46	46	(e) If the study finds that graduates of a nursing
47	47	educational program that requires students to pass only a single
48	48	clinical competency assessment are not able after graduation to
49	49	practice in a clinical setting at a level substantially equivalent
50	50	to the graduates of a nursing educational program that requires
51	51	students to complete a required number of supervised clinical
52	52	learning experiences, the board shall allow a program participating
53	53	in the study to modify its program, not later than December 31,
54	54	2017, to meet any standards required for graduates of the program to
55	55	be eligible to apply to the board for a license. The board may not
56	56	disqualify graduates of a program that is modifying its program
57	57	under this subsection from receiving a license under this chapter
58	58	before December 31, 2017.
59	59	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.