Texas 2011 - 82nd Regular

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1	1	82R5043 NC-D
2	2	By: Naishtat H.B. No. 2068
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the health professions resource center.
8	8	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	9	SECTION 1. Section 105.002, Health and Safety Code, is
10	10	amended by adding Subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows:
11	11	(d) To the extent funding is available through fees
12	12	collected under Section 505.203(d), Occupations Code, the council
13	13	shall establish a social work resource section within the center
14	14	for the collection and analysis of educational and employment
15	15	trends for social workers in this state.
16	16	(e) If the social work resource section established under
17	17	Subsection (d) is funded from surcharges collected under Section
18	18	505.203(d), Occupations Code, the council shall provide the Texas
19	19	State Board of Social Worker Examiners with an annual accounting of
20	20	the money received from the board. The council may expend a
21	21	reasonable amount of the money to pay administrative costs of
22	22	maintaining the social work resource section.
23	23	SECTION 2. Sections 105.003(a), (c-1), (d), and (e), Health
24	24	and Safety Code, are amended to read as follows:
25	25	(a) The council shall place a high priority on collecting
26	26	and disseminating data on health professions demonstrating an acute
27	27	shortage in this state, including:
28	28	(1) data concerning nursing personnel; [and]
29	29	(2) data concerning social workers; and
30	30	(3) data concerning the health professions in which
31	31	shortages occur in rural areas and areas near the international
32	32	border.
33	33	(c-1) The Department of Information Resources, through
34	34	TexasOnline and in consultation with the council and the Health
35	35	Professions Council, shall add the following fields on an
36	36	application or renewal form for a license, certificate, or
37	37	registration for a person subject to Subsection (c-2):
38	38	(1) date and place of birth;
39	39	(2) sex;
40	40	(3) race and ethnicity;
41	41	(4) location of high school;
42	42	(5) mailing address of primary practice;
43	43	(6) number of hours per week spent at primary practice
44	44	location;
45	45	(7) description of primary practice setting;
46	46	(8) primary practice information, including primary
47	47	specialty practice, practice location zip code, and county; [and]
48	48	(9) information regarding any additional practice,
49	49	including description of practice setting, practice location zip
50	50	code, and county; and
51	51	(10) a description of the person's language fluency.
52	52	(d) To the extent feasible, the council shall use a
53	53	researcher with a doctorate in nursing to collect, analyze, and
54	54	disseminate nursing data that may be used to predict supply and
55	55	demand for nursing personnel in this state using appropriate
56	56	federal or state supply-and-demand models. To the extent feasible,
57	57	the council shall use a researcher with a degree from a master's
58	58	social work program accredited by the Council on Social Work
59	59	Education and a doctorate in social work to collect, analyze, and
60	60	disseminate social work data that may be used to predict supply and
61	61	demand for social work personnel in this state using appropriate
62	62	federal or state supply-and-demand models. The nursing and social
63	63	work data must at least:
64	64	(1) include demographics, areas of practice, supply,
65	65	demand, and migration; and
66	66	(2) be analyzed to identify trends relating to numbers
67	67	and geographical distribution, practice setting, and area of
68	68	practice and, to the extent possible, compare those trends with
69	69	corresponding national trends.
70	70	(e) Data received under this section by the nursing resource
71	71	section or the social work resource section established under
72	72	Section 105.002 that contains information identifying specific
73	73	patients or health care facilities is confidential, is not subject
74	74	to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code, and may not be
75	75	released unless all identifying information is removed.
76	76	SECTION 3. Section 105.004(b), Health and Safety Code, is
77	77	amended to read as follows:
78	78	(b) The council shall publish reports regarding the data
79	79	collected and analyzed under this chapter related to:
80	80	(1) the educational and employment trends of nursing
81	81	and social work professionals;
82	82	(2) the supply and demand of nursing and social work
83	83	professionals; and
84	84	(3) other issues, as determined necessary by the
85	85	council, concerning nursing or social work professionals in this
86	86	state.
87	87	SECTION 4. Section 505.203, Occupations Code, is amended by
88	88	adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
89	89	(d) Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, the
90	90	amount of the fee to renew a social worker license is increased by
91	91	$10. The board may use six cents from the amount of the surcharge
92	92	under this subsection to cover the administrative costs of
93	93	collecting and depositing the surcharge. The board quarterly shall
94	94	transmit the remainder of each surcharge to the Department of State
95	95	Health Services to be used only to fund the social work resource
96	96	section under Section 105.002, Health and Safety Code. The board is
97	97	not required to collect the surcharge if the board determines that
98	98	the money collected is not appropriated to fund the social work
99	99	resource section.
100	100	SECTION 5. Section 505.203(d), Occupations Code, as added
101	101	by this Act, applies only to a license renewed on or after the
102	102	effective date of this Act. A license renewed before the effective
103	103	date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the
104	104	license was renewed, and the former law is continued in effect for
105	105	that purpose.
106	106	SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.