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1	1	82R20921 JRJ-F
2	2	By: Zerwas, et al. H.B. No. 2546
3	3	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2546:
4	4	By: Kolkhorst C.S.H.B. No. 2546
5	5
6	6
7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to the Texas emergency and trauma care education
10	10	partnership program.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Chapter 61, Education Code, is amended by adding
13	13	Subchapter GG to read as follows:
14	14	SUBCHAPTER GG. TEXAS EMERGENCY AND TRAUMA CARE EDUCATION
15	15	PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM
16	16	Sec. 61.9801. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:
17	17	(1) "Emergency and trauma care education partnership"
18	18	means a partnership that:
19	19	(A) consists of one or more hospitals in this
20	20	state and one or more graduate professional nursing or graduate
21	21	medical education programs in this state; and
22	22	(B) serves to increase training opportunities in
23	23	emergency and trauma care for doctors and registered nurses at
24	24	participating graduate medical education and graduate professional
25	25	nursing programs.
26	26	(2) "Participating education program" means a
27	27	graduate professional nursing program as that term is defined by
28	28	Section 54.221 or a graduate medical education program leading to
29	29	board certification by the American Board of Medical Specialties
30	30	that participates in an emergency and trauma care education
31	31	partnership.
32	32	Sec. 61.9802. PROGRAM: ESTABLISHMENT; ADMINISTRATION;
33	33	PURPOSE. (a) The Texas emergency and trauma care education
34	34	partnership program is established.
35	35	(b) The board shall administer the program in accordance
36	36	with this subchapter and rules adopted under this subchapter.
37	37	(c) Under the program, to the extent funds are available
38	38	under Section 61.9805, the board shall make grants to emergency and
39	39	trauma care education partnerships to assist those partnerships to
40	40	meet the state's needs for doctors and registered nurses with
41	41	training in emergency and trauma care by offering one-year or
42	42	two-year fellowships to students enrolled in graduate professional
43	43	nursing or graduate medical education programs through
44	44	collaboration between hospitals and graduate professional nursing
45	45	or graduate medical education programs and the use of the existing
46	46	expertise and facilities of those hospitals and programs.
47	47	Sec. 61.9803. GRANTS: CONDITIONS; LIMITATIONS. (a) The
48	48	board may make a grant under this subchapter to an emergency and
49	49	trauma care education partnership only if the board determines
50	50	that:
51	51	(1) the partnership will meet applicable standards for
52	52	instruction and student competency for each program offered by each
53	53	participating education program;
54	54	(2) each participating education program will, as a
55	55	result of the partnership, enroll in the education program a
56	56	sufficient number of additional students as established by the
57	57	board;
58	58	(3) each hospital participating in an emergency and
59	59	trauma care education partnership will provide to students enrolled
60	60	in a participating education program clinical placements that:
61	61	(A) allow the students to take part in providing
62	62	or to observe, as appropriate, emergency and trauma care services
63	63	offered by the hospital; and
64	64	(B) meet the clinical education needs of the
65	65	students; and
66	66	(4) the partnership will satisfy any other requirement
67	67	established by board rule.
68	68	(b) A grant under this subchapter may be spent only on
69	69	costs related to the development or operation of an emergency and
70	70	trauma care education partnership that prepares a student to
71	71	complete a graduate professional nursing program with a specialty
72	72	focus on emergency and trauma care or earn board certification by
73	73	the American Board of Medical Specialties.
74	74	Sec. 61.9804. PRIORITY FOR FUNDING. In awarding a grant
75	75	under this subchapter, the board shall give priority to an
76	76	emergency and trauma care education partnership that submits a
77	77	proposal that:
78	78	(1) provides for collaborative educational models
79	79	between one or more participating hospitals and one or more
80	80	participating education programs that have signed a memorandum of
81	81	understanding or other written agreement under which the
82	82	participants agree to comply with standards established by the
83	83	board, including any standards the board may establish that:
84	84	(A) provide for program management that offers a
85	85	centralized decision-making process allowing for inclusion of each
86	86	entity participating in the partnership;
87	87	(B) provide for access to clinical training
88	88	positions for students in graduate professional nursing and
89	89	graduate medical education programs that are not participating in
90	90	the partnership; and
91	91	(C) specify the details of any requirement
92	92	relating to a student in a participating education program being
93	93	employed after graduation in a hospital participating in the
94	94	partnership, including any details relating to the employment of
95	95	students who do not complete the program, are not offered a position
96	96	at the hospital, or choose to pursue other employment;
97	97	(2) includes a demonstrable education model to:
98	98	(A) increase the number of students enrolled in,
99	99	the number of students graduating from, and the number of faculty
100	100	employed by each participating education program; and
101	101	(B) improve student or resident retention in each
102	102	participating education program;
103	103	(3) indicates the availability of money to match a
104	104	portion of the grant money, including matching money or in-kind
105	105	services approved by the board from a hospital, private or
106	106	nonprofit entity, or institution of higher education;
107	107	(4) can be replicated by other emergency and trauma
108	108	care education partnerships or other graduate professional nursing
109	109	or graduate medical education programs; and
110	110	(5) includes plans for sustainability of the
111	111	partnership.
112	112	Sec. 61.9805. GRANTS, GIFTS, AND DONATIONS. In addition to
113	113	money appropriated by the legislature, the board may solicit,
114	114	accept, and spend grants, gifts, and donations from any public or
115	115	private source for the purposes of this subchapter.
116	116	Sec. 61.9806. RULES. The board shall adopt rules for the
117	117	administration of the Texas emergency and trauma care education
118	118	partnership program. The rules must include:
119	119	(1) provisions relating to applying for a grant under
120	120	this subchapter; and
121	121	(2) standards of accountability consistent with other
122	122	graduate professional nursing and graduate medical education
123	123	programs to be met by any emergency and trauma care education
124	124	partnership awarded a grant under this subchapter.
125	125	Sec. 61.9807. ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS. A reasonable amount,
126	126	not to exceed three percent, of any money appropriated for purposes
127	127	of this subchapter may be used to pay the costs of administering
128	128	this subchapter.
129	129	SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date
130	130	of this Act, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall
131	131	adopt rules for the implementation and administration of the Texas
132	132	emergency and trauma care education partnership program
133	133	established under Subchapter GG, Chapter 61, Education Code, as
134	134	added by this Act. The board may adopt the initial rules in the
135	135	manner provided by law for emergency rules.
136	136	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
137	137	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
138	138	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
139	139	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
140	140	Act takes effect September 1, 2011.