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1	1	83R12798 NC-D
2	2	By: Naishtat H.B. No. 591
3	3	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 591:
4	4	By: Zerwas C.S.H.B. No. 591
5	5
6	6
7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to the health professions resource center; increasing a
10	10	fee.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Section 105.002, Health and Safety Code, is
13	13	amended by adding Subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows:
14	14	(d) To the extent funding is available through fees
15	15	collected under Section 505.203(d), Occupations Code, the council
16	16	shall establish a social work resource section within the center
17	17	for the collection and analysis of educational and employment
18	18	trends for social workers in this state.
19	19	(e) If the social work resource section established under
20	20	Subsection (d) is funded from surcharges collected under Section
21	21	505.203(d), Occupations Code, the council shall provide the Texas
22	22	State Board of Social Worker Examiners with an annual accounting of
23	23	the money received from the board. The council may expend a
24	24	reasonable amount of the money to pay administrative costs of
25	25	maintaining the social work resource section.
26	26	SECTION 2. Sections 105.003(a), (c-1), (d), and (e), Health
27	27	and Safety Code, are amended to read as follows:
28	28	(a) The council shall place a high priority on collecting
29	29	and disseminating data on health professions demonstrating an acute
30	30	shortage in this state, including:
31	31	(1) data concerning nursing personnel; [and]
32	32	(2) data concerning social workers; and
33	33	(3) data concerning the health professions in which
34	34	shortages occur in rural areas and areas near the international
35	35	border.
36	36	(c-1) The Department of Information Resources, through the
37	37	state electronic Internet portal and in consultation with the
38	38	council and the Health Professions Council, shall add the following
39	39	fields on an application or renewal form for a license,
40	40	certificate, or registration for a person subject to Subsection
41	41	(c-2):
42	42	(1) date and place of birth;
43	43	(2) sex;
44	44	(3) race and ethnicity;
45	45	(4) location of high school;
46	46	(5) mailing address of primary practice;
47	47	(6) number of hours per week spent at primary practice
48	48	location;
49	49	(7) description of primary practice setting;
50	50	(8) primary practice information, including primary
51	51	specialty practice, practice location zip code, and county; [and]
52	52	(9) information regarding any additional practice,
53	53	including description of practice setting, practice location zip
54	54	code, and county; and
55	55	(10) a description of the person's language fluency.
56	56	(d) To the extent feasible, the council shall use a
57	57	researcher with a doctorate in nursing to collect, analyze, and
58	58	disseminate nursing data that may be used to predict supply and
59	59	demand for nursing personnel in this state using appropriate
60	60	federal or state supply-and-demand models. To the extent feasible,
61	61	the council shall use a researcher with a degree from a master's
62	62	social work program accredited by the Council on Social Work
63	63	Education and a doctorate in social work to collect, analyze, and
64	64	disseminate social work data that may be used to predict supply and
65	65	demand for social work personnel in this state using appropriate
66	66	federal or state supply-and-demand models. The nursing and social
67	67	work data must at least:
68	68	(1) include demographics, areas of practice, supply,
69	69	demand, and migration; and
70	70	(2) be analyzed to identify trends relating to numbers
71	71	and geographical distribution, practice setting, and area of
72	72	practice and, to the extent possible, compare those trends with
73	73	corresponding national trends.
74	74	(e) Data received under this section by the nursing resource
75	75	section or the social work resource section established under
76	76	Section 105.002 that contains information identifying specific
77	77	patients or health care facilities is confidential, is not subject
78	78	to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code, and may not be
79	79	released unless all identifying information is removed.
80	80	SECTION 3. Section 105.004(b), Health and Safety Code, is
81	81	amended to read as follows:
82	82	(b) The council shall publish reports regarding the data
83	83	collected and analyzed under this chapter related to:
84	84	(1) the educational and employment trends of nursing
85	85	and social work professionals;
86	86	(2) the supply and demand of nursing and social work
87	87	professionals; and
88	88	(3) other issues, as determined necessary by the
89	89	council, concerning nursing or social work professionals in this
90	90	state.
91	91	SECTION 4. Section 505.203, Occupations Code, is amended by
92	92	adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
93	93	(d) Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, the
94	94	amount of the fee to renew a social worker license is increased by
95	95	$10. The board may use six cents from the amount of the surcharge
96	96	under this subsection to cover the administrative costs of
97	97	collecting and depositing the surcharge. The board quarterly shall
98	98	transmit the remainder of each surcharge to the Department of State
99	99	Health Services to be used only to fund the social work resource
100	100	section under Section 105.002, Health and Safety Code. The board is
101	101	not required to collect the surcharge if the board determines that
102	102	the money collected is not appropriated to fund the social work
103	103	resource section.
104	104	SECTION 5. Section 505.203(d), Occupations Code, as added
105	105	by this Act, applies only to a license renewed on or after the
106	106	effective date of this Act. A license renewed before the effective
107	107	date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the
108	108	license was renewed, and the former law is continued in effect for
109	109	that purpose.
110	110	SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.