Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1137 Compare Versions

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1	1	86R2994 EAS-D
2	2	By: Price H.B. No. 1137
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to an annual report prepared by the Health Professions
8	8	Council.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Section 101.151, Occupations Code, is amended to
11	11	read as follows:
12	12	Sec. 101.151. ANNUAL REPORT. (a) The council shall prepare
13	13	an annual report that includes:
14	14	(1) a statistical compilation of enforcement actions
15	15	taken by a regulatory agency listed in Section 101.002;
16	16	(2) recommendations for statutory changes to improve
17	17	the regulation of the health care professions; [and]
18	18	(3) strategies to expand the health care workforce in
19	19	this state, including:
20	20	(A) methods for reducing the time required to
21	21	process license applications for health care professions;
22	22	(B) methods for increasing the number of health
23	23	care practitioners providing mental and behavioral health care
24	24	services; and
25	25	(C) any statutory and legislative appropriation
26	26	recommendations the council determines are appropriate for
27	27	expanding the health care workforce in this state, including
28	28	recommendations for expanding the health care workforce in
29	29	medically underserved areas; and
30	30	(4) [(3)] other relevant information and
31	31	recommendations determined necessary by the council.
32	32	(b) The council shall send the report to the governor, the
33	33	lieutenant governor, [and] the speaker of the house of
34	34	representatives, the chairs of the standing committees of the
35	35	senate and the house of representatives having primary jurisdiction
36	36	over public health, and the chairs of the standing committees of the
37	37	senate and the house of representatives having primary jurisdiction
38	38	over state finance or appropriations not later than February 1 of
39	39	each year.
40	40	SECTION 2. Notwithstanding Section 101.151, Occupations
41	41	Code, as amended by this Act, the Health Professions Council
42	42	established under Chapter 101, Occupations Code:
43	43	(1) is not required to include in the annual report
44	44	required under Section 101.151 the strategies described by Section
45	45	101.151(a)(3), Occupations Code, as added by this Act, until
46	46	February 1, 2021; and
47	47	(2) shall submit to the governor, the lieutenant
48	48	governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, the chairs
49	49	of the standing committees of the senate and the house of
50	50	representatives having primary jurisdiction over public health,
51	51	and the chairs of the standing committees of the senate and the
52	52	house of representatives having primary jurisdiction over state
53	53	finance or appropriations a report that includes only the
54	54	strategies described by Section 101.151(a)(3) not later than June
55	55	1, 2020.
56	56	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
57	57	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
58	58	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
59	59	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
60	60	Act takes effect September 1, 2019.