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1		-	H.B. No. 1401
	1	+	By: Howard, Zerwas, Raymond H.B. No. 1401
	2	+	(Senate Sponsor - Hinojosa)
	3	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 8, 2019;
	4	+	May 10, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Finance;
	5	+	May 17, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 13,
	6	+	Nays 0; May 17, 2019, sent to printer.)
	7	+	Click here to see the committee vote
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	10	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	11		AN ACT
5	12		relating to the use of money from the permanent fund for
6	13		health-related programs to provide grants to nursing education
7	14		programs.
8	15		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	16		SECTION 1. Sections 63.202(f) and (g), Education Code, are
10	17		amended to read as follows:
11	18		(f) Notwithstanding the limitation provided by Subsection
12	19		(b), grants awarded under Subsection (c) for the state fiscal
13	20		biennium ending on August 31, 2021 [2017], and the fiscal biennium
14	21		ending on August 31, 2023 [2019], by the Texas Higher Education
15	22		Coordinating Board shall be awarded to programs preparing students
16	23		for initial licensure as registered nurses or programs preparing
17	24		qualified faculty members with a master's or doctoral degree for
18	25		the program, including programs at two-year institutions of higher
19	26		education, four-year general academic teaching institutions,
20	27		health science centers, and independent or private institutions of
21	28		higher education, or to the nursing resource section established
22	29		under Section 105.002(b), Health and Safety Code. In awarding
23	30		grants under this subsection, the coordinating board may:
24	31		(1) give priority to institutions proposing to address
25	32		the shortage of registered nurses by promoting innovation in
26	33		education, recruitment, and retention of nursing students and
27	34		qualified faculty;
28	35		(2) award grants on a competitive basis;
29	36		(3) consider the availability of matching funds; and
30	37		(4) fund a study by the nursing resource section to
31	38		evaluate the competencies of clinical judgment and behaviors that
32	39		professional nursing students should possess at the time of
33	40		graduation.
34	41		(g) Subsection (f) and this subsection expire September 1,
35	42		2023 [2019].
36	43		SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
37	44		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
38	45		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
39	46		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
40	47		Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
41		-	______________________________ ______________________________
42		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
43		-	I certify that H.B. No. 1401 was passed by the House on May 8,
44		-	2019, by the following vote: Yeas 137, Nays 3, 2 present, not
45		-	voting.
46		-	______________________________
47		-	Chief Clerk of the House
48		-	I certify that H.B. No. 1401 was passed by the Senate on May
49		-	22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1.
50		-	______________________________
51		-	Secretary of the Senate
52		-	APPROVED: _____________________
53		-	Date
54		-	_____________________
55		-	Governor
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