Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

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1	1	86R5068 MM-F
2	2	By: Allison H.B. No. 3220
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to repayment of certain mental health professional
8	8	education loans.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Section 61.601, Education Code, as amended by
11	11	Chapters 891 (H.B. 3083) and 1101 (H.B. 3808), Acts of the 85th
12	12	Legislature, Regular Session, 2017, is reenacted and amended to
13	13	read as follows:
14	14	Sec. 61.601. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "mental
15	15	health professional" means:
16	16	(1) a licensed physician who is:
17	17	(A) a graduate of an accredited psychiatric
18	18	residency training program; or
19	19	(B) certified in psychiatry by:
20	20	(i) the American Board of Psychiatry and
21	21	Neurology; or
22	22	(ii) the American Osteopathic Board of
23	23	Neurology and Psychiatry;
24	24	(2) a psychologist, as defined by Section 501.002,
25	25	Occupations Code;
26	26	(3) a licensed professional counselor, as defined by
27	27	Section 503.002, Occupations Code;
28	28	(4) an advanced practice registered nurse, as defined
29	29	by Section 301.152, Occupations Code, who holds a nationally
30	30	recognized board certification in psychiatric or mental health
31	31	nursing;
32	32	(5) a licensed clinical social worker, as defined by
33	33	Section 505.002, Occupations Code; [and]
34	34	(6) a chemical dependency counselor, as defined by
35	35	Section 504.001, Occupations Code;
36	36	(7) [(6)] a licensed marriage and family therapist, as
37	37	defined by Section 502.002, Occupations Code; and
38	38	(8) a licensed specialist in school psychology, as
39	39	defined by Section 501.002, Occupations Code.
40	40	SECTION 2. Section 61.603, Education Code, is amended to
41	41	read as follows:
42	42	Sec. 61.603. ELIGIBILITY. (a) Except as provided by
43	43	Subsection (b), to [To] be eligible to receive repayment assistance
44	44	under this subchapter, a mental health professional must:
45	45	(1) apply to the board;
46	46	(2) have completed one, two, three, four, or five
47	47	consecutive years of practice in a mental health professional
48	48	shortage area designated by the Department of State Health
49	49	Services; and
50	50	(3) provide mental health services in this state to:
51	51	(A) recipients under the medical assistance
52	52	program authorized by Chapter 32, Human Resources Code;
53	53	(B) enrollees under the child health plan program
54	54	authorized by Chapter 62, Health and Safety Code; or
55	55	(C) persons committed to a secure correctional
56	56	facility operated by or under contract with the Texas Juvenile
57	57	Justice Department or persons confined in a secure correctional
58	58	facility operated by or under contract with any division of the
59	59	Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
60	60	(b) To be eligible to receive repayment assistance under
61	61	this subchapter, a mental health professional described by Section
62	62	61.601(8) who is employed by a school district or open-enrollment
63	63	charter school must:
64	64	(1) apply to the board;
65	65	(2) provide mental health services to students
66	66	enrolled in a school district or open-enrollment charter school;
67	67	and
68	68	(3) have completed one, two, three, four, or five
69	69	consecutive years of practice in this state as described by
70	70	Subdivision (2).
71	71	(c) In addition to satisfying the requirements under
72	72	Subsection (a), for a licensed physician to be eligible to receive
73	73	repayment assistance under this subchapter after the physician's
74	74	third consecutive year of practice described under Subsection
75	75	(a)(2), the physician must be certified in psychiatry by:
76	76	(1) the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology; or
77	77	(2) the American Osteopathic Board of Neurology and
78	78	Psychiatry.
79	79	SECTION 3. Sections 61.604(d) and (e), Education Code, as
80	80	added by Chapter 1101 (H.B. 3808), Acts of the 85th Legislature,
81	81	Regular Session, 2017, are amended to read as follows:
82	82	(d) The board may award a grant under this subchapter to a
83	83	mental health professional described by Section 61.601(7) or (8)
84	84	[61.601(6)] only in accordance with Subsection (e).
85	85	(e) If in a state fiscal year there are funds available for
86	86	purposes of the program after funding grants to all eligible mental
87	87	health professionals described by Sections [Subsections]
88	88	61.601(1)-(6) [61.601(1)-(5)], the board may allocate any unused
89	89	funds to award repayment assistance grants to mental health
90	90	professionals in any of the professions listed in Section 61.601
91	91	except that priority must be given to awarding grants to mental
92	92	health professionals described by Sections [Subsections]
93	93	61.601(1)-(6) [61.601(1)-(5)]. The limitations prescribed by
94	94	Subsections (b) and (c) do not apply to grants awarded under this
95	95	subsection.
96	96	SECTION 4. Section 61.607(b), Education Code, as amended by
97	97	Chapters 891 (H.B. 3083) and 1101 (H.B. 3808), Acts of the 85th
98	98	Legislature, Regular Session, 2017, is reenacted and amended to
99	99	read as follows:
100	100	(b) The total amount of repayment assistance received by a
101	101	mental health professional under this subchapter may not exceed:
102	102	(1) $160,000, for assistance from the state received
103	103	by a licensed physician;
104	104	(2) $80,000, for assistance from the state received
105	105	by:
106	106	(A) a psychologist;
107	107	(B) a licensed clinical social worker, if the
108	108	social worker has received a doctoral degree related to social
109	109	work;
110	110	(C) a licensed professional counselor, if the
111	111	counselor has received a doctoral degree related to counseling; or
112	112	(D) a licensed marriage and family therapist, if
113	113	the marriage and family therapist has received a doctoral degree
114	114	related to marriage and family therapy;
115	115	(3) $60,000, for assistance from the state received by
116	116	an advanced practice registered nurse;
117	117	(4) $40,000, for assistance from the state received by
118	118	a licensed clinical social worker, a licensed marriage and family
119	119	therapist, or a licensed professional counselor who is not
120	120	described by Subdivision (2); and
121	121	(5) $10,000, for assistance from the state received
122	122	by:
123	123	(A) a licensed chemical dependency counselor, if
124	124	the chemical dependency counselor has received an associate degree
125	125	related to chemical dependency counseling or behavioral science; or
126	126	(B) a licensed specialist in school psychology.
127	127	SECTION 5. The following provisions are repealed:
128	128	(1) Section 61.604(d), Education Code, as added by
129	129	Chapter 891 (H.B. 3083), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular
130	130	Session, 2017; and
131	131	(2) Section 61.608(c), Education Code, as added by
132	132	Chapter 891 (H.B. 3083), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular
133	133	Session, 2017.
134	134	SECTION 6. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails
135	135	over another Act of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019,
136	136	relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted
137	137	codes.
138	138	SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.