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1		-	S.B. No. 1636
	1	+	By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 1636
	2	+	(Price)
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	5	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	6		AN ACT
5	7		relating to an annual report prepared by the Health Professions
6	8		Council.
7	9		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	10		SECTION 1. Section 101.151, Occupations Code, is amended to
9	11		read as follows:
10	12		Sec. 101.151. ANNUAL REPORT. (a) The council shall
11	13		prepare an annual report that includes:
12	14		(1) a statistical compilation of enforcement actions
13	15		taken by a regulatory agency listed in Section 101.002;
14	16		(2) recommendations for statutory changes to improve
15	17		the regulation of the health care professions; [and]
16	18		(3) strategies to expand the health care workforce in
17	19		this state, including:
18	20		(A) methods for reducing the time required to
19	21		process license applications for health care professions;
20	22		(B) methods for increasing the number of health
21	23		care practitioners providing mental and behavioral health care
22	24		services; and
23	25		(C) any statutory and legislative appropriation
24	26		recommendations the council determines are appropriate for
25	27		expanding the health care workforce in this state, including
26	28		recommendations for expanding the health care workforce in
27	29		medically underserved areas; and
28	30		(4) [(3)] other relevant information and
29	31		recommendations determined necessary by the council.
30	32		(b) The council shall send the report to the governor, the
31	33		lieutenant governor, [and] the speaker of the house of
32	34		representatives, the chairs of the standing committees of the
33	35		senate and the house of representatives having primary jurisdiction
34	36		over public health, and the chairs of the standing committees of the
35	37		senate and the house of representatives having primary jurisdiction
36	38		over state finance or appropriations not later than February 1 of
37	39		each year.
38	40		SECTION 2. Notwithstanding Section 101.151, Occupations
39	41		Code, as amended by this Act, the Health Professions Council
40	42		established under Chapter 101, Occupations Code:
41	43		(1) is not required to include in the annual report
42	44		required under Section 101.151 the strategies described by Section
43	45		101.151(a)(3), Occupations Code, as added by this Act, until
44	46		February 1, 2021; and
45	47		(2) shall submit to the governor, the lieutenant
46	48		governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, the chairs
47	49		of the standing committees of the senate and the house of
48	50		representatives having primary jurisdiction over public health,
49	51		and the chairs of the standing committees of the senate and the
50	52		house of representatives having primary jurisdiction over state
51	53		finance or appropriations a report that includes only the
52	54		strategies described by Section 101.151(a)(3) not later than June
53	55		1, 2020.
54	56		SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
55	57		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
56	58		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
57	59		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
58	60		Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
59		-	______________________________ ______________________________
60		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
61		-	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1636 passed the Senate on
62		-	April 9, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1.
63		-	______________________________
64		-	Secretary of the Senate
65		-	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1636 passed the House on
66		-	May 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 137, Nays 6,
67		-	two present not voting.
68		-	______________________________
69		-	Chief Clerk of the House
70		-	Approved:
71		-	______________________________
72		-	Date
73		-	______________________________
74		-	Governor