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1	1	H.B. No. 400
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4	4	AN ACT
5	5	relating to innovation grant programs to support residency training
6	6	programs in psychiatric specialty fields and recruitment,
7	7	training, and retention programs in behavioral health fields.
8	8	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	9	SECTION 1. Chapter 58A, Education Code, is amended by
10	10	adding Subchapter D to read as follows:
11	11	SUBCHAPTER D. PSYCHIATRIC SPECIALTY INNOVATION GRANT PROGRAM
12	12	Sec. 58A.071. PSYCHIATRIC SPECIALTY INNOVATION GRANT
13	13	PROGRAM. Subject to available funds, the board shall establish an
14	14	innovation grant program under which the board awards incentive
15	15	payments to medical schools that administer innovative residency
16	16	training programs designed to increase the number of physicians in
17	17	this state who specialize in pediatric or adult psychiatric care.
18	18	Sec. 58A.072. FEDERAL FUNDS AND GIFTS, GRANTS, AND
19	19	DONATIONS. In addition to other money appropriated by the
20	20	legislature, for the purpose of promoting pediatric or adult
21	21	psychiatric care under the program established under this
22	22	subchapter the board may:
23	23	(1) seek and apply for any available federal funds;
24	24	and
25	25	(2) solicit and accept gifts, grants, and donations
26	26	from any other source, public or private, as necessary to ensure
27	27	effective implementation of the program.
28	28	Sec. 58A.073. RULES. In consultation with each medical
29	29	school in this state, the board shall adopt rules for the
30	30	administration of the program established under this
31	31	subchapter. The rules must include:
32	32	(1) administrative provisions relating to the
33	33	awarding of grants under this subchapter, such as:
34	34	(A) eligibility criteria for medical schools,
35	35	including a requirement that the medical school demonstrate
36	36	regional and state workforce need;
37	37	(B) grant application procedures;
38	38	(C) guidelines relating to grant amounts;
39	39	(D) procedures for evaluating grant
40	40	applications; and
41	41	(E) procedures for monitoring the use of grants;
42	42	and
43	43	(2) methods for tracking the effectiveness of grants
44	44	that:
45	45	(A) using data reasonably available to the board,
46	46	consider relevant information regarding the career paths of medical
47	47	school graduates during the four-year period following their
48	48	graduation; and
49	49	(B) evaluate whether and for how long those
50	50	graduates practice in a psychiatric specialty field in this state.
51	51	Sec. 58A.074. AWARD OF GRANTS. (a) In awarding grants
52	52	under the program, the board shall award:
53	53	(1) 60 percent of the amount available in each program
54	54	year to medical schools with innovative residency programs that
55	55	train physicians to specialize in pediatric psychiatric care; and
56	56	(2) 40 percent of the amount available in each program
57	57	year to medical schools with innovative residency programs that
58	58	train physicians to specialize in adult psychiatric care.
59	59	(b) Within each category of grants prescribed by Subsection
60	60	(a), the board shall give priority to grants to medical schools with
61	61	innovative residency programs based in rural or underserved areas.
62	62	Sec. 58A.075. GRANT AMOUNT. The amount of a grant awarded
63	63	under this subchapter may not exceed $1 million.
64	64	Sec. 58A.076. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. A medical school
65	65	that receives a grant awarded under this subchapter shall submit to
66	66	the board an annual report on the amounts and purposes for which
67	67	grant funds were spent during the year covered by the report.
68	68	Sec. 58A.077. ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS. A reasonable amount,
69	69	not to exceed five percent, of any general revenue appropriated for
70	70	purposes of this subchapter may be used by the board to pay the
71	71	costs of administering this subchapter.
72	72	SECTION 2. Chapter 61, Education Code, is amended by adding
73	73	Subchapter RR to read as follows:
74	74	SUBCHAPTER RR. BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INNOVATION GRANT PROGRAM
75	75	Sec. 61.9991. BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INNOVATION GRANT PROGRAM.
76	76	Subject to available funds, the board shall establish an innovation
77	77	grant program under which the board awards incentive payments to
78	78	institutions of higher education that administer innovative
79	79	recruitment, training, and retention programs designed to increase
80	80	the number of mental health professionals, as defined by Section
81	81	61.601, or professionals in related fields, as determined by the
82	82	board, including by providing a salary increase or stipend to a
83	83	faculty member who provides instruction to additional students in a
84	84	degree or certificate program that graduates those professionals.
85	85	Sec. 61.9992. FEDERAL FUNDS AND GIFTS, GRANTS, AND
86	86	DONATIONS. In addition to other money appropriated by the
87	87	legislature, for the purpose of increasing the behavioral health
88	88	workforce in this state under the program established under this
89	89	subchapter the board may:
90	90	(1) seek and apply for any available federal funds;
91	91	and
92	92	(2) solicit and accept gifts, grants, and donations
93	93	from any other source, public or private, as necessary to ensure
94	94	effective implementation of the program.
95	95	Sec. 61.9993. RULES. (a) The board shall adopt rules for
96	96	the administration of the program established under this
97	97	subchapter. In adopting the rules, the board shall solicit from the
98	98	Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council information necessary to
99	99	identify programs anticipated to produce the best outcomes and
100	100	serve the greatest need.
101	101	(b) The rules must include:
102	102	(1) administrative provisions relating to the
103	103	awarding of grants under this subchapter, such as:
104	104	(A) eligibility criteria for institutions of
105	105	higher education, including a requirement that the institution
106	106	demonstrate regional and state workforce need;
107	107	(B) grant application procedures;
108	108	(C) guidelines relating to grant amounts;
109	109	(D) procedures for evaluating grant
110	110	applications; and
111	111	(E) procedures for monitoring the use of grants;
112	112	and
113	113	(2) methods for tracking the effectiveness of grants
114	114	that:
115	115	(A) using data reasonably available to the board,
116	116	consider relevant information regarding the career paths of
117	117	professionals described by Section 61.9991 during the four-year
118	118	period following their graduation; and
119	119	(B) evaluate whether and for how long those
120	120	professionals practice in a field described by Section 61.9991 in
121	121	this state.
122	122	Sec. 61.9994. AWARD OF GRANTS. In awarding grants under the
123	123	program, the board shall give priority to applicants that propose
124	124	to:
125	125	(1) enhance or leverage existing degree programs that
126	126	graduate professionals described by Section 61.9991;
127	127	(2) establish or maintain a program that serves a
128	128	rural or underserved area;
129	129	(3) partner with:
130	130	(A) another institution of higher education to
131	131	develop a joint program; or
132	132	(B) a public school to implement early
133	133	recruitment in high school;
134	134	(4) establish or maintain a program that incentivizes
135	135	professionals described by Section 61.9991 to serve in their field
136	136	or a related field of study for at least three consecutive years
137	137	following graduation in an inpatient or outpatient behavioral
138	138	health facility or program that receives state funding;
139	139	(5) establish or maintain a degree or certificate
140	140	program to educate professionals in specialties that face
141	141	significant workforce shortages, including those described by
142	142	Section 61.601; or
143	143	(6) establish or maintain psychiatric fellowship
144	144	programs that serve correctional facilities or inpatient
145	145	psychiatric facilities.
146	146	Sec. 61.9995. GRANT AMOUNT. The amount of a grant awarded
147	147	under this subchapter may not exceed $1 million.
148	148	Sec. 61.9996. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. An institution of
149	149	higher education that receives a grant awarded under this
150	150	subchapter shall submit to the board an annual report on the amounts
151	151	and purposes for which grant funds were spent during the year
152	152	covered by the report.
153	153	Sec. 61.9997. ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS. A reasonable amount,
154	154	not to exceed five percent, of any general revenue appropriated for
155	155	purposes of this subchapter may be used by the board to pay the
156	156	costs of administering this subchapter.
157	157	SECTION 3. (a) As soon as practicable after the effective
158	158	date of this Act, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
159	159	shall adopt rules for the implementation and administration of the
160	160	innovation grant programs established under Subchapter D, Chapter
161	161	58A, Education Code, and Subchapter RR, Chapter 61, Education Code,
162	162	as added by this Act.
163	163	(b) Not later than September 1, 2024, the Texas Higher
164	164	Education Coordinating Board shall establish the innovation grant
165	165	programs required by Subchapter D, Chapter 58A, Education Code, and
166	166	Subchapter RR, Chapter 61, Education Code, as added by this Act, and
167	167	shall begin to award grants under each program as soon as
168	168	practicable after the program is established.
169	169	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
170	170	______________________________ ______________________________
171	171	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
172	172	I certify that H.B. No. 400 was passed by the House on May 1,
173	173	2023, by the following vote: Yeas 124, Nays 18, 1 present, not
174	174	voting.
175	175	______________________________
176	176	Chief Clerk of the House
177	177	I certify that H.B. No. 400 was passed by the Senate on May
178	178	23, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 27, Nays 4.
179	179	______________________________
180	180	Secretary of the Senate
181	181	APPROVED: _____________________
182	182	Date
183	183	_____________________
184	184	Governor