| 1 | 1 | | 89R6067 KJE-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Howard H.B. No. 2189 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to methods to improve health profession-related career and |
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| 10 | 10 | | technology education and dual credit programs offered by school |
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| 11 | 11 | | districts. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 29, Education Code, is |
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| 14 | 14 | | amended by adding Sections 29.193 and 29.195 to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | Sec. 29.193. INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FOR HEALTH |
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| 16 | 16 | | PROFESSION-RELATED PROGRAMS. (a) The agency shall make available |
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| 17 | 17 | | at no cost to school districts high-quality instructional materials |
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| 18 | 18 | | for use in health profession-related career and technology |
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| 19 | 19 | | education programs provided under this subchapter. |
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| 20 | 20 | | (b) The instructional materials under Subsection (a) may |
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| 21 | 21 | | include: |
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| 22 | 22 | | (1) material designed to cover all essential knowledge |
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| 23 | 23 | | and skills for a course offered through a health profession-related |
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| 24 | 24 | | career and technology education program under this subchapter; or |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2) supplemental materials designed to complement, |
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| 26 | 26 | | enrich, or extend a particular subject area included in a health |
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| 27 | 27 | | profession-related career and technology education program under |
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| 28 | 28 | | this subchapter. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Sec. 29.195. STUDY ON FEASIBILITY OF SHARING LABORATORY |
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| 30 | 30 | | RESOURCES FOR HEALTH PROFESSION-RELATED PROGRAMS. (a) In this |
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| 31 | 31 | | section, "institution of higher education" has the meaning assigned |
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| 32 | 32 | | by Section 61.003. |
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| 33 | 33 | | (b) The agency, in coordination with the Texas Higher |
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| 34 | 34 | | Education Coordinating Board, shall study the feasibility of |
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| 35 | 35 | | creating partnerships between public schools and institutions of |
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| 36 | 36 | | higher education to share educational laboratory resources for |
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| 37 | 37 | | purposes of health profession-related career and technology |
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| 38 | 38 | | education programs under this subchapter. |
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| 39 | 39 | | (c) The study must: |
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| 40 | 40 | | (1) identify current educational laboratory resources |
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| 41 | 41 | | at public schools and institutions of higher education that may be |
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| 42 | 42 | | used for health profession-related career and technology education |
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| 43 | 43 | | programs; and |
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| 44 | 44 | | (2) examine methods of creating partnerships, |
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| 45 | 45 | | incentives, or funding mechanisms where appropriate and effective |
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| 46 | 46 | | to facilitate the sharing of educational laboratory resources for |
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| 47 | 47 | | health profession-related career and technology education |
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| 48 | 48 | | programs. |
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| 49 | 49 | | (d) Not later than December 1, 2026, the agency, in |
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| 50 | 50 | | coordination with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, |
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| 51 | 51 | | shall submit to the legislature a report on the study required by |
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| 52 | 52 | | this section and any recommendations for legislative or other |
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| 53 | 53 | | action. |
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| 54 | 54 | | (e) This section expires September 1, 2027. |
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| 55 | 55 | | SECTION 2. Chapter 2308A, Government Code, is amended by |
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| 56 | 56 | | adding Section 2308A.0075 to read as follows: |
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| 57 | 57 | | Sec. 2308A.0075. REVIEW OF CERTAIN HEALTH |
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| 58 | 58 | | PROFESSION-RELATED DUAL CREDIT PROGRAMS. (a) The agency, |
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| 59 | 59 | | coordinating board, and commission jointly shall review the |
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| 60 | 60 | | curriculum of courses in health profession-related career and |
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| 61 | 61 | | technology education programs that are offered for joint high |
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| 62 | 62 | | school and college credit at public schools in this state to ensure |
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| 63 | 63 | | that those programs: |
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| 64 | 64 | | (1) align with requirements for health |
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| 65 | 65 | | profession-related certificate and degree programs at institutions |
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| 66 | 66 | | of higher education; and |
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| 67 | 67 | | (2) allow for the stacking of credentials to reduce |
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| 68 | 68 | | duplication of effort. |
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| 69 | 69 | | (b) The agency, coordinating board, and commission shall |
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| 70 | 70 | | consult with both academic and practicing health care professionals |
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| 71 | 71 | | in conducting the review under Subsection (a). |
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| 72 | 72 | | (c) Not later than December 1, 2026, the agency, |
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| 73 | 73 | | coordinating board, and commission jointly shall submit to the |
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| 74 | 74 | | legislature a report on the review conducted under Subsection (a) |
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| 75 | 75 | | that includes a description of actions taken by those agencies to |
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| 76 | 76 | | accomplish the purposes described by that subsection and any |
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| 77 | 77 | | recommendations for legislative or other action. |
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| 78 | 78 | | (d) This section expires September 1, 2027. |
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| 79 | 79 | | SECTION 3. Section 29.193, Education Code, as added by this |
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| 80 | 80 | | Act, applies beginning with the 2026-2027 school year. |
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| 81 | 81 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 82 | 82 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 83 | 83 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 84 | 84 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 85 | 85 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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