| 1 | 1 | | 89R6070 CMO-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Howard H.B. No. 2856 |
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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 a study by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating |
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| 10 | 10 | | Board on the feasibility of implementing a statewide system for |
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| 11 | 11 | | coordinating clinical training placements. |
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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 C, Chapter 61, Education Code, is |
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| 14 | 14 | | amended by adding Section 61.09012 to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | Sec. 61.09012. STUDY ON CLINICAL TRAINING PLACEMENTS FOR |
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| 16 | 16 | | STUDENTS. (a) The board shall conduct a study on the feasibility |
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| 17 | 17 | | of developing regional portals to assist in reserving clinical |
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| 18 | 18 | | rotations at health care facilities for students enrolled in |
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| 19 | 19 | | institutions of higher education who require clinical training. |
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| 20 | 20 | | (b) The study must determine: |
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| 21 | 21 | | (1) the number of regions needed to adequately support |
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| 22 | 22 | | institutions of higher education and students that require clinical |
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| 23 | 23 | | training; |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2) the cost of establishing regional portals; and |
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| 25 | 25 | | (3) the necessary maintenance, support, and staff |
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| 26 | 26 | | required to establish and maintain the regional portals. |
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| 27 | 27 | | (c) Not later than December 1, 2026, the board shall submit |
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| 28 | 28 | | to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house |
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| 29 | 29 | | of representatives, and the chair of each standing committee with |
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| 30 | 30 | | primary jurisdiction over higher education a written report that |
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| 31 | 31 | | includes the study's findings and any recommendations for |
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| 32 | 32 | | legislative or other action. |
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| 33 | 33 | | (d) This section expires September 1, 2027. |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 35 | 35 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 36 | 36 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 37 | 37 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 38 | 38 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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