Bill Text: TX HB3032 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a study by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board in coordination with other state agencies on the feasibility of developing clinical sites for nursing students.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-19 - Filed [HB3032 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB3032-Introduced.html
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| By: Howard | H.B. No. 3032 | |
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| relating to a study by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating | ||
| Board in coordination with other state agencies on the feasibility | ||
| of developing clinical sites for nursing students. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 61, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 61.9630 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 61.9630. STUDY ON POTENTIAL CLINICAL SITE FACILITIES. | ||
| (a) In this section: | ||
| (1) "Correctional facility" has the meaning assigned | ||
| by Section 1.07, Penal Code. | ||
| (2) "Federally qualified health center" has the | ||
| meaning assigned by 42 U.S.C. Section 1396d(l)(2)(B). | ||
| (3) "Hospital" has the meaning assigned by Section | ||
| 58A.001. | ||
| (4) "State juvenile facility" has the meaning assigned | ||
| by Article 49.18, Code of Criminal Procedure. | ||
| (b) The board shall conduct a study in collaboration with | ||
| the Health and Human Services Commission, the Texas Board of | ||
| Nursing, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, and the Texas | ||
| Juvenile Justice Department regarding the feasibility of | ||
| establishing clinical sites at correctional facilities, state | ||
| juvenile facilities, hospitals, and federally qualified health | ||
| centers to provide clinical learning experiences for nursing | ||
| students. | ||
| (c) Not later than December 1, 2026, the board shall submit | ||
| to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house | ||
| of representatives, and each standing legislative committee with | ||
| primary jurisdiction over higher education or nursing a written | ||
| report that includes the results of the study and any | ||
| recommendations for legislative or other action. | ||
| (d) This section expires September 1, 2027. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
