Bill Text: TX HB3358 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to expedited licensing procedures for certain nurses who are military spouses.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-05-08 - Referred to Health & Human Services [HB3358 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB3358-Comm_Sub.html
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| By: Cosper, Oliverson, Minjarez, Blanco | H.B. No. 3358 | |
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| relating to expedited licensing procedures for certain nurses who | ||
| are military spouses. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 301, Occupations Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 301.262 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 301.262. EXPEDITED LICENSE PROCEDURES FOR CERTAIN | ||
| APPLICANTS. (a) The board shall establish procedures to expedite | ||
| the issuance of a temporary license under Section 301.260 and to | ||
| expedite the processing of an application for a permanent license | ||
| under this subchapter for an applicant who is licensed as a | ||
| registered nurse or vocational nurse by another state and who is the | ||
| spouse of a person who is serving on active duty as a member of the | ||
| armed forces of the United States. | ||
| (b) The board shall specify in the procedures established | ||
| under Subsection (a) the appropriate documentation to establish an | ||
| applicant's status as a spouse of a person who is serving on active | ||
| duty as a member of the armed forces of the United States. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
