Bill Text: TX HB3930 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to grant programs established to support nursing education and training.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-04-24 - Left pending in committee [HB3930 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB3930-Introduced.html
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| By: Bryant | H.B. No. 3930 | |
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| relating to grant programs established to support nursing education | ||
| and training. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 61, Education Code, is amended by adding | ||
| Subchapter Z-1 to read as follows: | ||
| SUBCHAPTER Z-1. GRANT PROGRAMS SUPPORTING NURSING EDUCATION AND | ||
| TRAINING | ||
| Sec. 61.9641. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: | ||
| (1) "Clinical site" means an acute care or | ||
| rehabilitation facility, a primary care setting, a long-term care | ||
| facility, a nursing home, a residential care setting, or any other | ||
| site identified by the board as providing clinical learning | ||
| experiences for nursing students. | ||
| (2) "Nursing advisory committee" means the nursing | ||
| advisory committee established under Section 104.0155, Health and | ||
| Safety Code. | ||
| Sec. 61.9642. CLINICAL SITE NURSE PRECEPTOR GRANT PROGRAM. | ||
| (a) The board, in consultation with the nursing advisory | ||
| committee, shall establish and administer a program to award grants | ||
| to eligible clinical sites to support the use of nurse preceptors in | ||
| providing clinical training to nursing students. | ||
| (b) To be eligible for a grant under this section, a | ||
| clinical site must: | ||
| (1) provide clinical training to nursing students | ||
| through the use of one or more nurse preceptors; | ||
| (2) comply with any clinical site requirements | ||
| established by the board; and | ||
| (3) comply with any other requirements adopted by | ||
| board rule. | ||
| Sec. 61.9643. CLINICAL SITE INNOVATION AND COORDINATION | ||
| PROGRAM. The board shall establish and administer a program to | ||
| award grants to eligible clinical sites that create and operate | ||
| innovative pilot programs that will support nursing performed at | ||
| clinical sites in this state by increasing the number of nurses, | ||
| improving the working environment for nurses, improving the | ||
| retention of nurses, addressing workplace safety, and coordinating | ||
| with other clinical sites any solutions found to address common | ||
| nursing concerns. | ||
| Sec. 61.9644. NURSING FACULTY GRANT PROGRAM: PART-TIME | ||
| POSITIONS. (a) The board shall award grants under a nursing | ||
| faculty grant program to eligible institutions of higher education | ||
| to provide funding for qualified nursing staff working at clinical | ||
| sites who serve as part-time nursing faculty at those institutions. | ||
| (b) The amount of a grant and the number of grants to be | ||
| awarded must be based on the total number of nursing staff serving | ||
| as part-time faculty in institutions of higher education throughout | ||
| the state in the year for which the grant is awarded. | ||
| (c) A grant received under this section must be expended to | ||
| support the applicable nursing faculty positions, including the | ||
| faculty stipend. | ||
| (d) An institution of higher education must certify in the | ||
| grant application the number of unfilled faculty positions to which | ||
| the application applies and, after a grant is awarded, must certify | ||
| which of those positions have been filled before receipt of the | ||
| grant funds. | ||
| (e) The board shall prescribe the dates for the submission | ||
| of applications and the award of grants under this section to ensure | ||
| that a grant recipient has sufficient time to prepare for receipt | ||
| and effective use of the grant funds before the academic period for | ||
| which the grant is awarded. | ||
| (f) Grant amounts are awarded under this section for two | ||
| consecutive state fiscal years. The board may distribute a grant | ||
| amount for nursing faculty only on receiving the certification from | ||
| the institution of higher education that the applicable nurse | ||
| faculty position has been filled. For each first-year nursing | ||
| faculty position for which a clinical site receives an initial | ||
| grant amount in a state fiscal year, the board shall make available | ||
| an equal grant amount for the subsequent state fiscal year | ||
| contingent on filling the part-time nursing faculty positions | ||
| funded by the grant in that second year. | ||
| Sec. 61.9645. NURSING FACULTY GRANT PROGRAM: CLINICAL | ||
| TRAINING. (a) The board shall award grants under a nursing faculty | ||
| grant program to eligible clinical sites to provide funding for | ||
| qualified nursing faculty of institutions of higher education who | ||
| seek to obtain additional clinical training by working part-time at | ||
| a clinical site. | ||
| (b) The amount of a grant and the number of grants to be | ||
| awarded must be based on the total number of nursing faculty in | ||
| institutions of higher education throughout the state in the year | ||
| for which the grant is awarded. | ||
| Sec. 61.9646. FUNDS. (a) In consultation with the nursing | ||
| advisory committee, the board shall allocate funds appropriated for | ||
| purposes of this subchapter and any other funds received as | ||
| described by Subsection (b) as the board considers appropriate to | ||
| further the purposes of this subchapter. | ||
| (b) In addition to money appropriated by the legislature, | ||
| the board may solicit, accept, and spend gifts, grants, and | ||
| donations from any public or private source for the purposes of the | ||
| grant programs established under this subchapter. | ||
| Sec. 61.9647. RULES. In consultation with the nursing | ||
| advisory committee, the board shall adopt rules for the | ||
| administration of the grant programs established under this | ||
| subchapter. The rules must include: | ||
| (1) administrative provisions relating to the | ||
| awarding of grants under this subchapter, such as: | ||
| (A) eligibility criteria for clinical sites or | ||
| institutions of higher education, as applicable; | ||
| (B) grant application procedures; | ||
| (C) guidelines relating to grant amounts; | ||
| (D) procedures for evaluating grant | ||
| applications; and | ||
| (E) procedures for monitoring the use of grants; | ||
| and | ||
| (2) methods for tracking the effectiveness of grants | ||
| that: | ||
| (A) use data reasonably available to the board or | ||
| the Texas Center for Nursing Workforce Studies; and | ||
| (B) evaluate transferability and scalability of | ||
| innovation programs. | ||
| SECTION 2. (a) As soon as practicable after the effective | ||
| date of this Act, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board | ||
| shall adopt rules for the implementation and administration of the | ||
| grant programs required by Subchapter Z-1, Chapter 61, Education | ||
| Code, as added by this Act. The board may adopt the initial rules in | ||
| the manner provided by law for emergency rules. | ||
| (b) Not later than September 1, 2023, the Texas Higher | ||
| Education Coordinating Board shall establish the grant programs | ||
| required by Subchapter Z-1, Chapter 61, Education Code, as added by | ||
| this Act, and shall begin to award grants under those programs not | ||
| later than January 1, 2024. | ||
| SECTION 3. 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, 2023. | ||
