Bill Text: TX HB4662 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to educational requirements for nurses.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-22 - Referred to Public Health [HB4662 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB4662-Introduced.html
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| By: Oliverson | H.B. No. 4662 | |
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| relating to educational requirements for nurses. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 301.157, Occupations Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (b-2) to read as follows: | ||
| (b-2) The programs of study prescribed by the board under | ||
| Subsections (a) and (b) must include a requirement that a student in | ||
| the program complete a minimum number of clinical hours at a | ||
| long-term care facility as defined by Section 255.001, Health and | ||
| Safety Code, including a tour of a long-term care facility. | ||
| SECTION 2. Not later than December 1, 2023, the Texas Board | ||
| of Nursing shall adopt rules as necessary to implement Section | ||
| 301.157(b-2), Occupations Code, as added by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
