Bill Text: TX HB3048 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to a study and report regarding shortages in certain health professions.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-12 - Returned to Calendars Committee [HB3048 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB3048-Introduced.html

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85R12485 MM-D
By: Ortega H.B. No. 3048

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a study and report regarding shortages in certain
health professions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 61.0669 to read as follows:
Sec. 61.0669. STUDY ON SHORTAGES IN CERTAIN HEALTH
PROFESSIONS. (a) Subject to the availability of funds, the board
shall conduct a study in collaboration with the Texas Health
Professions Resource Center, the Texas Center for Nursing Workforce
Studies, and the Texas Demographic Center to identify statewide and
regional shortages in health professions, with an emphasis on
shortages in doctoral-level training in those health professions.
The board shall develop an inventory of existing health science
education programs and shall note the enrollment capacity for each
of those programs. The study must include an analysis of shortages
in the following health professions for which doctoral-level
training is offered:
(1) medicine, including a doctor of medicine degree
(M.D.) and a doctor of osteopathic medicine degree (D.O.);
(2) nursing, including a doctor of philosophy degree
and a doctor of nursing practice degree;
(3) physical therapy, including a doctor of philosophy
degree and a doctor of physical therapy degree;
(4) occupational therapy, including a doctor of
philosophy degree and a doctor of occupational therapy degree;
(5) audiology, including a doctor of philosophy degree
and a doctor of audiology degree;
(6) psychology, including a doctor of philosophy
degree and a doctor of psychology degree;
(7) pharmacy, including a doctor of philosophy degree
and a doctor of pharmacy degree; and
(8) public health, including a doctor of philosophy
degree and a doctor of public health degree.
(b) The board shall make recommendations regarding the
establishment of new programs and expansion of existing programs to
meet the increased need for health professionals in the state,
including in particular the increased need for health professionals
with doctoral-level training.
(c) Not later than November 1, 2018, the board shall submit
to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house
of representatives, and each legislative standing committee with
primary jurisdiction over higher education the results of its study
under this section and recommendations for legislative or other
action.
(d) The board may solicit and accept gifts, grants, and
donations from any public or private source to conduct the study,
prepare the report, and develop recommendations as required under
this section.
(e) This section expires January 1, 2019.
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, 2017.