Bill Text: TX HB3083 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to repayment of certain mental health professional education loans.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-15 - Effective on 9/1/17 [HB3083 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB3083-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 3083 |
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relating to repayment of certain mental health professional | ||
education loans. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 61.601, Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 61.601. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "mental | ||
health professional" means: | ||
(1) a licensed physician who is: | ||
(A) a graduate of an accredited psychiatric | ||
residency training program; or | ||
(B) certified in psychiatry by: | ||
(i) the American Board of Psychiatry and | ||
Neurology; or | ||
(ii) the American Osteopathic Board of | ||
Neurology and Psychiatry; | ||
(2) a psychologist, as defined by Section 501.002, | ||
Occupations Code; | ||
(3) a licensed professional counselor, as defined by | ||
Section 503.002, Occupations Code; | ||
(4) an advanced practice registered nurse, as defined | ||
by Section 301.152, Occupations Code, who holds a nationally | ||
recognized board certification in psychiatric or mental health | ||
nursing; [ |
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(5) a licensed clinical social worker, as defined by | ||
Section 505.002, Occupations Code; and | ||
(6) a chemical dependency counselor, as defined by | ||
Section 504.001, Occupations Code. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 61.604, Education Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | ||
(d) Notwithstanding Subsection (c), if in a state fiscal | ||
year not all funds available for purposes of the program are used, | ||
the board may allocate any unused funds to award repayment | ||
assistance grants to mental health professionals in any of the | ||
professions listed in Section 61.601. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 61.607(b), Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(b) The total amount of repayment assistance received by a | ||
mental health professional under this subchapter may not exceed: | ||
(1) $160,000, for assistance from the state received | ||
by a licensed physician; | ||
(2) $80,000, for assistance from the state received | ||
by: | ||
(A) a psychologist; | ||
(B) a licensed clinical social worker, if the | ||
social worker has received a doctoral degree related to social | ||
work; or | ||
(C) a licensed professional counselor, if the | ||
counselor has received a doctoral degree related to counseling; | ||
(3) $60,000, for assistance from the state received by | ||
an advanced practice registered nurse; [ |
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(4) $40,000, for assistance from the state received by | ||
a licensed clinical social worker or a licensed professional | ||
counselor who is not described by Subdivision (2); and | ||
(5) $10,000, for assistance from the state received by | ||
a licensed chemical dependency counselor, if the chemical | ||
dependency counselor has received an associate degree related to | ||
chemical dependency counseling or behavioral science. | ||
SECTION 4. The heading to Section 61.608, Education Code, | ||
is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 61.608. RULES; ADMINISTRATION. | ||
SECTION 5. Section 61.608, Education Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read as follows: | ||
(c) The board shall adopt rules establishing a process for | ||
allocating any unused funds under the program in accordance with | ||
Section 61.604(d). | ||
(d) The board shall administer the program under this | ||
subchapter in a manner that maximizes any matching funds available | ||
through the state loan repayment program under the National Health | ||
Service Corps program of the United States Department of Health and | ||
Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration. | ||
SECTION 6. Section 61.609, Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 61.609. SOLICITATION AND ACCEPTANCE OF FUNDS. (a) The | ||
board may solicit and accept gifts and grants from any public or | ||
private source for the purposes of this subchapter. | ||
(b) The board annually shall seek the maximum amount of | ||
funds available through the state loan repayment program under the | ||
National Health Service Corps program of the United States | ||
Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and | ||
Services Administration. | ||
SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 3083 was passed by the House on May | ||
12, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 126, Nays 16, 1 present, not | ||
voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to | ||
H.B. No. 3083 on May 26, 2017, and requested the appointment of a | ||
conference committee to consider the differences between the two | ||
houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report | ||
on H.B. No. 3083 on May 28, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 128, | ||
Nays 18, 2 present, not voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 3083 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
amendments, on May 24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 27, Nays | ||
4; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference | ||
committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and | ||
that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No. | ||
3083 on May 28, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 24, Nays 6. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |