Bill Text: TX HB3083 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub
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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-Comm_Sub.html
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-Comm_Sub.html
By: Price, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Hinojosa) | H.B. No. 3083 | |
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 15, 2017; | ||
May 15, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on Higher | ||
Education; May 21, 2017, reported adversely, with favorable | ||
Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; | ||
May 21, 2017, sent to printer.) | ||
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 3083 | By: Watson |
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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) 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. | ||
The limitations prescribed by Subsections (b) and (c) do not apply | ||
to grants awarded under this subsection. | ||
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. Section 61.608, Education Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (c) 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). | ||
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
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