Bill Text: TX HB3220 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to repayment of certain mental health professional education loans.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-26 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB3220 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3220-Introduced.html
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By: Allison | H.B. No. 3220 |
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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, as amended by | ||
Chapters 891 (H.B. 3083) and 1101 (H.B. 3808), Acts of the 85th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2017, is reenacted and 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; | ||
(5) a licensed clinical social worker, as defined by | ||
Section 505.002, Occupations Code; [ |
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(6) a chemical dependency counselor, as defined by | ||
Section 504.001, Occupations Code; | ||
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defined by Section 502.002, Occupations Code; and | ||
(8) a licensed specialist in school psychology, as | ||
defined by Section 501.002, Occupations Code. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 61.603, Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 61.603. ELIGIBILITY. (a) Except as provided by | ||
Subsection (b), to [ |
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under this subchapter, a mental health professional must: | ||
(1) apply to the board; | ||
(2) have completed one, two, three, four, or five | ||
consecutive years of practice in a mental health professional | ||
shortage area designated by the Department of State Health | ||
Services; and | ||
(3) provide mental health services in this state to: | ||
(A) recipients under the medical assistance | ||
program authorized by Chapter 32, Human Resources Code; | ||
(B) enrollees under the child health plan program | ||
authorized by Chapter 62, Health and Safety Code; or | ||
(C) persons committed to a secure correctional | ||
facility operated by or under contract with the Texas Juvenile | ||
Justice Department or persons confined in a secure correctional | ||
facility operated by or under contract with any division of the | ||
Texas Department of Criminal Justice. | ||
(b) To be eligible to receive repayment assistance under | ||
this subchapter, a mental health professional described by Section | ||
61.601(8) who is employed by a school district or open-enrollment | ||
charter school must: | ||
(1) apply to the board; | ||
(2) provide mental health services to students | ||
enrolled in a school district or open-enrollment charter school; | ||
and | ||
(3) have completed one, two, three, four, or five | ||
consecutive years of practice in this state as described by | ||
Subdivision (2). | ||
(c) In addition to satisfying the requirements under | ||
Subsection (a), for a licensed physician to be eligible to receive | ||
repayment assistance under this subchapter after the physician's | ||
third consecutive year of practice described under Subsection | ||
(a)(2), the physician must be certified in psychiatry by: | ||
(1) the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology; or | ||
(2) the American Osteopathic Board of Neurology and | ||
Psychiatry. | ||
SECTION 3. Sections 61.604(d) and (e), Education Code, as | ||
added by Chapter 1101 (H.B. 3808), Acts of the 85th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2017, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(d) The board may award a grant under this subchapter to a | ||
mental health professional described by Section 61.601(7) or (8) | ||
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(e) If in a state fiscal year there are funds available for | ||
purposes of the program after funding grants to all eligible mental | ||
health professionals described by Sections [ |
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61.601(1)-(6) [ |
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funds to award repayment assistance grants to mental health | ||
professionals in any of the professions listed in Section 61.601 | ||
except that priority must be given to awarding grants to mental | ||
health professionals described by Sections [ |
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61.601(1)-(6) [ |
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Subsections (b) and (c) do not apply to grants awarded under this | ||
subsection. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 61.607(b), Education Code, as amended by | ||
Chapters 891 (H.B. 3083) and 1101 (H.B. 3808), Acts of the 85th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2017, is reenacted and 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; | ||
(C) a licensed professional counselor, if the | ||
counselor has received a doctoral degree related to counseling; or | ||
(D) a licensed marriage and family therapist, if | ||
the marriage and family therapist has received a doctoral degree | ||
related to marriage and family therapy; | ||
(3) $60,000, for assistance from the state received by | ||
an advanced practice registered nurse; | ||
(4) $40,000, for assistance from the state received by | ||
a licensed clinical social worker, a licensed marriage and family | ||
therapist, or a licensed professional counselor who is not | ||
described by Subdivision (2); and | ||
(5) $10,000, for assistance from the state received | ||
by: | ||
(A) a licensed chemical dependency counselor, if | ||
the chemical dependency counselor has received an associate degree | ||
related to chemical dependency counseling or behavioral science; or | ||
(B) a licensed specialist in school psychology. | ||
SECTION 5. The following provisions are repealed: | ||
(1) Section 61.604(d), Education Code, as added by | ||
Chapter 891 (H.B. 3083), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular | ||
Session, 2017; and | ||
(2) Section 61.608(c), Education Code, as added by | ||
Chapter 891 (H.B. 3083), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular | ||
Session, 2017. | ||
SECTION 6. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails | ||
over another Act of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, | ||
relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted | ||
codes. | ||
SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |