Bill Text: TX HB3736 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the establishment of a task force on racial diversity in the nursing workforce.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-22 - Referred to Public Health [HB3736 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB3736-Introduced.html
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| By: Howard | H.B. No. 3736 | |
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| relating to the establishment of a task force on racial diversity in | ||
| the nursing workforce. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. TASK FORCE ON RACIAL DIVERSITY IN NURSING | ||
| WORKFORCE. (a) A task force is established under this section to | ||
| assess and determine methods of promoting racial diversity in the | ||
| nursing workforce. | ||
| (b) The nursing advisory committee established under | ||
| Section 104.0155, Health and Safety Code, shall develop a uniform | ||
| application form to be used to solicit eligible applicants for task | ||
| force membership. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
| of this Act, the nursing advisory committee shall solicit | ||
| applicants for task force membership using the uniform application | ||
| form. | ||
| (c) The task force is composed of the following nine members | ||
| selected by the nursing advisory committee from the pool of | ||
| eligible applicants: | ||
| (1) one member who serves on the nursing advisory | ||
| committee; | ||
| (2) one member who represents the Texas Center for | ||
| Nursing Workforce Studies; | ||
| (3) one member who represents the Texas Higher | ||
| Education Coordinating Board; | ||
| (4) two members who represent initial licensure | ||
| nursing programs of public institutions of higher education in this | ||
| state; | ||
| (5) two members who represent advanced nursing | ||
| programs of public institutions of higher education in this state | ||
| or health-related institutions; | ||
| (6) one member who represents the hospital industry; | ||
| and | ||
| (7) one member who represents the Texas Nurses | ||
| Association. | ||
| (d) The member serving on the nursing advisory committee | ||
| shall chair the task force. | ||
| SECTION 2. DUTIES OF TASK FORCE. The task force established | ||
| under Section 1 of this Act shall: | ||
| (1) assess the diversity in this state's nursing | ||
| workforce based on existing data; | ||
| (2) identify any current initiatives to diversify the | ||
| nursing workforce in this state and the strengths and limitations | ||
| of those initiatives; | ||
| (3) establish goals for diversifying the nursing | ||
| workforce; and | ||
| (4) develop recommendations on strategies and | ||
| promising practices to reduce barriers and achieve those diversity | ||
| goals for the nursing workforce. | ||
| SECTION 3. REPORT. Not later than September 1, 2022, the | ||
| task force established under Section 1 of this Act shall deliver a | ||
| report to the Senate Health and Human Services Committee, House | ||
| Public Health Committee, House Higher Education Committee, and | ||
| Senate Higher Education Committee detailing the task force's | ||
| activities and recommendations. | ||
| SECTION 4. EXPIRATION. The task force established under | ||
| Section 1 of this Act is abolished and this Act expires December 1, | ||
| 2022. | ||
| SECTION 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect September | ||
| 1, 2021. | ||
