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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the approval and operation of vocational nursing |
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educational programs. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 301, Occupations Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 301.1575 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 301.1575. APPROVAL AND OPERATION OF VOCATIONAL NURSING |
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EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. The board may not adopt a rule applicable to |
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the approval or operation of a vocational nursing educational |
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program that: |
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(1) requires the applicant to submit, as part of the |
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application for approval, letters in support of the program's |
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proposed operation in the community; |
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(2) requires initial approval to be on a provisional |
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basis; |
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(3) imposes a limit on enrollment; |
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(4) requires the program to have a licensing |
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examination passage rate that exceeds: |
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(A) 80 percent for the first two academic years |
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for which graduates are eligible to take the licensing examination; |
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or |
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(B) 70 percent for any subsequent academic year; |
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or |
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(5) prohibits a program with more than one campus from |
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combining licensing examination passage rates for graduates from |
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all campuses when determining the program's passage rate for an |
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academic year. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |