By McDonald                                           H.B. No. 1693
                                 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
    1-1                                AN ACT
    1-2  Relating to a fee for on-site surveys of vocational nursing
    1-3  programs.
    1-4        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
    1-5        SECTION 1.  Subsection 9(a) of Article 4528C, Revised Civil
    1-6  Statutes of Texas, is amended to read as follows:
    1-7        SECTION 9.  Fees.  (a)  The board shall establish reasonable
    1-8  and necessary fees for the administration of this Act in amounts
    1-9  not to exceed:
   1-10        (1)  examination and application fee:  $50;
   1-11        (2)  reexamination fee:  $50;
   1-12        (3)  renewal fee:  $10;
   1-13        (4)  endorsement fee:  $50;
   1-14        (5)  approval of new programs fee:  $75;
   1-15        (6)  duplicate temporary permit or license fee:  $10;
   1-16        (7)  filing of affidavits in change of name fee:  $10;
   1-17        (8)  endorsement to another state fee:  $40; and
   1-18        (9)  reactivating from inactive status fee:  $30; and
   1-19        (10)  vocational nursing program survey fee:  $75.
   1-20  The board shall not maintain unnecessary fund balances, and fee
   1-21  amounts shall be set in accordance with this requirement.
   1-22        (b)  All expenses under this Act shall be paid from fees
   1-23  collected by the board under this Act, and no expense incurred
    2-1  under this Act shall ever be charged against the funds of the State
    2-2  of Texas.
    2-3        (c)  On or before January 1 of each year, the board shall
    2-4  make in writing to the Governor and the presiding officer of each
    2-5  house of the legislature a complete and detailed report accounting
    2-6  for all funds received and disbursed by the board during the
    2-7  preceding year.
    2-8        (d)  The board may adopt other rules as necessary to
    2-9  implement this section.
   2-10        SECTION 2.  Subsection 12(b) of Article 4528C, Revised Civil
   2-11  Statutes of Texas, is amended to read as follows:
   2-12        (b)  Any institution which shall be qualified under Section
   2-13  5, and under regulations promulgated by the board to conduct a
   2-14  course in Vocational Nursing shall apply to the board and shall
   2-15  accompany said application with evidence that it is prepared to
   2-16  give a course of not less than twelve (12) months for the education
   2-17  of Vocational Nurses; such application shall be accompanied by the
   2-18  appropriate fee provided for in Section 9 of this Act; upon receipt
   2-19  of such application the board shall cause a survey of the
   2-20  institution making a such application to be made by a qualified
   2-21  representative of such board.  If in the opinion of a majority of
   2-22  the members of the board, the requirements for an approved course
   2-23  for Vocational Nursing are met by such institution, such
   2-24  institution shall be placed on a list of such institutions given
   2-25  for educating Vocational Nurses.  It shall further be the duty of
    3-1  the board, from time to time, to survey all courses for such
    3-2  education of Vocational Nurses offered within the State.  The board
    3-3  shall collect from any school, hospital or institution offering an
    3-4  approved course in vocational nursing the appropriate fee for
    3-5  surveys of such programs as provided for in Section 9 of this Act.
    3-6  Written reports of such surveys shall be submitted to the board.
    3-7  If the board shall determine as a result of such surveys that any
    3-8  school, hospital or institution heretofore approved as an
    3-9  institution of Vocational Nursing is not maintaining the standards
   3-10  required by law and by the rules and regulations promulgated by the
   3-11  board, notice thereof shall immediately be given to such school,
   3-12  hospital or institution.  If the requirements of the board are not
   3-13  complied with within a reasonable time set by the board in such
   3-14  notices, such institution shall be removed from the list of
   3-15  approved schools, hospitals or institutions offering courses for
   3-16  Vocational Nurses within this State.
   3-17        (c)  The board may adopt other rules as necessary to
   3-18  implement this section.
   3-19        Section 3.  This act takes effect September 1, 1993.
   3-20        Section 4.  The importance of this legislation and the
   3-21  crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
   3-22  emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
   3-23  constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
   3-24  days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.