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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the award of grants by the Texas Higher Education |
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Coordinating Board to increase the availability of clinical |
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education practice sites for certain nursing students. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 61, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 61.96234 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 61.96234. GRADUATE NURSING EDUCATION GRANTS. (a) |
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Under the professional nursing shortage reduction program, the |
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board may award graduate nursing education grants to institutions |
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of higher education with a graduate professional nursing program to |
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fund innovative approaches to increasing the availability of |
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clinical education practice sites for graduate professional |
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nursing students. |
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(b) The board shall require an institution of higher |
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education that receives a grant under this section to submit |
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periodic reports describing the outcomes of the activities funded |
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through the grant. |
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(c) The legislature may appropriate money for purposes of |
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this section. The board may use funds appropriated for the |
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professional nursing shortage reduction program and funds returned |
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to the board under Section 61.96232(e) for purposes of this |
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section. |
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(d) The board shall adopt rules for the administration of |
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this section. |
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(e) Not later than November 1 of each even-numbered year, |
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the board shall submit to the legislature a report regarding the |
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outcomes of the activities funded through the graduate nursing |
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education grants awarded under this section. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |