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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to an annual report prepared by the Health Professions |
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Council. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 101.151, Occupations Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 101.151. ANNUAL REPORT. (a) The council shall |
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prepare an annual report that includes: |
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(1) a statistical compilation of enforcement actions |
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taken by a regulatory agency listed in Section 101.002; |
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(2) recommendations for statutory changes to improve |
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the regulation of the health care professions; [and] |
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(3) strategies to expand the health care workforce in |
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this state, including: |
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(A) methods for reducing the time required to |
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process license applications for health care professions; |
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(B) methods for increasing the number of health |
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care practitioners providing mental and behavioral health care |
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services; and |
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(C) any statutory and legislative appropriation |
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recommendations the council determines are appropriate for |
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expanding the health care workforce in this state, including |
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recommendations for expanding the health care workforce in |
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medically underserved areas; and |
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(4) [(3)] other relevant information and |
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recommendations determined necessary by the council. |
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(b) The council shall send the report to the governor, the |
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lieutenant governor, [and] the speaker of the house of |
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representatives, the chairs of the standing committees of the |
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senate and the house of representatives having primary jurisdiction |
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over public health, and the chairs of the standing committees of the |
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senate and the house of representatives having primary jurisdiction |
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over state finance or appropriations not later than February 1 of |
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each year. |
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SECTION 2. Notwithstanding Section 101.151, Occupations |
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Code, as amended by this Act, the Health Professions Council |
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established under Chapter 101, Occupations Code: |
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(1) is not required to include in the annual report |
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required under Section 101.151 the strategies described by Section |
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101.151(a)(3), Occupations Code, as added by this Act, until |
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February 1, 2021; and |
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(2) shall submit to the governor, the lieutenant |
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governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, the chairs |
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of the standing committees of the senate and the house of |
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representatives having primary jurisdiction over public health, |
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and the chairs of the standing committees of the senate and the |
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house of representatives having primary jurisdiction over state |
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finance or appropriations a report that includes only the |
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strategies described by Section 101.151(a)(3) not later than June |
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1, 2020. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |