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AN ACT
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relating to including nursing school applications in a consolidated |
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application service. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter S, Chapter 51, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 51.765 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 51.765. NURSING SCHOOL APPLICATION CONSOLIDATION. (a) |
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A service or organization that provides consolidated application |
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services for applications to medical schools or dental schools, |
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including the Texas Health Education Service at The University of |
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Texas System Administration, must include applications for nursing |
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schools in this state. |
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(b) The Texas Health Education Service at The University of |
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Texas System Administration shall establish an advisory board to |
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develop: |
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(1) recommendations for including applications for |
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nursing schools in this state in the consolidated application |
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services for applications to medical schools or dental schools as |
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required under Subsection (a); and |
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(2) an implementation plan for the recommendations |
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developed under Subdivision (1). |
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(c) The advisory board shall consist of representatives of |
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professional nursing programs in this state and representatives |
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with expertise in professional nursing program applications |
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appointed by the Texas Health Education Service at The University |
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of Texas System Administration. |
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(d) The Texas Health Education Service at The University of |
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Texas System Administration shall publish the implementation plan |
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developed by the advisory board under this section on an Internet |
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website operated by the Texas Health Education Service not later |
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than January 1, 2026. |
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(e) The advisory board is abolished and this subsection and |
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Subsections (b), (c), and (d) expire September 1, 2027. |
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SECTION 2. Section 51.765(a), Education Code, as added by |
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this Act, applies beginning with applications for admission to a |
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nursing school for the 2027 fall semester. |
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SECTION 3. The Texas Health Education Service at The |
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University of Texas System Administration shall appoint the members |
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of the advisory board under Section 51.765(c), Education Code, as |
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added by this Act, not later than November 1, 2025. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2851 was passed by the House on April |
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30, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 114, Nays 22, 1 present, not |
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voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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No. 2851 on May 28, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 88, Nays 49, |
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2 present, not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2851 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 26, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays |
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0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |