bill publishing nursing clinical site data each year

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89R7974 AND-D

By: Howard
H.B. No. 4071

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to certain duties of the Texas Board of Nursing and the

Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board in relation to the

reporting and publication of nursing program clinical site data.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Education Code, is

amended by adding Section 61.066 to read as follows:

Sec. 61.066. NURSING PROGRAM CLINICAL SITE DATA. (a) In

this section, "clinical site" has the meaning assigned by Section

61.9641.

(b) The board shall annually publish information regarding

clinical sites approved by the Texas Board of Nursing for

professional nursing programs, including:

(1) the location of each clinical site;

(2) the number of students receiving clinical training

at each clinical site; and

(3) the total capacity at each clinical site for

nursing students to participate in clinical training.

(c) This section may not be construed to authorize the board

to mandate all acute care or rehabilitation facilities, primary

care settings, long-term care facilities, nursing homes, and

residential care settings to participate in clinical education

programs or require additional reporting from those facilities.

SECTION 2. Subchapter D, Chapter 301, Occupations Code, is

amended by adding Section 301.169 to read as follows:

Sec. 301.169. NURSING PROGRAM CLINICAL SITE DATA; ANNUAL

REPORT. (a) In this section:

(1) "Clinical site" has the meaning assigned by

Section 61.9641, Education Code.

(2) "Professional nursing program" has the meaning

assigned by Section 61.9621, Education Code.

(b) The board shall:

(1) provide to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating

Board information detailing the requirements for approving

clinical sites for professional nursing programs; and

(2) identify and provide a list to the Texas Higher

Education Coordinating Board of all acute care or rehabilitation

facilities, primary care settings, long-term care facilities,

nursing homes, residential care settings, and any other appropriate

sites not identified by the board as clinical sites that meet the

requirements described by Subdivision (1).

(c) Not later than June 1 of each year, the board shall

prepare and provide to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating

Board a report with the information described by Section 61.066,

Education Code.

SECTION 3. Not later than June 1, 2026, the Texas Board of

Nursing shall prepare and submit the initial report required by

Section 301.169, Occupations Code, as added by this Act.

SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives

a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as

provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this

Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this

Act takes effect September 1, 2025.