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TX HB3801
Bill
Status
6/20/2025
Primary Sponsor
Angelia Orr
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AI Summary
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Establishes the Health Professions Workforce Coordinating Council to develop strategic approaches for ensuring a thriving health care system and health professions workforce in Texas, with administrative attachment to the Department of State Health Services
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Council membership includes representatives from 15 state agencies and licensing boards (including Texas Medical Board, Texas Board of Nursing, Texas Education Agency, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Texas Workforce Commission) plus 4 governor-appointed members with health care experience
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Requires the council to compile workforce data and prepare a biennial strategic plan by October 1 of each even-numbered year, including 10-year projections of workforce supply and demand, identification of shortages, and recommendations for education program alignment
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Creates a workgroup overseen by the Texas Center for Nursing Workforce Studies to assess feasibility of aligning certification and career pathways for nurse aides, medication aides, personal care technicians, and military-trained nursing personnel, with a report due December 1, 2026
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Abolishes the existing Statewide Health Coordinating Council and its nursing advisory committee, transferring their obligations, property, and funds to the new council effective September 1, 2025
Legislative Description
Relating to the establishment of the Health Professions Workforce Coordinating Council and a workgroup on nursing career pathways and the abolition of the statewide health coordinating council and the nursing advisory committee of that council.
EDUCATION AGENCY, TEXAS
Last Action
Effective on 9/1/25
6/20/2025