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