Bill Text: TX HB990 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the task force on racial diversity in the nursing workforce.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-02 - Referred to Public Health [HB990 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB990-Introduced.html
| 88R4707 MPF-D | ||
| By: Howard | H.B. No. 990 | |
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| relating to the task force on racial diversity in the nursing | ||
| workforce. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. TASK FORCE ON RACIAL DIVERSITY IN NURSING | ||
| WORKFORCE. (a) A task force is established under this section to | ||
| assess and determine methods of promoting racial diversity in the | ||
| nursing workforce in this state. | ||
| (b) The nursing advisory committee established under | ||
| Section 104.0155, Health and Safety Code, shall develop a uniform | ||
| application form to use in soliciting eligible applicants for task | ||
| force membership. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
| of this Act, the nursing advisory committee shall solicit | ||
| applicants for task force membership using the uniform application | ||
| form. | ||
| (c) The task force is composed of the following nine members | ||
| the nursing advisory committee selects from the pool of eligible | ||
| applicants: | ||
| (1) one member who serves on the nursing advisory | ||
| committee; | ||
| (2) one member who represents the Texas Center for | ||
| Nursing Workforce Studies; | ||
| (3) one member who represents the Texas Higher | ||
| Education Coordinating Board; | ||
| (4) two members who represent initial licensure | ||
| nursing programs of public institutions of higher education in this | ||
| state; | ||
| (5) two members who represent advanced nursing | ||
| programs of public institutions of higher education in this state | ||
| or health-related institutions; | ||
| (6) one member who represents the hospital industry; | ||
| and | ||
| (7) one member who represents the Texas Nurses | ||
| Association. | ||
| (d) The member serving on the nursing advisory committee | ||
| shall chair the task force. | ||
| SECTION 2. DUTIES OF TASK FORCE. The task force established | ||
| under Section 1 of this Act shall: | ||
| (1) assess the diversity in this state's nursing | ||
| workforce based on existing data; | ||
| (2) identify any current initiatives to diversify the | ||
| nursing workforce in this state and the strengths and limitations | ||
| of those initiatives; | ||
| (3) establish goals for diversifying the nursing | ||
| workforce; and | ||
| (4) develop recommendations on strategies and | ||
| promising practices to reduce barriers and achieve those diversity | ||
| goals for the nursing workforce. | ||
| SECTION 3. REPORT. Not later than September 1, 2024, the | ||
| task force established under Section 1 of this Act shall deliver a | ||
| report to the Senate Health and Human Services Committee, House | ||
| Public Health Committee, House Higher Education Committee, and | ||
| Senate Higher Education Committee detailing the task force's | ||
| activities and recommendations. | ||
| SECTION 4. EXPIRATION. The task force established under | ||
| Section 1 of this Act is abolished and this Act expires December 1, | ||
| 2024. | ||
| SECTION 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect September | ||
| 1, 2023. | ||
