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            H.B. No. 2100
         
Statutes affected: 
Introduced: Education Code 61.603 (Education Code 61)
House Committee Report: Education Code 61.603 (Education Code 61)
Engrossed: Education Code 61.603 (Education Code 61)
Senate Committee Report: Education Code 61.603 (Education Code 61)
Enrolled: Education Code 61.603 (Education Code 61)

               AN ACT
            
            relating to eligibility requirements for student loan repayment 
         
            assistance for certain mental health professionals.
         
                   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         
                   SECTION 1.  Section 61.603, Education Code, is amended to 
         
            read as follows:
         
                   Sec. 61.603.  ELIGIBILITY.  (a)  Except as provided by 
         
            Subsection (b), to [To] be eligible to receive repayment assistance 
         
            under this subchapter, a mental health professional must:
         
                         (1)  apply to the board;
         
                         (2)  have completed one, two, three, four, or five 
         
            consecutive years of practice in a mental health professional 
         
            shortage area designated by the Department of State Health 
         
            Services; and
         
                         (3)  provide mental health services in this state to:
         
                               (A)  recipients under the medical assistance 
         
            program authorized by Chapter 32, Human Resources Code;
         
                               (B)  enrollees under the child health plan program 
         
            authorized by Chapter 62, Health and Safety Code; or
         
                               (C)  persons committed to a secure correctional 
         
            facility operated by or under contract with the Texas Juvenile 
         
            Justice Department or persons confined in a secure correctional 
         
            facility operated by or under contract with any division of the 
         
            Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
         
                   (b)  A mental health professional may also establish 
         
            eligibility for the repayment assistance under this subchapter by 
         
            satisfying the requirements of this subsection.  To establish 
         
            eligibility under this subsection, the mental health professional 
         
            must:
         
                         (1)  apply to the board;
         
                         (2)  provide mental health services to:
         
                               (A)  patients in a state hospital, as defined by 
         
            Section 552.0011, Health and Safety Code; or
         
                               (B)  individuals receiving community-based mental 
         
            health services from a local mental health authority that provides 
         
            the services in accordance with Subchapter B, Chapter 534, Health 
         
            and Safety Code; and
         
                         (3)  have completed one, two, three, four, or five 
         
            consecutive years of practice in this state as described by 
         
            Subdivision (2).
         
                   (c)  In addition to satisfying the requirements under 
         
            Subsection (a) or (b), for a licensed physician to be eligible to 
         
            receive repayment assistance under this subchapter after the 
         
            physician's third consecutive year of practice described under 
         
            Subsection (a)(2) or (b)(3), as applicable, the physician must be 
         
            certified in psychiatry by:
         
                         (1)  the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology; or
         
                         (2)  the American Osteopathic Board of Neurology and 
         
            Psychiatry.
         
                   SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act to Section 
         
            61.603, Education Code, applies only to a person who first 
         
            establishes eligibility for loan repayment assistance under 
         
            Subchapter K, Chapter 61, Education Code, as amended by this Act, on 
         
            the basis of an application submitted on or after September 1, 2023.  
         
            A person who first establishes eligibility on the basis of an 
         
            application submitted before September 1, 2023, is governed by the 
         
            law in effect on the date the application was submitted, and the 
         
            former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
         
                   SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
         
            ______________________________
            ______________________________
         
               President of the Senate
            Speaker of the House     
         
                   I certify that H.B. No. 2100 was passed by the House on April 
         
            20, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 120, Nays 26, 2 present, not 
         
            voting.
         
            ______________________________
         
            Chief Clerk of the House   
         
                   I certify that H.B. No. 2100 was passed by the Senate on May 
         
            21, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 27, Nays 4.
         
            ______________________________
         
            Secretary of the Senate    
         
            APPROVED:  _____________________




	AN ACT
	relating to eligibility requirements for student loan repayment
	assistance for certain mental health professionals.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 61.603, Education Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 61.603. ELIGIBILITY. (a) Except as provided by
	Subsection (b), to [To] be eligible to receive repayment assistance
	under this subchapter, a mental health professional must:
	(1) apply to the board;
	(2) have completed one, two, three, four, or five
	consecutive years of practice in a mental health professional
	shortage area designated by the Department of State Health
	Services; and
	(3) provide mental health services in this state to:
	(A) recipients under the medical assistance
	program authorized by Chapter 32, Human Resources Code;
	(B) enrollees under the child health plan program
	authorized by Chapter 62, Health and Safety Code; or
	(C) persons committed to a secure correctional
	facility operated by or under contract with the Texas Juvenile
	Justice Department or persons confined in a secure correctional
	facility operated by or under contract with any division of the
	Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
	(b) A mental health professional may also establish
	eligibility for the repayment assistance under this subchapter by
	satisfying the requirements of this subsection. To establish
	eligibility under this subsection, the mental health professional
	must:
	(1) apply to the board;
	(2) provide mental health services to:
	(A) patients in a state hospital, as defined by
	Section 552.0011, Health and Safety Code; or
	(B) individuals receiving community-based mental
	health services from a local mental health authority that provides
	the services in accordance with Subchapter B, Chapter 534, Health
	and Safety Code; and
	(3) have completed one, two, three, four, or five
	consecutive years of practice in this state as described by
	Subdivision (2).
	(c) In addition to satisfying the requirements under
	Subsection (a) or (b), for a licensed physician to be eligible to
	receive repayment assistance under this subchapter after the
	physician's third consecutive year of practice described under
	Subsection (a)(2) or (b)(3), as applicable, the physician must be
	certified in psychiatry by:
	(1) the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology; or
	(2) the American Osteopathic Board of Neurology and
	Psychiatry.
	SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section
	61.603, Education Code, applies only to a person who first
	establishes eligibility for loan repayment assistance under
	Subchapter K, Chapter 61, Education Code, as amended by this Act, on
	the basis of an application submitted on or after September 1, 2023.
	A person who first establishes eligibility on the basis of an
	application submitted before September 1, 2023, is governed by the
	law in effect on the date the application was submitted, and the
	former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.


	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House


	I certify that H.B. No. 2100 was passed by the House on April
	20, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 120, Nays 26, 2 present, not
	voting.

	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House


	I certify that H.B. No. 2100 was passed by the Senate on May
	21, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 27, Nays 4.

	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED: _____________________