For expiration of Subsections (b), (c), and (d), see Subsection (e).

1. (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.

2. (b) The Texas Health Education Service at The University of Texas System Administration shall establish an advisory board to develop:

   1. (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. (2) an implementation plan for the recommendations developed under Subdivision (1).
3. (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.
4. (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.
5. (e) The advisory board is abolished and this subsection and Subsections (b), (c), and (d) expire September 1, 2027.

Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 604 (H.B. 2851), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.