Tex. Educ. Code § 61.9991 · Subchapter RR. BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INNOVATION GRANT PROGRAM
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INNOVATION GRANT PROGRAM.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Subject to available funds, the board shall establish an innovation grant program under which the board awards incentive payments to institutions of higher education that administer innovative recruitment, training, and retention programs designed to increase the number of mental health professionals, as defined by Section 61.601, or professionals in related fields, as determined by the board, including by providing a salary increase or stipend to a faculty member who provides instruction to additional students in a degree or certificate program that graduates those professionals.
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History
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 662 (H.B. 400), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2023.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.61.htm
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