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.       ______________________________ ______________________________      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                       __________________                 Governor