88R10294 JTZ-D     By: Oliverson H.B. No. 4664       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the approval and operation of vocational nursing   educational programs.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 301, Occupations Code, is   amended by adding Section 301.1575 to read as follows:          Sec. 301.1575.  APPROVAL AND OPERATION OF VOCATIONAL NURSING   EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. The board may not adopt a rule applicable to   the approval or operation of a vocational nursing educational   program that:                (1)  requires the applicant to submit, as part of the   application for approval, letters in support of the program's   proposed operation in the community;                (2)  requires initial approval to be on a provisional   basis;                (3)  imposes a limit on enrollment;                (4)  requires the program to have a licensing   examination passage rate that exceeds:                      (A)  80 percent for the first two academic years   for which graduates are eligible to take the licensing examination;   or                      (B)  70 percent for any subsequent academic year;   or                (5)  prohibits a program with more than one campus from   combining licensing examination passage rates for graduates from   all campuses when determining the program's passage rate for an   academic year.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.