HB 5265 Texas House · 89th Legislature (2025)

Relating to the Texas Health Care Workforce Education Fund.

HB 5265 creates the Texas Health Care Professional Education Fund to dedicate state funding toward increasing health care degree production at eligible public universities. The bill directly affects Texas public universities designated as "general academic teaching institutions" that offer health care professional degrees (such as bachelor's, master's, or doctoral programs in fields listed by federal education standards). Key provisions establish the fund outside the state treasury, managed by the comptroller through a trust company, with distribution rules designed to preserve fund value and ensure predictable annual funding. The goal is to meet state workforce needs by providing a stable, independent funding stream specifically for health care degree programs at qualifying institutions.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Apr 2025

Committee Review

May 2025

House Passage

May 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Apr 7, 2025 Last action May 5, 2025

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What changed between versions

Introduced → Engrossed · 6 edits · May 2, 2025

MODERATE

The bill was substantially rewritten to rename the fund from 'Health Care Professional Education Fund' to 'Texas Health Care Workforce Education Fund' and update related terminology throughout. The core funding structure, eligibility criteria, and distribution formulas remain largely unchanged, but the fund name and some section titles were modernized to better reflect workforce development goals.

Scope change

The bill's scope was expanded in name and context to emphasize workforce development and economic impact, though the substantive eligibility requirements and funding mechanisms remain the same.

DEFINITION

The fund name was changed from 'Health Care Professional Education Fund' to 'Texas Health Care Workforce Education Fund' throughout the text.

SCOPE

The act title and purpose language were updated to explicitly mention addressing Texas' health care workforce needs and driving the state economy.

REQUIREMENT

New Section 62.209 was added to specify permitted uses of funds, including increasing enrollment capacity, faculty support, purchasing equipment, loan repayment guarantees, and clinical facility investments.

New Section 62.210 was added to require the Legislative Budget Board to allocate distributions and report to the legislature and comptroller every two years.

New Section 62.211 was added to authorize the coordinating board to adopt rules necessary to implement the subchapter.

TIMELINE

The effective date was set for September 1, 2026, contingent on voter approval of a related constitutional amendment.

Floor votes · House May 2, 2025

How they voted

118–16

Passed · 13 other

Total votes 147

May 2, 2025

D Democratic61

55 Yea 6

90% Yea

R Republican86

63 Yea 16 Nay 7

73% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

May 5, 2025

Committee

Referred to Education K-16

upper

May 5, 2025

Introduced

Read first time

upper

May 5, 2025

Introduced

Received from the House

upper

May 2, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed

lower

May 1, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed to engrossment as amended

lower

May 1, 2025

Lower · Passed

Amended

lower

Apr 22, 2025

Lower · Passed

Committee report sent to Calendars

lower

Apr 21, 2025

Lower · Passed

Committee report distributed

lower

Apr 17, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported favorably as substituted

lower

Apr 15, 2025

Lower · Passed

Left pending in committee

lower

Apr 15, 2025

Lower · Passed

Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

lower

Apr 7, 2025

Committee

Referred to Higher Education

lower

Apr 7, 2025

Introduced

Read first time

lower

5 primary · 2 co-sponsors