{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-61.604","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Education Code § 61.604","heading":"LIMITATIONS.","body":"(a) A mental health professional may receive repayment assistance under this subchapter for not more than three years.\n(b) Not more than 10 percent of the number of repayment assistance grants paid under this subchapter each year may be awarded to mental health professionals providing mental health services described by Section 61.603(a)(3)(C).\n(c) Not more than 30 percent of the number of repayment assistance grants paid under this subchapter each year may be awarded to mental health professionals in any one of the professions listed in Section 61.601.\n(d) Notwithstanding Subsection (c), if in a state fiscal year not all funds available for purposes of the program are used, the board may allocate any unused funds to award repayment assistance grants to mental health professionals in any of the professions listed in Section 61.601.\n(e) Repealed by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1180 (S.B. 646), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2025.\nAdded by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 322 (S.B. 239), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.\nAmended by:\nActs 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 891 (H.B. 3083), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2017.\nActs 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1101 (H.B. 3808), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2017.\nActs 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 678 (H.B. 1211), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2023.\nActs 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 678 (H.B. 1211), Sec. 6(1), eff. September 1, 2023.\nActs 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1069 (S.B. 532), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2023.\nActs 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1180 (S.B. 646), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2025.\nActs 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1180 (S.B. 646), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2025.","path":["EDUCATION CODE","TITLE 3. HIGHER EDUCATION","SUBTITLE B. STATE COORDINATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION","CHAPTER 61. TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD","SUBCHAPTER K. REPAYMENT OF CERTAIN MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION LOANS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.61.htm#61.604","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:05Z","sha256":"9ed4c9b14804018a230256c3f0ea9eac017d6f7f23ef93a476e839a26edb2a00","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-61.603","next":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-61.605"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}