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31		-	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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33		-	1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
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36	29		BILL NO. 214 By: Bergstrom of the Senate
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40	33		Kendrix of the House
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45	38		An Act relating to funds for health research
46	39		projects; amending 74 O.S. 2021, Sections 5060.16 and
47	40		5060.17, which relate to duties of the Okla homa
48	41		Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology
49	42		and the award of professional service contract;
50	43		requiring the Center to maintain and report certain
51	44		information; requiring certain binding commitment
52	45		before awarding certain professional service
53	46		contract; providing for exception; and providing an
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59	52		BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF TH E STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
60	53		SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 74 O.S. 2021, Section 5060.16, is
61	54		amended to read as follows:
62	55		Section 5060.16. The Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of
63	56		Science and Technology, with the advice and consent of the Committee
64	57		Board, shall:
65	58		1. Establish and operate a state program des igned to secure and
66	59		impartially distribute funds credited to the Research Support
	60	+	Revolving Fund to support professional service contracts for health
	61	+	research projects;
	62	+	2. Ensure that funding to support health research projects is
	63	+	awarded only on the basi s of scientific merit;
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94		-	Revolving Fund to support professional service contracts for health
95		-	research projects;
96		-	2. Ensure that funding to support health research projects is
97		-	awarded only on the basi s of scientific merit;
98	90		3. Design the health research program to ensure the optimum
99	91		performance of the investigator and the maximum efficiency of the
100	92		project;
101	93		4. Evaluate and approve health research projects to be funded
102	94		from the Research Support Revolvin g Fund;
103	95		5. Establish a procedure for the referral of proposed health
104	96		research projects to the Committee Board for review;
105	97		6. Establish procedures for review of proposed health research
106	98		projects by qualified individuals residing outside this state;
107	99		7. Suspend or terminate any professional service contract
108	100		supporting health research projects for failure by an investigator,
109	101		institution of higher learning, or nonprofit research institution to
110	102		comply with the procedures, requirements, or bylaws of the Center;
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112	104		8. Enter into contracts to ensure the optimum performance of
113	105		health research investigat ors and to ensure the maximum efficiency
114	106		of proposed health research projects ;
115	107		9. Provide a report to the Board detailing any potential
116	108		commercial opportunities, if any, for projects receiving funds each
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	110	+	10. For each fiscal year, maintain records and provide a report
	111	+	to the Board containing the number of years that each project has
	112	+	been receiving funds.
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145		-	10. For each fiscal year, maintain records and provide a report
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148	139		SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 74 O.S. 2021, Section 5060.17, is
149	140		amended to read as follows:
150	141		Section 5060.17. No professional service contract shall be
151	142		awarded by the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and
152	143		Technology to support a health research project unless:
153	144		1. The investigators are residents of this state or become
154	145		residents of this state before the ninetieth day after a
155	146		professional service contract, pursuant to which they will be
156	147		functioning as an investigator, has been funded by the Center;
157	148		2. The institutions that administer the professional service
158	149		contracts are primarily located in this state and are able to assume
159	150		financial responsibility for professional service contracts;
160	151		3. The professional service con tract will not be transferred to
161	152		any other institutions within the state without the approval of the
162	153		Center and will not be transferred to a n institution outside this
163	154		state at any time; and
164	155		4. The funds will not be expended for patient care except if
165	156		patient care is an intrinsic part of a funded professional service
166	157		contract; and
167	158		5. A binding commitment is obtained from any institution of
168	159		higher education, nonprofit research foundation , or private
	160	+	enterprise that would receive funds pursuant to an award providing
	161	+	information on an annual basis for the dura tion of funding and the
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196		-	enterprise that would receive funds pursuant to an award providing
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198	188		five (5) subsequent years, which shall include but not be limite d to
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200	190		a. employment levels for the year preceding the award and
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202	192		b. any additional funds raised as a direct result of the
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204	194		c. payroll data resulting from the research ,
205	195		d. gross sales or revenue as a direct result of the
206	196		research, and
207	197		e. relevant industry sector information, as determined by
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209	199		The Oklahoma Tax Commission shall collaborate with the Center
210	200		for the reporting of f inancial data. The Center may provide an
211	201		exception to the commitment required purs uant to this subsection for
212	202		certain circumstances that ma ke the providing of data unfeasible,
213	203		including but not limited to the death of owners or management,
214	204		dissolution of the enterprise, or abandonment of proje cts.
215	205		SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
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	232	+	Passed the Senate the 9th day of March, 2023.
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	239	+	Passed the House of Representatives the ____ day of __________,
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