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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
SENATE BILL 214 By: Bergstrom
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to funds for health resear ch
projects; amending 74 O.S. 2021, Sections 5060.16 and
5060.17, which relate to duties of the Oklahoma
Center for the Advancement of S cience and Technology
and the award of professional service contract;
requiring the Center to maintain and report certai n
success rate; requiring certain binding commitment
before awarding certain professional service
contract; and providing an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 74 O.S. 2021, Section 5060.16, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 5060.16. The Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of
Science and Technology, with the advice and consent of the
Committee, shall:
1. Establish and operate a state program des igned to secure and
impartially distribute funds cre dited to the Research Support
Revolving Fund to sup port professional service contracts for health
research projects;
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2. Ensure that funding to support health research projects is
awarded only on the basi s of scientific merit;
3. Design the health researc h program to ensure the optimum
performance of the investigator and the maximum efficiency of the
project;
4. Evaluate and approve health research projects to be funded
from the Research Support Revolvin g Fund;
5. Establish a procedure for the referral o f proposed health
research projects to the Committe e for review;
6. Establish procedures for review of proposed health research
projects by qualified individuals residing outside this state;
7. Suspend or terminate any professional service contract
supporting health research projects for failure by an in vestigator,
institution of higher learning, or nonprofit research institution to
comply with the procedures, requirements, or bylaws of the Center;
and
8. Enter into contracts to ensure the optimum perfor mance of
health research investigators and to ensur e the maximum efficiency
of proposed health research projects ; and
9. Maintain records and report to the Committee a success and
failure rate of fund recipients.
SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 74 O.S. 2021, Section 5060.17, is
amended to read as follows:
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Section 5060.17. No professional service contract shall be
awarded by the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and
Technology to support a health research project unless:
1. The investigators are residents of this state or beco me
residents of this state before the ninetieth day after a
professional service contract, pursuant to which they will be
functioning as an investigator, has been funded by the Center;
2. The institutions that administer the professional service
contracts are primarily located in this state and are able to assume
financial responsibility for professional service contracts;
3. The professional service con tract will not be transferred to
any other institutions within the state without the approval of the
Center and will not be transferred to an institution outside this
state at any time; and
4. The funds will not be expended for patient care except if
patient care is an intrinsic part of a funded professional service
contract; and
5. A binding commitment is obtained from any institution of
higher education, nonprofit research foundation , or private
enterprise that would receive funds pursuant to an award providing
information on an annual basis for the dura tion of funding and the
five (5) subsequent years , which shall include but not be limited to
the following:
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a. employment levels for the year preceding the award and
each subsequent year ,
b. any additional funds raised as a direct result of the
award,
c. payroll data resulting from the research ,
d. gross sales or revenue as a direct result of the
research, and
e. relevant industry sector information, as determined by
the Board.
SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
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