Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

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1	1	81R1296 JRJ-D
2	2	By: Martinez H.B. No. 83
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to establishing a health science center and medical school
8	8	in the Rio Grande Valley.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Chapter 74, Education Code, is amended by adding
11	11	Subchapter N to read as follows:
12	12	SUBCHAPTER N. THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH
13	13	SCIENCE CENTER--RIO GRANDE VALLEY
14	14	Sec. 74.751. HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER. (a) The board of
15	15	regents of The University of Texas System may operate The
16	16	University of Texas Health Science Center--Rio Grande Valley as a
17	17	component institution of The University of Texas System with its
18	18	main campus and administrative offices in the Harlingen
19	19	metropolitan area. The health science center may consist of a
20	20	medical school, other health and health-related degree programs,
21	21	and related programs and facilities as the board considers
22	22	appropriate, including:
23	23	(1) research and training facilities at The University
24	24	of Texas--Pan American and The University of Texas at Brownsville
25	25	that are used to support the health science center; and
26	26	(2) additional research programs and facilities in the
27	27	Edinburg metropolitan area.
28	28	(b) The board of regents may include facilities located in
29	29	Brooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Starr, Willacy, and
30	30	Zapata Counties in the health science center and may operate
31	31	programs and activities and provide related services of the center
32	32	in those counties.
33	33	(c) The board of regents shall require that courses for the
34	34	first two years of a degree program preparing students for
35	35	licensure as physicians that is offered by the health science
36	36	center be held at The University of Texas at Brownsville. Other
37	37	courses for the program must be held at the main campus of the
38	38	health science center except as otherwise necessary to operate the
39	39	program.
40	40	Sec. 74.752. PARTICIPATION IN AVAILABLE UNIVERSITY FUND.
41	41	In accordance with Section 18(c), Article VII, Texas Constitution,
42	42	if the Act enacting this section receives a vote of two-thirds of
43	43	all the members elected to each house of the legislature, the
44	44	institution created under this section is entitled to participate
45	45	in the funding provided by Section 18, Article VII, Texas
46	46	Constitution, for The University of Texas System.
47	47	Sec. 74.753. COURSES AND DEGREES; RULES. The board of
48	48	regents may prescribe courses leading to customary degrees and may
49	49	adopt rules for the operation, control, and management of the
50	50	health science center as may be necessary for the conduct of a
51	51	medical school and other health science center programs of the
52	52	first class.
53	53	Sec. 74.754. AFFILIATION AGREEMENTS; JOINT APPOINTMENTS.
54	54	(a) The board of regents may execute and carry out affiliation or
55	55	coordination agreements with any other entity or institution in the
56	56	region, including The University of Texas--Pan American and The
57	57	University of Texas at Brownsville, to participate in the health
58	58	science center.
59	59	(b) The board of regents may make joint appointments in the
60	60	health science center and other institutions under the board's
61	61	governance. The salary of a person who receives a joint appointment
62	62	shall be apportioned to the appointing institutions on the basis of
63	63	services rendered.
64	64	Sec. 74.755. GIFTS AND GRANTS. The board of regents may
65	65	accept and administer gifts and grants from any public or private
66	66	person or entity for the use and benefit of the health science
67	67	center.
68	68	Sec. 74.756. OTHER FACILITIES. In addition to the
69	69	facilities of the health science center, the board of regents may
70	70	enter into agreements under which additional facilities used in the
71	71	center's teaching and research programs, including libraries,
72	72	auditoriums, research facilities, and medical education buildings,
73	73	may be provided by a public or private entity.
74	74	Sec. 74.757. TEACHING HOSPITAL. A teaching hospital
75	75	considered suitable by the board of regents for the health science
76	76	center may be provided by a public or private entity. The hospital
77	77	may not be constructed, maintained, or operated with state funds.
78	78	Sec. 74.758. COORDINATING BOARD SUPERVISION. The health
79	79	science center is subject to the continuing supervision of the
80	80	Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board under Chapter 61 and to
81	81	the rules of the coordinating board adopted under Chapter 61.
82	82	Sec. 74.759. EFFECT OF HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER ON RIO GRANDE
83	83	VALLEY ACADEMIC HEALTH CENTER. (a) The board of regents may
84	84	convert the regional academic health center established under
85	85	Subchapter L into The University of Texas Health Science
86	86	Center--Rio Grande Valley and establish a medical school at the
87	87	health science center as soon as the board considers appropriate
88	88	considering available resources and the best interests of The
89	89	University of Texas System and the people of this state and the
90	90	Lower Rio Grande Valley. In establishing the health science center
91	91	and medical school, the board of regents shall ensure that the
92	92	programs, students, and faculty and staff of the regional academic
93	93	health center are not affected other than as the board considers
94	94	necessary to implement this subchapter.
95	95	(b) It is the intent of the legislature that The University
96	96	of Texas Health Science Center--Rio Grande Valley be established by
97	97	conversion of the regional academic health center established under
98	98	Subchapter L and that those entities be considered to be the same
99	99	institution. A reference in law to the regional academic health
100	100	center applies to The University of Texas Health Science
101	101	Center--Rio Grande Valley to the extent it can be made applicable.
102	102	All contracts and agreements, including bonds and other financial
103	103	obligations, entered into by The University of Texas System or any
104	104	of its officers or employees relating to the regional academic
105	105	health center apply to The University of Texas Health Science
106	106	Center--Rio Grande Valley when the health science center is
107	107	established.
108	108	(c) The permanent endowment fund established under Section
109	109	63.101 for the benefit of the regional academic health center
110	110	established under Subchapter L is transferred to the benefit of The
111	111	University of Texas Health Science Center--Rio Grande Valley when
112	112	the health science center is established. It is the intent of the
113	113	legislature that the transfer of the endowment fund be made so as
114	114	not to interrupt the research or other programs supported by
115	115	distributions from the fund.
116	116	SECTION 2. Section 55.1732, Education Code, is amended by
117	117	adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
118	118	(e) Bonds authorized or issued under this section for the
119	119	regional academic health center established under Section 74.611
120	120	are considered to have been authorized or issued for The University
121	121	of Texas Health Science Center--Rio Grande Valley when that
122	122	institution is established.
123	123	SECTION 3. Section 61.003(5), Education Code, is amended to
124	124	read as follows:
125	125	(5) "Medical and dental unit" means The University of
126	126	Texas Medical Branch at Galveston; The University of Texas
127	127	Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas; The University of Texas
128	128	Medical School at San Antonio; The University of Texas Dental
129	129	Branch at Houston; The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer
130	130	Center; The University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical
131	131	Sciences at Houston; The University of Texas Dental School at San
132	132	Antonio; The University of Texas Medical School at Houston; The
133	133	University of Texas Health Science Center--Rio Grande Valley, if
134	134	established under Section 74.751; the nursing institutions of The
135	135	University of Texas System; and The University of Texas School of
136	136	Public Health at Houston; and such other medical or dental schools
137	137	as may be established by statute or as provided in this chapter.
138	138	SECTION 4. Section 63.002(c), Education Code, is amended to
139	139	read as follows:
140	140	(c) The amount available for distribution from the fund may
141	141	be appropriated only for programs that benefit medical research,
142	142	health education, or treatment programs at the following
143	143	health-related institutions of higher education:
144	144	(1) The University of Texas Health Science Center at
145	145	San Antonio;
146	146	(2) The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer
147	147	Center;
148	148	(3) The University of Texas Southwestern Medical
149	149	Center at Dallas;
150	150	(4) The University of Texas Medical Branch at
151	151	Galveston;
152	152	(5) The University of Texas Health Science Center at
153	153	Houston;
154	154	(6) The University of Texas Health Science Center at
155	155	Tyler;
156	156	(7) The University of Texas Health Science Center--Rio
157	157	Grande Valley, if established under Section 74.751;
158	158	(8) The Texas A&M University Health Science Center;
159	159	(9) [(8)] the University of North Texas Health Science
160	160	Center at Fort Worth;
161	161	(10) [(9)] the Texas Tech University Health Sciences
162	162	Center; and
163	163	(11) [(10)] Baylor College of Medicine, if a contract
164	164	between Baylor College of Medicine and the Texas Higher Education
165	165	Coordinating Board is in effect under Section 61.092.
166	166	SECTION 5. Section 65.02(a), Education Code, is amended to
167	167	read as follows:
168	168	(a) The University of Texas System is composed of the
169	169	following institutions and entities:
170	170	(1) The University of Texas at Arlington, including:
171	171	(A) The University of Texas Institute of Urban
172	172	Studies at Arlington; and
173	173	(B) The University of Texas School of Nursing at
174	174	Arlington;
175	175	(2) The University of Texas at Austin, including:
176	176	(A) The University of Texas Marine Science
177	177	Institute;
178	178	(B) The University of Texas McDonald Observatory
179	179	at Mount Locke; and
180	180	(C) The University of Texas School of Nursing at
181	181	Austin;
182	182	(3) The University of Texas at Dallas;
183	183	(4) The University of Texas at El Paso, including The
184	184	University of Texas School of Nursing at El Paso;
185	185	(5) The University of Texas of the Permian Basin;
186	186	(6) The University of Texas at San Antonio, including
187	187	the University of Texas Institute of Texan Cultures at San Antonio;
188	188	(7) The University of Texas Southwestern Medical
189	189	Center at Dallas, including:
190	190	(A) The University of Texas Southwestern Medical
191	191	School at Dallas;
192	192	(B) The University of Texas Southwestern
193	193	Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Dallas; and
194	194	(C) The University of Texas Southwestern Allied
195	195	Health Sciences School at Dallas;
196	196	(8) The University of Texas Medical Branch at
197	197	Galveston, including:
198	198	(A) The University of Texas Medical School at
199	199	Galveston;
200	200	(B) The University of Texas Graduate School of
201	201	Biomedical Sciences at Galveston;
202	202	(C) The University of Texas School of Allied
203	203	Health Sciences at Galveston;
204	204	(D) The University of Texas Marine Biomedical
205	205	Institute at Galveston;
206	206	(E) The University of Texas Hospitals at
207	207	Galveston; and
208	208	(F) The University of Texas School of Nursing at
209	209	Galveston;
210	210	(9) The University of Texas Health Science Center at
211	211	Houston, including:
212	212	(A) The University of Texas Medical School at
213	213	Houston;
214	214	(B) The University of Texas Dental Branch at
215	215	Houston;
216	216	(C) The University of Texas Graduate School of
217	217	Biomedical Sciences at Houston;
218	218	(D) The University of Texas School of Health
219	219	Information Sciences at Houston;
220	220	(E) The University of Texas School of Public
221	221	Health at Houston;
222	222	(F) The University of Texas Speech and Hearing
223	223	Institute at Houston; and
224	224	(G) The University of Texas School of Nursing at
225	225	Houston;
226	226	(10) The University of Texas Health Science Center at
227	227	San Antonio, including:
228	228	(A) The University of Texas Medical School at San
229	229	Antonio;
230	230	(B) The University of Texas Dental School at San
231	231	Antonio;
232	232	(C) The University of Texas Graduate School of
233	233	Biomedical Sciences at San Antonio;
234	234	(D) The University of Texas School of Allied
235	235	Health Sciences at San Antonio; and
236	236	(E) The University of Texas School of Nursing at
237	237	San Antonio;
238	238	(11) The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer
239	239	Center, including:
240	240	(A) The University of Texas M. D. Anderson
241	241	Hospital;
242	242	(B) The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Tumor
243	243	Institute; and
244	244	(C) The University of Texas M. D. Anderson
245	245	Science Park; and
246	246	(12) The University of Texas Health Science
247	247	Center--Rio Grande Valley, if established under Section 74.751.
248	248	SECTION 6. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
249	249	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
250	250	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
251	251	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
252	252	Act takes effect September 1, 2009.