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1	1	S.B. No. 1526
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4	4	AN ACT
5	5	relating to the composition, administration, and duties, including
6	6	reporting requirements, of the Border Health Institute.
7	7	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	8	SECTION 1. Subsection (b), Section 151.002, Education Code,
9	9	is amended to read as follows:
10	10	(b) The institute shall operate in a manner that facilitates
11	11	and assists the activities of international, national, regional, or
12	12	local health-related institutions working in the Texas-Mexico
13	13	border region [to:
14	14	[(1) create and fund centers or component units within
15	15	the institute to facilitate research in fields of study affecting
16	16	public health in the border region, including research related to
17	17	diabetes, Hispanic health issues, infectious diseases, emerging
18	18	infections, environmental health issues, and children's health
19	19	issues;
20	20	[(2) deliver health care or provide health education
21	21	to persons living in the border region; and
22	22	[(3) conduct and facilitate research in fields of
23	23	study affecting public health in the border region, including
24	24	research related to diabetes, Hispanic health issues, infectious
25	25	diseases, emerging infections, environmental health issues, and
26	26	children's health issues].
27	27	SECTION 2. Subsection (a), Section 151.003, Education Code,
28	28	is amended to read as follows:
29	29	(a) Subject to Subsection (b), the [The] institute is
30	30	[initially] composed of the following institutions:
31	31	(1) The University of Texas at El Paso;
32	32	(2) Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El
33	33	Paso;
34	34	(3) El Paso Community College District;
35	35	(4) R. E. Thomason General Hospital;
36	36	(5) El Paso City/County Health District;
37	37	(6) Department of State Health Services; and
38	38	(7) Medical Center of the Americas Foundation [The
39	39	University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of
40	40	Public Health;
41	41	[(7) El Paso County Medical Society;
42	42	[(8) Paso del Norte Health Foundation; and
43	43	[(9) the Texas Department of Health].
44	44	SECTION 3. Section 151.008, Education Code, is amended to
45	45	read as follows:
46	46	Sec. 151.008. BIENNIAL [ANNUAL] REPORTING. (a) Not later
47	47	than December 1 of each even-numbered [Each] year, each member of
48	48	the institute shall provide a long-term strategic plan for that
49	49	member to:
50	50	(1) each member of the governing board of the
51	51	institute;
52	52	(2) [and to] each member of the legislature whose
53	53	district includes any portion of a county where the Border Health
54	54	Institute is established or operating; and
55	55	(3) the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board [an
56	56	annual audited financial statement and a status report of each
57	57	project undertaken by the institute].
58	58	(b) The long-term strategic plan for each member must
59	59	include a statement of the member's goals and objectives for:
60	60	(1) providing health care services to persons living
61	61	in the border region;
62	62	(2) providing health care education to persons living
63	63	in the border region; and
64	64	(3) conducting research into issues affecting public
65	65	health in the border region, including research related to:
66	66	(A) diabetes;
67	67	(B) health issues of particular concern to
68	68	persons of Hispanic descent;
69	69	(C) infectious diseases;
70	70	(D) emerging infections;
71	71	(E) trauma care;
72	72	(F) environmental health; and
73	73	(G) children's health.
74	74	SECTION 4. Subsection (d), Section 151.004, and Sections
75	75	151.006, 151.007, and 151.010, Education Code, are repealed.
76	76	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
77	77	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
78	78	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
79	79	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
80	80	Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
81	81	______________________________ ______________________________
82	82	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
83	83	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1526 passed the Senate on
84	84	April 2, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that
85	85	the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 29, 2009, by the
86	86	following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
87	87	______________________________
88	88	Secretary of the Senate
89	89	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1526 passed the House, with
90	90	amendment, on May 26, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 145,
91	91	Nays 0, one present not voting.
92	92	______________________________
93	93	Chief Clerk of the House
94	94	Approved:
95	95	______________________________
96	96	Date
97	97	______________________________
98	98	Governor