By: Ogden S.B. No. 2573
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to annual reports by certain agencies conducting, funding,
or supporting biomedical research.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subtitle H, Title 2, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding Chapter 172 to read as follows:
CHAPTER 172. BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH
Sec. 172.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "state agency"
means a department, commission, board, office, or other agency in
the executive branch of state government created by the state
constitution or a state statute, including an institution of higher
education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code.
Sec. 172.002. ANNUAL REPORT. (a) Not later than December
1 of each year, a state agency that conducts, funds, or supports
biomedical research shall submit to the governor, the Legislative
Budget Board, and the commissioner of state health services a
report, in the format established by the commissioner, on whether
the agency conducted, funded, or supported during the preceding
state fiscal year any research that involves human stem cells or
human cloning.
(b) A state agency that conducts, funds, or supports any
research that involves human stem cells or human cloning must
include in the report submitted under Subsection (a) information
on:
(1) the type of research conducted, funded, or
supported by the state agency that involves:
(A) human stem cells; and
(B) human cloning, including therapeutic and
reproductive cloning;
(2) the process through which the human stem cells and
stem cell lines were derived, if applicable;
(3) the amount and source of state and federal money,
private grants, and other funding used to conduct, fund, or support
the research;
(4) the use of state facilities to conduct or support
the research; and
(5) the goals, progress, and results of the research.
(c) A state agency shall not include in the report:
(1) information that the agency is not required to
publicly disclose under Chapter 552, Government Code; or
(2) the name, address, or other personal identifying
information of an individual conducting or otherwise participating
in research that is the subject of the report.
SECTION 2. Not later than December 1, 2009, a state agency
that conducts, funds, or supports biomedical research shall submit
the initial report required under Chapter 172, Health and Safety
Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2009.