82R22492 KYF-F
By: Branch, Brown H.B. No. 2630
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2630:
By: Branch C.S.H.B. No. 2630
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the formal recognition and administration of The Texas
A&M University System Health Science Center.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subtitle D, Title 3, Education Code, is amended
by adding Chapter 89 to read as follows:
CHAPTER 89. THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER
SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 89.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1) "Board" means the board of regents of The Texas A&M
University System.
(2) "Health science center" means The Texas A&M
University System Health Science Center.
Sec. 89.002. COMPOSITION. (a) The Texas A&M University
System Health Science Center is composed of the following component
institutions, agencies, and programs under the management and
control of the board:
(1) The Texas A&M University System Health Science
Center College of Medicine;
(2) The Texas A&M University System Health Science
Center Baylor College of Dentistry;
(3) The Texas A&M University System Health Science
Center School of Rural Public Health;
(4) The Texas A&M University System Health Science
Center Irma Lerma Rangel College of Pharmacy;
(5) The Texas A&M University System Health Science
Center College of Nursing;
(6) The Texas A&M University System Health Science
Center School of Graduate Studies;
(7) The Texas A&M University System Health Science
Center Institute of Biosciences and Technology;
(8) The Texas A&M University System Health Science
Center Coastal Bend Health Education Center;
(9) The Texas A&M University System Health Science
Center South Texas Health Center; and
(10) The Texas A&M University System Health Science
Center Rural and Community Health Institute.
(b) The Texas A&M University System Health Science Center
Baylor College of Dentistry may use the name "Baylor" only:
(1) in accordance with:
(A) a license agreement between the health
science center and Baylor University; or
(B) other written approval from Baylor
University; or
(2) as otherwise permitted by law.
Sec. 89.003. MANDATORY VENUE. (a) Venue for a suit filed
against the health science center, any component institution,
agency, or program of the health science center, or any officer or
employee of the health science center is in Brazos County.
(b) This section does not waive any defense to or immunity
from suit or liability that may be asserted by an entity or
individual described by this section.
(c) In case of a conflict between this section and any other
law, this section controls.
Sec. 89.004. EXPENDITURE OF STATE FUNDS. The board is
authorized to expend funds appropriated to it by the legislature
for all lawful purposes of the health science center and its
component institutions, agencies, and programs as well as funds
available under the authority of Section 18, Article VII, Texas
Constitution, for the purposes expressed in that section for the
support of the health science center and its component
institutions, agencies, and programs.
[Sections 89.005-89.050 reserved for expansion]
SUBCHAPTER B. THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM HEALTH SCIENCE
CENTER IRMA LERMA RANGEL COLLEGE OF PHARMACY
Sec. 89.051. THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM HEALTH SCIENCE
CENTER IRMA LERMA RANGEL COLLEGE OF PHARMACY. (a) The board shall
maintain a college of pharmacy as a component of the health science
center.
(b) The college shall be known as The Texas A&M University
System Health Science Center Irma Lerma Rangel College of Pharmacy,
and the primary building in which the school is operated in Kleberg
County must include "Irma Rangel" in its official name.
SECTION 2. Section 61.003(5), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(5) "Medical and dental unit" means The Texas A&M
University System Health Science Center and its component
institutions, agencies, and programs; The University of Texas
Medical Branch at Galveston; The University of Texas Southwestern
Medical Center at Dallas; The University of Texas Medical School at
San Antonio; The University of Texas Dental Branch at Houston; The
University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center; The University of
Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Houston; The
University of Texas Dental School at San Antonio; The University of
Texas Medical School at Houston; The University of Texas Health
Science Center--South Texas and its component institutions, if
established under Subchapter N, Chapter 74; the nursing
institutions of The Texas A&M University System and The University
of Texas System; and The University of Texas School of Public Health
at Houston; and such other medical or dental schools as may be
established by statute or as provided in this chapter.
SECTION 3. The following are repealed:
(1) Subchapters D, F, G, and H, Chapter 86, Education
Code; and
(2) Subchapter I, Chapter 87, Education Code.
SECTION 4. Section 89.003, Education Code, as added by this
Act, applies only to an action brought against The Texas A&M
University System Health Science Center, a component institution,
agency, or program of that center, or an officer or employee of that
center on or after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 5. 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, 2011.