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1	1	By: Watson, Hinojosa S.B. No. 1648
2	2	(In the Senate - Filed March 11, 2011; March 23, 2011, read
3	3	first time and referred to Committee on Higher Education;
4	4	April 18, 2011, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
5	5	Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; April 18, 2011,
6	6	sent to printer.)
7	7	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1648 By: Watson
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10	10	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
11	11	AN ACT
12	12	relating to the establishment of a system health center by a
13	13	university system.
14	14	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
15	15	SECTION 1. Chapter 51, Education Code, is amended by adding
16	16	Subchapter I to read as follows:
17	17	SUBCHAPTER I. SYSTEM HEALTH CENTERS
18	18	Sec. 51.451. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:
19	19	(1) "Coordinating board" means the Texas Higher
20	20	Education Coordinating Board.
21	21	(2) "General academic teaching institution,"
22	22	"governing board," "institution of higher education," and
23	23	"university system" have the meanings assigned by Section 61.003.
24	24	Sec. 51.452. SYSTEM HEALTH CENTER. A system health center
25	25	integrates biomedical and clinical research, patient care
26	26	services, and predoctoral and postdoctoral teaching provided by
27	27	participating institutions, schools, and programs.
28	28	Sec. 51.453. ESTABLISHMENT. (a) The governing board of a
29	29	university system may establish a system health center consisting
30	30	of institutions of higher education under the board's control and
31	31	direction if the system meets the criteria provided by this
32	32	subchapter, as determined by the coordinating board.
33	33	(b) The educational programs of a system health center must
34	34	be offered primarily by a single institution of higher education
35	35	and, together with patient care services, must be provided
36	36	primarily within the geographic region designated by the governing
37	37	board.
38	38	(c) Each of the following must offer substantial
39	39	educational programs through the system health center:
40	40	(1) one or more allopathic or osteopathic medical
41	41	schools, each of which must administer residency programs in not
42	42	fewer than three medical specialties within the center;
43	43	(2) two or more health professional schools or
44	44	programs, such as nursing, public health, or pharmacy schools or
45	45	programs;
46	46	(3) one or more undergraduate degree programs of a
47	47	general academic teaching institution; and
48	48	(4) one or more graduate degree programs of a general
49	49	academic teaching institution.
50	50	Sec. 51.454. DEMONSTRATION OF NEED AND SUPPORT. (a) The
51	51	coordinating board shall approve the establishment of a system
52	52	health center under Section 51.453 if the coordinating board finds
53	53	that the university system seeking to establish the center has
54	54	demonstrated:
55	55	(1) a need for the center based on applicable
56	56	statewide and regional factors, including:
57	57	(A) demographic factors such as:
58	58	(i) age, income, and health condition; and
59	59	(ii) rate of persons without health care
60	60	coverage; and
61	61	(B) present or predicted physician-to-population
62	62	ratios or physician shortages in identified specialties;
63	63	(2) the center's access to a teaching hospital and
64	64	other facilities adequate to support the center's research,
65	65	education, and clinical activities, considering the proximity and
66	66	availability of existing complementary facilities and programs;
67	67	(3) the center's capacity to expend in the aggregate a
68	68	minimum of $50 million annually in federally sponsored or privately
69	69	sponsored research, as evidenced by the research contracts of
70	70	participating institutions, provided that programs of the center
71	71	will participate in those contracts;
72	72	(4) community support for the center from a
73	73	combination of state and local governments, charities, chambers of
74	74	commerce, hospitals, and medical societies, as evidenced by
75	75	commitments of financial and other resources with an aggregate
76	76	value of at least $35 million; and
77	77	(5) a well-defined business plan that includes
78	78	identified financial resources estimated to be sufficient for the
79	79	ongoing support of the center, including support for medical
80	80	residencies.
81	81	(b) Health condition information considered under
82	82	Subsection (a)(1)(A)(i) may include health condition information
83	83	relating to rates of disabilities, infant mortality, obesity, or
84	84	diabetes or other chronic conditions.
85	85	Sec. 51.455. EFFECT ON FORMULA FUNDING. For purposes of the
86	86	appropriation formulas recommended by the coordinating board under
87	87	Section 61.059, a student of an educational program offered by a
88	88	system health center is considered to be a student of a
89	89	health-related institution to the extent that formula funding of
90	90	health-related institutions applies to the discipline in which the
91	91	student is enrolled.
92	92	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
93	93	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
94	94	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
95	95	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
96	96	Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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