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1	1	83R18770 KEL-F
2	2	By: Branch, Patrick H.B. No. 2753
3	3	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2753:
4	4	By: Branch C.S.H.B. No. 2753
5	5
6	6
7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to excellence funding for health-related institutions of
10	10	higher education.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Chapter 62, Education Code, is amended by adding
13	13	Subchapter H to read as follows:
14	14	SUBCHAPTER H. EXCELLENCE FUND FOR
15	15	HEALTH-RELATED INSTITUTIONS
16	16	Sec. 62.161. PURPOSE. The purpose of this subchapter is to
17	17	sustain and expand levels of excellence in all aspects of the
18	18	missions of health-related institutions to educate and train the
19	19	health care workforce, to provide excellent clinical care, and to
20	20	develop new ways to treat diseases and address the health issues
21	21	facing Texas and the nation.
22	22	Sec. 62.162. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:
23	23	(1) "Eligible institution" means a health-related
24	24	institution that is eligible to receive distributions of money
25	25	under this subchapter.
26	26	(2) "Health-related institution" means:
27	27	(A) The Texas A&M University System Health
28	28	Science Center;
29	29	(B) The University of Texas Medical Branch at
30	30	Galveston;
31	31	(C) The University of Texas Southwestern Medical
32	32	Center;
33	33	(D) The University of Texas Health Science Center
34	34	at San Antonio;
35	35	(E) The University of Texas Health Science Center
36	36	at Houston;
37	37	(F) the University of North Texas Health Science
38	38	Center at Fort Worth; and
39	39	(G) Texas Tech University Health Sciences
40	40	Center.
41	41	Sec. 62.163. EXCELLENCE FUND. (a) The excellence fund for
42	42	health-related institutions is an account in the general revenue
43	43	fund and consists of money appropriated or transferred to the
44	44	credit of the fund under this section or other law.
45	45	(b) The comptroller may accept gifts or grants for the fund
46	46	from any public or private source.
47	47	Sec. 62.164. ELIGIBLE INSTITUTIONS; CONTRIBUTION. (a) To
48	48	be eligible for annual distributions from the fund, a
49	49	health-related institution must:
50	50	(1) have a medical school; and
51	51	(2) make a one-time, initial transfer to the fund from
52	52	the institution's non-formula appropriations in an amount of not
53	53	less than $2.5 million, as determined by the institution, and as
54	54	specified in the General Appropriations Act.
55	55	(b) In making appropriations of the money in the fund, the
56	56	legislature shall ensure that each eligible institution, before the
57	57	end of the state fiscal biennium following the biennium in which the
58	58	institution made the initial transfer to the fund as required by
59	59	Subsection (a)(2), receives total distributions from the fund in an
60	60	amount that is equal to or exceeds the amount of its initial
61	61	transfer.
62	62	Sec. 62.165. DISTRIBUTIONS TO INSTITUTIONS. (a) In each
63	63	state fiscal year, an eligible institution is entitled to receive a
64	64	share of the money in the fund in proportion to the institution's
65	65	percentage of the total points awarded under Subsection (b) for
66	66	that fiscal year. If in a state fiscal biennium the total amount of
67	67	the institution's shares of the money in the fund is less than any
68	68	amount the institution is entitled to receive in that biennium
69	69	under Section 62.164(b), the institution's share for each fiscal
70	70	year shall be increased by the amount necessary to comply with
71	71	Section 62.164(b), and the shares of the other institutions shall
72	72	be reduced accordingly.
73	73	(b) For each state fiscal year, a total of 25 points is
74	74	awarded to eligible institutions for each of the following metrics,
75	75	with each institution receiving points, or fractional points
76	76	rounded to the nearest hundredth, in proportion to the
77	77	institution's share of the aggregate amount, for all eligible
78	78	institutions, of the applicable amounts described in each of the
79	79	following categories:
80	80	(1) Sponsored Research--the dollar amount of federal
81	81	and private research expenditures as reflected in the coordinating
82	82	board's annual research expenditures report;
83	83	(2) Faculty Quality--the number of awards to faculty,
84	84	such as Nobel Prizes and memberships in national academies, by
85	85	entities recognized for that purpose in the coordinating board's
86	86	accountability system;
87	87	(3) Doctoral Degrees--the number of doctoral degrees
88	88	awarded, as reflected in the coordinating board's accountability
89	89	system;
90	90	(4) Philanthropy--the dollar amount of cash gifts
91	91	received as reported in the Council for Aid to Education's
92	92	voluntary support of education survey or in the institutions'
93	93	Internal Revenue Service Form 990, whichever is considered
94	94	appropriate for the institution by the coordinating board;
95	95	(5) Commercialization--the number of licensing
96	96	agreements executed, as reported in the coordinating board's
97	97	technology development and transfer report; and
98	98	(6) Patents--the number of patents awarded, as
99	99	reported in the coordinating board's technology development and
100	100	transfer report.
101	101	(c) For each state fiscal biennium, each metric prescribed
102	102	by Subsection (b) is determined using the average of the applicable
103	103	numbers or amounts for the three preceding years for which the
104	104	information is available, as determined on the January 1 preceding
105	105	the biennium, and the determined average governs distributions from
106	106	the fund for each year of that biennium.
107	107	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
108	108	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
109	109	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
110	110	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
111	111	Act takes effect September 1, 2013.