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| 1 | - | 87R13300 MM-F | |
| 2 | - | By: A. Johnson of Harris, Parker H.B. No. 1457 | |
| 3 | - | Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1457: | |
| 4 | - | By: Muñoz, Jr. C.S.H.B. No. 1457 | |
| 1 | + | By: A. Johnson of Harris H.B. No. 1457 | |
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| 7 | 4 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 5 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | - | relating to | |
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| 6 | + | Relating to the consolidation of certain graduate programs of The | |
| 7 | + | University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and The | |
| 8 | + | University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. | |
| 12 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 13 | - | SECTION 1. Section 73.102(b), Education Code, is amended to | |
| 14 | - | read as follows: | |
| 10 | + | SECTION 1. Subtitle C, Title 3, Subsection 73.102 Education | |
| 11 | + | Code, is amended by adding subsection (3) to read as follows: | |
| 12 | + | Sec. 73.102. PURPOSE; DEGREE PROGRAMS. (a) The | |
| 13 | + | institution and its substations shall be devoted to the diagnosis, | |
| 14 | + | teaching, study, prevention, and treatment of neoplastic and allied | |
| 15 | + | diseases. | |
| 15 | 16 | (b) If the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board | |
| 16 | 17 | determines that the role and mission of the institution should be | |
| 17 | 18 | changed to include degree-granting authority, the board of regents | |
| 18 | 19 | may: | |
| 19 | 20 | (1) prescribe courses and conduct allied health | |
| 20 | 21 | professional degree programs related to the purposes of the | |
| 21 | - | institution described by Subsection (a); and | |
| 22 | + | institution described by Subsection (a); [and] | |
| 22 | 23 | (2) jointly prescribe courses and jointly conduct | |
| 23 | 24 | graduate programs at the master's and doctoral levels related to | |
| 24 | - | those purposes with: | |
| 25 | - | (A) The University of Texas Health Science Center | |
| 25 | + | those purposes with The University of Texas Health Science Center | |
| 26 | 26 | at Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences; and | |
| 27 | - | (B) The University of Texas Health Science Center | |
| 28 | - | at Houston, with respect to graduate programs separately | |
| 29 | - | established at the health science center and related to the broad | |
| 30 | - | fields encompassed in population and public health. | |
| 27 | + | (3) jointly prescribe courses and jointly conduct | |
| 28 | + | graduate programs with The University of Texas Health Science | |
| 29 | + | Center at Houston, including educational programs at the master's | |
| 30 | + | and doctoral levels related to the broad fields encompassed in | |
| 31 | + | population and public health. | |
| 32 | + | (c) The degree programs to be offered under Subsection (b) | |
| 33 | + | are subject to approval by the coordinating board. | |
| 31 | 34 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 32 | 35 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 33 | 36 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 34 | 37 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 35 | 38 | Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |