Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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1		-	89R20804 MPF-D
2	1		By: Huffman, et al. S.J.R. No. 3
3		-	(Craddick, Bonnen, Hunter, Thompson, Curry, et al.)
4		-	Substitute the following for S.J.R. No. 3: No.
	2	+	SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
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9		-	A JOINT RESOLUTION
10	7		proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the
11	8		establishment of the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of
12	9		Texas, establishing the Dementia Prevention and Research Fund to
13	10		provide money for research on and prevention and treatment of
14		-	dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and related
15		-	disorders in this state, and transferring to that fund $3 billion
16		-	from state general revenue.
	11	+	dementia and related disorders in this state, and transferring to
	12	+	that fund $3 billion from state general revenue.
17	13		BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
18	14		SECTION 1. Article III, Texas Constitution, is amended by
19	15		adding Section 68 to read as follows:
20	16		Sec. 68. (a) The legislature shall establish the Dementia
21	17		Prevention and Research Institute of Texas to:
22	18		(1) award grants to institutions of learning, advanced
23	19		medical research facilities, public or private persons, and
24	20		collaboratives in this state to provide money for:
25	21		(A) research into the causes of, means of
26		-	prevention of, and treatment and rehabilitation for dementia,
27		-	~~Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and~~ related disorders;
	22	+	prevention of, and treatment and rehabilitation for dementia and
	23	+	related disorders;
28	24		(B) research, including translational research,
29	25		to develop therapies, protocols, medical pharmaceuticals, or
30	26		procedures for the substantial mitigation of the symptoms of
31		-	dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and related
	27	+	dementia and related disorders;
	28	+	(C) facilities, equipment, and other costs
	29	+	related to research on dementia and related disorders; and
	30	+	(D) prevention programs and strategies to
	31	+	mitigate the detrimental health impacts of dementia and related
32	32		disorders;
33		-	(C) facilities, equipment, and other costs
34		-	related to research on dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's
35		-	disease, and related disorders; and
36		-	(D) prevention programs and strategies to
37		-	mitigate the detrimental health impacts of dementia, Alzheimer's
38		-	disease, Parkinson's disease, and related disorders;
39	33		(2) support institutions of learning and advanced
40	34		medical research facilities and collaboratives in this state in all
41	35		stages of:
42		-	(A) discovering the causes of dementia,
43		-	~~Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and~~ related disorders;
	36	+	(A) discovering the causes of dementia and
	37	+	related disorders;
44	38		(B) developing therapies, protocols, medical
45	39		pharmaceuticals, or procedures for the substantial mitigation of
46		-	the symptoms of dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease,
47		-	and related disorders from laboratory research to clinical trials;
48		-	and
	40	+	the symptoms of dementia and related disorders from laboratory
	41	+	research to clinical trials; and
49	42		(C) developing programs to address access to
50		-	advanced treatment for dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's
51		-	disease, and related disorders; and
	43	+	advanced treatment for dementia and related disorders; and
52	44		(3) establish the appropriate standards and oversight
53	45		bodies to ensure the proper use of funding authorized under this
54	46		section, including facilities development.
55	47		(b) The members of the governing body and any other
56	48		decision-making body of the Dementia Prevention and Research
57	49		Institute of Texas may serve six-year terms.
58	50		(c) The Dementia Prevention and Research Fund is
59	51		established as a special fund in the state treasury outside the
60	52		general revenue fund to be administered by the Dementia Prevention
61	53		and Research Institute of Texas. The comptroller of public
62	54		accounts shall credit to general revenue interest due to the fund.
63	55		(c-1) On January 1, 2026, the comptroller shall transfer $3
64	56		billion from this state's general revenue fund to the Dementia
65	57		Prevention and Research Fund. The transfer made under this
66	58		subsection is not an appropriation of state tax revenues for the
67	59		purposes of Section 22, Article VIII, of this constitution. This
68	60		subsection expires January 1, 2029.
69	61		(d) The Dementia Prevention and Research Fund consists of:
70	62		(1) money transferred to the fund under this section;
71	63		(2) money the legislature appropriates, credits, or
72	64		transfers to the fund; and
73	65		(3) gifts and grants, including grants from the
74	66		federal government, and other donations received for the fund.
75	67		(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this
76	68		constitution, the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of
77	69		Texas, as established by general law, may use money in the Dementia
78	70		Prevention and Research Fund only for the purpose of funding:
79		-	(1) grants for research on dementia~~, Alzheimer's~~
80		-	~~disease, Parkinson's disease, and related~~ disorders, research
81		-	~~facilities, and research opportunities in this~~ state:
	71	+	(1) grants for research on dementia and related
	72	+	disorders, research facilities, and research opportunities in this
	73	+	state:
82	74		(A) for the prevention, treatment, and
83		-	rehabilitation of dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's
84		-	disease, and related disorders and the mitigation of the incidence
85		-	of and detrimental health impacts from dementia, Alzheimer's
86		-	disease, Parkinson's disease, and related disorders; and
	75	+	rehabilitation of dementia and related disorders and the mitigation
	76	+	of the incidence of and detrimental health impacts from dementia
	77	+	and related disorders; and
87	78		(B) to develop therapies, protocols, medical
88	79		pharmaceuticals, or procedures for the substantial mitigation of
89		-	the symptoms of dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease,
90		-	and related disorders;
	80	+	the symptoms of dementia and related disorders;
91	81		(2) the purchase, construction, or renovation,
92	82		subject to the institute's approval, of facilities by or on behalf
93	83		of a state agency or grant recipient; and
94	84		(3) the institute's operation.
95	85		(f) Not including any unspent money appropriated to the
96	86		Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas carried forward
97	87		from the preceding state fiscal year, the legislature may
98	88		appropriate not more than $300 million from the Dementia Prevention
99	89		and Research Fund to the institute for a state fiscal year.
100	90		(g) Before the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute
101	91		of Texas may award a grant authorized under this section, the grant
102	92		recipient must have available an unexpended amount of money equal
103	93		to one-half of the grant amount dedicated to the research specified
104	94		in the grant proposal.
105	95		(h) The reasonable expenses of managing the assets of the
106	96		Dementia Prevention and Research Fund shall be paid from the fund.
107	97		SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
108	98		submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 4, 2025.
109	99		The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
110	100		proposition: "The constitutional amendment providing for the
111	101		establishment of the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of
112	102		Texas, establishing the Dementia Prevention and Research Fund to
113	103		provide money for research on and prevention and treatment of
114		-	dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and related
115		-	disorders in this state, and transferring to that fund $3 billion
116		-	from state general revenue."
	104	+	dementia and related disorders in this state, and transferring to
	105	+	that fund $3 billion from state general revenue."