Bill Text: TX HB4062 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to limitations on the percentage of money awarded by the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas for certain uses.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-05-12 - Referred to Finance [HB4062 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB4062-Introduced.html

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By: Coleman H.B. No. 4062

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the allocation of funds for the Cancer Prevention and
Research Institute of Texas.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 102, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 102.201(d) to read as follows:
Sec. 102.201. CANCER PREVENTION AND RESEARCH FUND. (a) The
cancer prevention and research fund is a dedicated account in the
general revenue fund.
(b) The cancer prevention and research fund consists of:
(1) appropriations of money to the fund by the
legislature, except that the appropriated money may not include the
proceeds from the issuance of bonds authorized by Section 67,
Article III, Texas Constitution;
(2) gifts, grants, including grants from the federal
government, and other donations received for the fund; and
(3) interest earned on the investment of money in the
fund.
(c) The fund may be used only to pay for:
(1) grants for cancer research and for cancer research
facilities in this state to realize therapies, protocols, and
medical procedures for the cure or substantial mitigation of all
types of cancer in humans;
(2) the purchase, subject to approval by the
institute, of laboratory facilities by or on behalf of a state
agency or grant recipient;
(3) grants to public or private persons to implement
the Texas Cancer Plan;
(4) the operation of the institute;
(5) grants for cancer prevention and control programs
in this state to mitigate the incidence of all types of cancer in
humans; and
(6) debt service on bonds issued as authorized by
Section 67, Article III, Texas Constitution.
(d) Not less than 25 percent of the fund shall go to cancer
prevention efforts.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.