Bill Text: TX SB650 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the creation of the University of Houston College of Medicine at the University of Houston.

Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-10 - Left pending in committee [SB650 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-SB650-Introduced.html

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86R7929 KJE-F
By: Huffman, et al. S.B. No. 650

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the creation of the University of Houston College of
Medicine at the University of Houston.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 111, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subchapter K to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER K. UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
Sec. 111.151. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:
(1) "Board" means the board of regents of the
University of Houston System.
(2) "College" means the University of Houston College
of Medicine established under this subchapter.
Sec. 111.152. THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON COLLEGE OF
MEDICINE. The University of Houston College of Medicine is a
college of the University of Houston and is under the management and
control of the board with degrees offered under the name and
authority of the University of Houston.
Sec. 111.153. COURSES AND DEGREES. The board may prescribe
courses leading to customary degrees and may adopt rules for the
operation, control, and management of the college as necessary for
conducting a college of medicine of the first class.
Sec. 111.154. AFFILIATION AGREEMENTS. The dean of the
college, on behalf of the board, may execute and carry out an
affiliation or coordinating agreement with any other entity or
institution in the college's region.
Sec. 111.155. GIFTS AND GRANTS. The board may solicit,
accept, and administer gifts and grants from any public or private
source for the use and benefit of the college.
Sec. 111.156. OTHER FACILITIES. In addition to the
college's facilities, the board may enter into agreements under
which additional facilities used in the college's teaching and
research programs, including libraries, auditoriums, research
facilities, and medical education buildings, may be provided by a
public or private entity.
Sec. 111.157. TEACHING HOSPITAL. A teaching hospital
considered suitable by the board may be provided by a public or
private entity. The hospital may not be constructed, maintained, or
operated with state funds.
Sec. 111.158. ACCOUNTABILITY INFORMATION. Not later than
October 1 of each year, the college shall post on the college's
Internet website the following information regarding students
enrolled at the college:
(1) the percentage of students from groups that are
underrepresented in the practice of medicine, such as students from
racial or ethnic minority groups or students from an economically
disadvantaged background;
(2) the percentage of students who enroll in
coursework indicating a student focus in primary care or mental
health care; and
(3) whether the college has implemented a mandatory
clerkship or internship that requires each student to spend:
(A) not less than 60 days in a medically
underserved area during the student's enrollment, with priority
given to areas within a 10-mile radius of the college; and
(B) not less than an average of four hours each
week over a four-year period during the student's enrollment
serving in a primary health care clinic, such as a federally
qualified health center as defined by 42 U.S.C. Section
1396d(l)(2)(B), in Harris County or a county that is adjacent to
Harris County.
SECTION 2. Sections 59.01(1) and (3), Education Code, are
amended to read as follows:
(1) "Medical staff or students" means medical doctors,
doctors of osteopathy, dentists, veterinarians, and podiatrists
appointed to the faculty or professional medical staff employed for
student health services by The University of Texas System, The
Texas A&M University System, the Texas Tech University System, the
University of Houston College of Medicine, or the University of
North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, either full time or
who, although appointed less than full time (including volunteers),
either devote their total professional service to such appointment
or provide services to patients by assignment from the department
chairman; and interns, residents, fellows, and medical or dental
students, veterinary students, and students of osteopathy
participating in a patient-care program in The University of Texas
System, The Texas A&M University System, the Texas Tech University
System, the University of Houston College of Medicine, or the
University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth.
(3) "Board" means the board of regents of The
University of Texas System, the board of regents of The Texas A&M
University System, the board of regents of the Texas Tech
University System, the board of regents of the University of
Houston System, or the board of regents of the University of North
Texas.
SECTION 3. Sections 59.02(a) and (c), Education Code, are
amended to read as follows:
(a) Each board may establish a separate self-insurance fund
to pay any damages adjudged in a court of competent jurisdiction or
a settlement of any medical malpractice claim against a member of
the medical staff or students arising from the exercise of the
member's [his] appointment, duties, or training with The University
of Texas System, The Texas A&M University System, the Texas Tech
University System, the University of Houston College of Medicine,
or the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort
Worth.
(c) On the establishment of each fund, transfers to the fund
shall be made in an amount and at such intervals as determined by
the board. Each board may receive and accept any gifts or
donations specified for the purposes of this subchapter and deposit
those gifts or donations into the fund. Each board may invest
money deposited in the fund, and any income received shall be
retained in the fund. The money shall be deposited in any of the
approved depository banks of The University of Texas System, The
Texas A&M University System, the Texas Tech University System, the
University of Houston System, or the University of North Texas
Health Science Center at Fort Worth. All expenditures from the
funds shall be paid pursuant to approval by the boards.
SECTION 4. Section 59.06, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 59.06. LIMITATION ON APPROPRIATED FUNDS. Funds
appropriated by the legislature to either system, to the Texas Tech
University Health Sciences Center, to the Texas Tech University
Health Sciences Center at El Paso, to the University of Houston for
the University of Houston College of Medicine, or to the University
of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth from the General
Revenue Fund may not be used to establish or maintain the fund, to
purchase insurance, or to employ private legal counsel.
SECTION 5. Section 61.003(5), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(5) "Medical and dental unit" means The Texas A&M
University System Health Science Center and its component
institutions, agencies, and programs; the Texas Tech University
Health Sciences Center; the Texas Tech University Health Sciences
Center at El Paso; the University of Houston College of Medicine;
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston; The University
of Texas Southwestern Medical Center; The University of Texas
Medical School at San Antonio; The University of Texas Dental
Branch at Houston; The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer
Center; The University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical
Sciences at Houston; The University of Texas Dental School at San
Antonio; The University of Texas Medical School at Houston; The
University of Texas Health Science Center--South Texas and its
component institutions, if established under Subchapter N, Chapter
74; the nursing institutions of The Texas A&M University System and
The University of Texas System; and The University of Texas School
of Public Health at Houston; and such other medical or dental
schools as may be established by statute or as provided in this
chapter.
SECTION 6. Section 61.501(1), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(1) "Medical school" means the medical school at The
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, the medical
school at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, the
medical school at The University of Texas Health Science Center at
San Antonio, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston,
the medical school at The University of Texas at Austin, the medical
school at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, the medical
education program of The University of Texas Health Science Center
at Tyler, the medical school at the Texas Tech University Health
Sciences Center, the medical school at the Texas Tech University
Health Sciences Center at El Paso, the University of Houston
College of Medicine, the Baylor College of Medicine, the college of
osteopathic medicine at the University of North Texas Health
Science Center at Fort Worth, or the medical school at the Texas A&M
University Health Science Center.
SECTION 7. Section 63.002(c), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(c) The amount available for distribution from the fund may
be appropriated only for programs that benefit medical research,
health education, or treatment programs at the following
health-related institutions of higher education:
(1) The University of Texas Health Science Center at
San Antonio;
(2) The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer
Center;
(3) The University of Texas Southwestern Medical
Center;
(4) The University of Texas Medical Branch at
Galveston;
(5) The University of Texas Health Science Center at
Houston;
(6) The University of Texas Health Science Center at
Tyler;
(7) The University of Texas Health Science
Center--South Texas and its component institutions, if established
under Subchapter N, Chapter 74;
(8) The Texas A&M University Health Science Center;
(9) the University of North Texas Health Science
Center at Fort Worth;
(10) the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center;
(11) the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
at El Paso; [and]
(12) the University of Houston College of Medicine;
and
(13) Baylor College of Medicine, if a contract between
Baylor College of Medicine and the Texas Higher Education
Coordinating Board is in effect under Section 61.092.
SECTION 8. Not later than October 1, 2020, the University of
Houston College of Medicine shall post on the college's Internet
website the initial information required under Section 111.158,
Education Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 9. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2019.