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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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Relating to the consolidation of certain graduate programs of The |
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University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and The |
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University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subtitle C, Title 3, Subsection 73.102 Education |
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Code, is amended by adding subsection (3) to read as follows: |
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Sec. 73.102. PURPOSE; DEGREE PROGRAMS. (a) The |
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institution and its substations shall be devoted to the diagnosis, |
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teaching, study, prevention, and treatment of neoplastic and allied |
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diseases. |
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(b) If the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board |
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determines that the role and mission of the institution should be |
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changed to include degree-granting authority, the board of regents |
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may: |
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(1) prescribe courses and conduct allied health |
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professional degree programs related to the purposes of the |
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institution described by Subsection (a); [and] |
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(2) jointly prescribe courses and jointly conduct |
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graduate programs at the master's and doctoral levels related to |
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those purposes with The University of Texas Health Science Center |
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at Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences; and |
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(3) jointly prescribe courses and jointly conduct |
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graduate programs with The University of Texas Health Science |
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Center at Houston, including educational programs at the master's |
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and doctoral levels related to the broad fields encompassed in |
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population and public health. |
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(c) The degree programs to be offered under Subsection (b) |
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are subject to approval by the coordinating board. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |