By: Bivins S.C.R. No. 74 97S1181/1 SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 1-1 WHEREAS, Concern about the financing of health care in Texas 1-2 is shifting emphasis from treatment of disease to prevention of 1-3 disease; and 1-4 WHEREAS, The health-related components of The Texas A&M 1-5 University System already have a substantial investment in 1-6 community/public health program development and delivery; and 1-7 WHEREAS, The geographic distribution of these components 1-8 across the state provides regional focal points for program 1-9 development and delivery based on local needs assessments; and 1-10 WHEREAS, Extensive external partnerships further enhance the 1-11 potential for a comprehensive statewide effort by The Texas A&M 1-12 University System; and 1-13 WHEREAS, The Texas A&M University System's land-grant 1-14 commitment to broad access and service in agriculture and 1-15 engineering have made significant contributions to the state and 1-16 nation; and 1-17 WHEREAS, The Texas A&M University System now intends to apply 1-18 the land-grant university model to the enhancement of the health of 1-19 the people of Texas; and 1-20 WHEREAS, The Texas A&M University System already has in place 1-21 most of the components of an academic health science center; and 1-22 WHEREAS, Systemwide coordination of its health-related 1-23 programs will result in increased joint programming and sharing of 2-1 resources among the components to the benefit of the people of the 2-2 state; and 2-3 WHEREAS, The board of regents has indicated its desire to 2-4 consolidate its major health components into a systemwide 2-5 administrative unit; now, therefore, be it 2-6 RESOLVED, That the 75th Legislature of the State of Texas 2-7 hereby support the desire of the board of regents of The Texas A&M 2-8 University System to combine the Baylor College of Dentistry, the 2-9 Texas A&M University College of Medicine, the Texas A&M University 2-10 Institute of Biosciences and Biotechnology, and the Texas A&M 2-11 University School of Rural Public Health into a unified 2-12 administrative structure to be named The Texas A&M University 2-13 System Health Science Center, with headquarters in College Station, 2-14 which will maintain a close collaborative affiliation with the 2-15 Texas Agricultural Extension Service, the Prairie View A&M 2-16 University College of Nursing, the Tarleton State University 2-17 Division of Nursing, the Texas A&M University--Corpus Christi 2-18 College of Nursing, the Texas A&M International University College 2-19 of Nursing, the West Texas A&M University Division of Nursing, and 2-20 such other health-education-related programs as may be duly 2-21 authorized and approved in the future.