1-1     By:  Truan, et al.                                     S.B. No. 590
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed February 18, 1999; February 22, 1999,
 1-3     read first time and referred to Committee on Education;
 1-4     April 29, 1999, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
 1-5     Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0; April 29, 1999,
 1-6     sent to printer.)
 1-7     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 590                By:  Zaffirini
 1-8                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-9                                   AN ACT
1-10     relating to the establishment of The Texas A&M University System
1-11     Coastal Bend Health Education Center.
1-12           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-13           SECTION 1.  Chapter 86, Education Code, is amended by adding
1-14     Subchapter F to read as follows:
1-15         SUBCHAPTER F.  THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM COASTAL BEND
1-16                           HEALTH EDUCATION CENTER
1-17           Sec. 86.91.  DEFINITIONS.  In this subchapter:
1-18                 (1)  "Board" means the board of regents of The Texas
1-19     A&M University System.
1-20                 (2)  "Center" means The Texas A&M University System
1-21     Coastal Bend Health Education Center.
1-22           Sec. 86.92.  ESTABLISHMENT OF CENTER.  The board shall
1-23     establish The Texas A&M University System Coastal Bend Health
1-24     Education Center.
1-25           Sec. 86.93.  ROLE AND SCOPE OF CENTER.  (a)  The center shall
1-26     develop and provide community-based instructional sites for the
1-27     education of health care professionals.
1-28           (b)  The center may include any public or private medical,
1-29     dental, nursing, or other health care or educational institutions
1-30     for participation in its programs in the area served by the center.
1-31           (c)  The center may operate educational facilities located
1-32     throughout the Coastal Bend area as determined appropriate by the
1-33     board.
1-34           (d)  The board may execute and carry out affiliation or
1-35     coordination agreements with any other educational entity or
1-36     institution in the region, including a traditional or any other
1-37     health service provider, to establish or to participate in the
1-38     establishment or operation of the center.
1-39           Sec. 86.94.  MANAGEMENT OF CENTER.  (a)  The board shall
1-40     assign responsibility for the management of the center to The Texas
1-41     A&M University System Health Science Center.
1-42           (b)  The operating costs of the center shall be paid from
1-43     operating funds of The Texas A&M University System Health Science
1-44     Center or any participating institution and from available funds of
1-45     any other public or private entity.
1-46           Sec. 86.95.  AREAS OF CENTER EDUCATION.  (a)  The center may
1-47     be used to provide undergraduate clinical education, graduate
1-48     education, or other levels of health care education work, including
1-49     work in areas related to the education of medical, dental, nursing,
1-50     public health, or other health-related professionals, in the area
1-51     served by the center in connection with any component institution
1-52     or institutions of The Texas A&M University System as the board
1-53     determines appropriate.
1-54           (b)  The center, in providing education under this
1-55     subchapter, may:
1-56                 (1)  utilize community outreach programs to provide
1-57     persons receiving education at the center with any necessary
1-58     experience; and
1-59                 (2)  conduct research programs related to:
1-60                       (A)  areas in which education is provided by the
1-61     center; or
1-62                       (B)  public health issues arising in or prevalent
1-63     in the area served by the center.
1-64           Sec. 86.96.  GIFTS AND GRANTS.  The board may solicit,
 2-1     accept, and administer gifts and grants from any public or private
 2-2     person or entity for the use and benefit of the center.
 2-3           Sec. 86.97.  COORDINATING BOARD SUPERVISION.  The center is
 2-4     subject to the continuing supervision of the Texas Higher Education
 2-5     Coordinating Board under Chapter 61 and to the rules of the
 2-6     coordinating board adopted under Chapter 61.
 2-7           SECTION 2.  The board of regents of The Texas A&M University
 2-8     System is required to implement this Act only if the legislature
 2-9     appropriates money specifically for that purpose.  If the
2-10     legislature does not appropriate money specifically for that
2-11     purpose, the board of regents of The Texas A&M University System
2-12     may, but is not required to, implement this Act using other
2-13     appropriations available for the purpose.
2-14           SECTION 3.  The board of regents of The Texas A&M University
2-15     System shall establish and operate The Texas A&M University System
2-16     Coastal Bend Health Education Center as provided by Subchapter F,
2-17     Chapter 86, Education Code, as added by this Act, not later than
2-18     January 1, 2001.
2-19           SECTION 4.  The importance of this legislation and the
2-20     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-21     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-22     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-23     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
2-24     and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
2-25     passage, and it is so enacted.
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