1-1 By: Hochberg (Senate Sponsor - Ellis) H.B. No. 753 1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House March 21, 2001; 1-3 March 22, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on 1-4 Education; April 17, 2001, reported favorably by the following 1-5 vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; April 17, 2001, sent to printer.) 1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-7 AN ACT 1-8 relating to the degree-granting authority of The University of 1-9 Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. 1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-11 SECTION 1. Section 73.102, Education Code, is amended by 1-12 amending Subsection (b) and by adding Subsection (c) to read as 1-13 follows: 1-14 (b) If the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board 1-15 determines that the role and mission of the institution should be 1-16 changed to include degree-granting authority, the board of regents 1-17 may: 1-18 (1) prescribe courses and conduct allied health 1-19 professional degree programs related to the purposes of the 1-20 institution described by Subsection (a); and 1-21 (2) jointly prescribe courses and jointly conduct 1-22 graduate programs at the master's and doctoral levels related to 1-23 those purposes with The University of Texas Health Science Center 1-24 at Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. 1-25 (c) The degree programs to be offered under Subsection (b) 1-26 are subject to approval by the coordinating board. 1-27 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 1-28 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 1-29 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this 1-30 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 1-31 Act takes effect September 1, 2001. 1-32 * * * * *