By Wilson H.B. No. 2521
77R7094 KSD-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the establishment of a medical school at Prairie View
1-3 A&M University.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 61.003(5), Education Code, is amended to
1-6 read as follows:
1-7 (5) "Medical and dental unit" means The University of
1-8 Texas Medical Branch at Galveston; The University of Texas
1-9 Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas; The University of Texas
1-10 Medical School at San Antonio; The University of Texas Dental
1-11 Branch at Houston; The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer
1-12 Center; The University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical
1-13 Sciences at Houston; The University of Texas Dental School at San
1-14 Antonio; The University of Texas Medical School at Houston; the
1-15 nursing institutions of The University of Texas System; [and] The
1-16 University of Texas School of Public Health at Houston; and the
1-17 Prairie View A&M University Medical School; and such other medical
1-18 or dental schools as may be established by statute or as provided
1-19 in this chapter.
1-20 SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 87, Education Code, is
1-21 amended by adding Section 87.107 to read as follows:
1-22 Sec. 87.107. PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL. (a)
1-23 The board of regents of The Texas A&M University System shall
1-24 establish and maintain the Prairie View A&M University Medical
2-1 School as a medical and dental unit within Prairie View A&M
2-2 University.
2-3 (b) The board of regents may:
2-4 (1) prescribe courses at the medical school leading to
2-5 degrees customarily offered in other leading American medical
2-6 schools;
2-7 (2) award the degrees described by Subdivision (1);
2-8 and
2-9 (3) adopt rules for the operation, control, and
2-10 management of the Prairie View A&M University Medical School, as
2-11 necessary for the operation of a first class medical school,
2-12 including rules governing the number of students that may be
2-13 admitted to any program at the medical school.
2-14 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
2-15 SECTION 4. The board of regents of The Texas A&M University
2-16 System shall establish the Prairie View A&M University Medical
2-17 School not later than the 2003-2004 academic year.