By Wilson                                             H.B. No. 2521
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                                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.