By McClendon, Davis of Dallas, Thompson, H.B. No. 3469
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to establishing a medical school at Prairie View A&M
1-3 University.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Chapter 87, Education Code, is amended by adding
1-6 Subchapter K to read as follows:
1-7 SUBCHAPTER K. PRAIRIE VIEW A&M MEDICAL SCHOOL
1-8 Sec. 87.841. COMPONENT INSTITUTION. To provide for the
1-9 training and teaching of medical students and of medical and other
1-10 technicians in the practice of medicine, the board of regents of
1-11 The Texas A&M University System shall establish and maintain a
1-12 school of medicine as a component institution of The Texas A&M
1-13 University System to be known as Prairie View A&M Medical School.
1-14 Sec. 87.842. COURSES AND DEGREES; RULES. The board of
1-15 regents may prescribe courses leading to customary degrees offered
1-16 in other leading American medical schools and may award those
1-17 degrees and may make rules for the operation, control, and
1-18 management of the medical school, including rules regarding the
1-19 number of students to be admitted to a degree program, as may be
1-20 necessary for the conduct of a professional school of the first
1-21 class.
1-22 Sec. 87.843. GIFTS AND GRANTS. The board of regents may
1-23 accept and administer, on terms satisfactory to the board, gifts
1-24 and grants of property, including real property, or money from any
1-25 public or private person or entity for the use and benefit of the
2-1 medical school or for planning, establishing, or operating the
2-2 medical school.
2-3 Sec. 87.844. AFFILIATION AGREEMENTS; JOINT APPOINTMENTS.
2-4 (a) The board of regents may execute and carry out with any entity
2-5 or institution affiliation or coordinating agreements that are
2-6 necessary or desirable for the conduct and operation of a
2-7 professional school of the first class.
2-8 (b) The board of regents may make joint appointments in the
2-9 medical school and other institutions under the board's governance.
2-10 The salary of a person who receives a joint appointment shall be
2-11 apportioned to the appointing institutions on the basis of services
2-12 rendered.
2-13 SECTION 2. (a) Before establishing the medical school
2-14 required by Subchapter K, Chapter 87, Education Code, as added by
2-15 this Act, the board of regents of The Texas A&M University System
2-16 shall develop a plan for establishing the school that includes:
2-17 (1) a proposed budget for the school;
2-18 (2) requirements and sources of financial support for
2-19 the school;
2-20 (3) a time line for establishing the school;
2-21 (4) provisions for classroom, laboratory, and clinical
2-22 instruction, including the establishment of or affiliation with one
2-23 or more teaching hospitals;
2-24 (5) provisions for libraries and other necessary
2-25 academic support;
2-26 (6) recommended curricular structure and locations of
2-27 instruction; and
3-1 (7) any other matters necessary to ensure that the
3-2 medical school will be conducted as a professional school of the
3-3 first class.
3-4 (b) In accordance with the plan developed under Subsection
3-5 (a) of this section, the board of regents shall take the steps
3-6 necessary to establish the medical school required by Subchapter K,
3-7 Chapter 87, Education Code, as added by this Act, not later than
3-8 January 1, 2007.
3-9 (c) The board of regents shall begin admitting students to
3-10 the medical school not later than the fall semester of 2008.
3-11 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
3-12 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
3-13 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
3-14 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
3-15 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.