By McClendon, Davis of Dallas, Thompson, H.B. No. 3469
Wilson, Rangel
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3469:
By Rangel C.S.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
2-1 public or private person or entity for the use and benefit of the
2-2 medical school or for planning, establishing, or operating the
2-3 medical school.
2-4 Sec. 87.844. AFFILIATION AGREEMENTS; JOINT APPOINTMENTS.
2-5 (a) The board of regents may execute and carry out with any entity
2-6 or institution affiliation or coordinating agreements that are
2-7 necessary or desirable for the conduct and operation of a
2-8 professional school of the first class.
2-9 (b) The board of regents may make joint appointments in the
2-10 medical school and other institutions under the board's governance.
2-11 The salary of a person who receives a joint appointment shall be
2-12 apportioned to the appointing institutions on the basis of services
2-13 rendered.
2-14 SECTION 2. (a) Before establishing the medical school
2-15 required by Subchapter K, Chapter 87, Education Code, as added by
2-16 this Act, the board of regents of The Texas A&M University System
2-17 shall develop a plan for establishing the school that includes:
2-18 (1) a proposed budget for the school;
2-19 (2) requirements and sources of financial support for
2-20 the school;
2-21 (3) a timeline for establishing the school;
2-22 (4) provisions for classroom, laboratory, and clinical
2-23 instruction, including the establishment of or affiliation with one
2-24 or more teaching hospitals;
2-25 (5) provisions for libraries and other necessary
2-26 academic support;
2-27 (6) recommended curricular structure and locations of
3-1 instruction; and
3-2 (7) any other matters necessary to ensure that the
3-3 medical school will be conducted as a professional school of the
3-4 first class.
3-5 (b) In accordance with the plan developed under Subsection
3-6 (a), the board of regents shall take the steps necessary to
3-7 establish the medical school required by Subchapter K, Chapter 87,
3-8 Education Code, as added by this Act, not later than January 1,
3-9 2007.
3-10 (c) The board of regents shall begin admitting students to
3-11 the medical school not later than the fall semester of 2008.
3-12 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
3-13 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
3-14 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
3-15 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
3-16 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.