1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to establishing an unrelated donor umbilical cord blood
 1-3     bank.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  DEFINITIONS. In this Act:
 1-6                 (1)  "Commissioner" means the commissioner of health
 1-7     and human services.
 1-8                 (2)  "Commission" means the Health and Human Services
 1-9     Commission.
1-10           SECTION 2.  GRANT PROGRAM. (a)  Subject to available funds,
1-11     the commission shall establish a program to award a grant of
1-12     start-up money for the establishment in this state of an umbilical
1-13     cord blood bank for recipients of blood and blood components who
1-14     are unrelated to the donors of the blood.
1-15           (b)  The commissioner by rule shall establish eligibility
1-16     criteria for awarding the grant.  In awarding the grant, the
1-17     commission shall consider:
1-18                 (1)  the ability of the applicant to establish,
1-19     operate, and maintain an unrelated donor umbilical cord blood bank
1-20     and to provide related services;
1-21                 (2)  the demonstrated experience of the applicant in
1-22     operating similar facilities in this state; and
1-23                 (3)  the applicant's commitment to continue to operate
1-24     and maintain  an unrelated donor umbilical cord blood bank after
 2-1     the expiration of the term of the contract required by Subsection
 2-2     (c) of this section.
 2-3           (c)  The recipient of the grant awarded under this Act must
 2-4     enter into a contract under which the recipient agrees to:
 2-5                 (1)  operate and maintain an unrelated donor umbilical
 2-6     cord blood bank in this state at least until the eighth anniversary
 2-7     of the date of the award of the grant under this Act;
 2-8                 (2)  gather, collect, and preserve umbilical cord blood
 2-9     only from live births; and
2-10                 (3)  comply with any financial or reporting
2-11     requirements imposed on the recipient under rules adopted by the
2-12     commissioner.
2-13           (d)  The grant awarded under this Act is governed by Chapter
2-14     783, Government Code, and rules adopted under that chapter.
2-15           SECTION 3.  ONE-TIME GRANT ONLY. The grant authorized by this
2-16     Act shall be awarded in the fiscal biennium beginning September 1,
2-17     2001, and may be awarded in subsequent bienniums only if money is
2-18     specifically appropriated for that purpose.
2-19           SECTION 4.  RULES. Not later than January 1, 2002, the
2-20     commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to implement this Act.
2-21           SECTION 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect September 1,
2-22     2001.
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             President of the Senate              Speaker of the House
               I certify that H.B. No. 3572 was passed by the House on May
         1, 2001, by a non-record vote; that the House refused to concur in
         Senate amendments to H.B. No. 3572 on May 24, 2001, and requested
         the appointment of a conference committee to consider the
         differences between the two houses; and that the House adopted the
         conference committee report on H.B. No. 3572 on May 27, 2001, by a
         non-record vote.
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                                                 Chief Clerk of the House
               I certify that H.B. No. 3572 was passed by the Senate, with
         amendments, on May 17, 2001, by a viva-voce vote; at the request of
         the House, the Senate appointed a conference committee to consider
         the differences between the two houses; and that the Senate adopted
         the conference committee report on H.B. No. 3572 on May 27, 2001,
         by a viva-voce vote.
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                                                 Secretary of the Senate
         APPROVED:  __________________________
                              Date
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                            Governor