By Ellis                                              S.B. No. 1191
         77R8441 JSA-F                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the degree-granting authority of The University of
 1-3     Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Section 73.102, Education Code, is amended by
 1-6     amending Subsection (b) and by adding Subsection (c) to read as
 1-7     follows:
 1-8           (b)  If the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
 1-9     determines that the role and mission of the institution should be
1-10     changed to include degree-granting authority, the board of regents
1-11     may:
1-12                 (1)  prescribe courses and conduct allied health
1-13     professional degree programs related to the purposes of the
1-14     institution described by Subsection (a); and
1-15                 (2)  jointly prescribe courses and jointly conduct
1-16     graduate programs at the master's and doctoral levels related to
1-17     those purposes with The University of Texas Health Science Center
1-18     at Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences.
1-19           (c)  The degree programs to be offered under Subsection (b)
1-20     are subject to approval by the coordinating board.
1-21           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-22     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-23     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-24     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
 2-1     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.