By Shapleigh, et al. S.B. No. 1303
77R4369 KEL-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to establishing in El Paso County a medical program for
1-3 students of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Chapter 110, Education Code, is amended by adding
1-6 Section 110.061 to read as follows:
1-7 Sec. 110.061. MEDICAL PROGRAM IN EL PASO COUNTY. (a) On
1-8 approval of the coordinating board, the board of regents may
1-9 establish and maintain a doctor of medicine degree program at the
1-10 component of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center located
1-11 in El Paso County.
1-12 (b) The board of regents shall prescribe the full curriculum
1-13 leading to a doctor of medicine degree and may make rules for the
1-14 operation, control, and management of the medical program as may be
1-15 necessary for its conduct as a medical program of the first class.
1-16 (c) The board of regents may accept and administer gifts and
1-17 grants from any public or private person or entity for the use and
1-18 benefit of the medical program.
1-19 (d) The board of regents shall provide adequate physical
1-20 facilities for use by the medical program in its teaching and
1-21 research programs.
1-22 (e) A teaching hospital considered suitable by the board of
1-23 regents may be provided by a public or private entity. The
1-24 hospital may not be maintained with state funds.
2-1 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
2-2 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
2-3 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
2-4 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
2-5 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.