By: Chavez H.B. No. 150
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the establishment of a geriatrics research academy at
the Texas Tech University campus in El Paso.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 110, Education Code, is amended by
adding Section 110.17 to read as follows:
Sec. 110.17. TEXAS TECH GERIATRICS EDUCATION AND TRAINING
ACADEMY. (a) In this section:
(1) "Board" means the board of regents of the Texas
Tech University System.
(2) "Academy" means the Texas Tech Geriatrics
Education and Care Research Academy.
(b) The board may establish the Texas Tech Geriatrics
Education and Care Research Academy for purposes of researching
issues related to:
(1) long term care;
(2) geriatrics; gerontology; and
(c) providing resources for training and research for
professionals in medicine, nursing, pharmacy and allied health
schools as well as training and research for persons in the care
giver, advocacy and regulatory areas.
(d) The organization, control, and management of the
Academy are vested in the board.
SECTION 2. The board of regents of the Texas Tech University
System shall establish the Texas Tech Geriatrics Education and Care
Research Academy in El Paso as added by this Act, not later than
January 1, 2005.