79R3434 KEL-D

By:  Giddings                                                     H.B. No. 684



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the establishment of a school of pharmacy at the 
University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter H, Chapter 105, Education Code, is 
amended by adding Section 105.405 to read as follows:
	Sec. 105.405.  SCHOOL OF PHARMACY.  (a)  The board may 
establish and maintain a school of pharmacy as a professional 
school of the health science center.
	(b)  The board may prescribe courses leading to customary 
degrees offered at other leading American schools of pharmacy and 
may award those degrees.
	SECTION 2.  Not later than August 31, 2006, the Texas Higher 
Education Coordinating Board shall prepare an impact statement 
examining the initial implementation of this Act and shall deliver 
a copy of the statement to the board of regents of the University of 
North Texas System and to the presiding officer of each legislative 
standing committee and subcommittee with primary jurisdiction over 
higher education.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.