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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to prohibitions on and reporting research on children |
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within the juvenile probation system. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 141, Human Resources Code, |
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is amended by adding Sections 141.0485 and 141.0486 to read as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 141.0485. RESEARCH. (a) Notwithstanding any other |
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provision of this chapter, including Section 141.048, the |
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commission may not permit medical, pharmaceutical, or cosmetic |
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research to be conducted on a child within the juvenile probation |
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system. |
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(b) This section does not apply to survey research or |
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retrospective studies that are based only on medical records, |
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claims data, or outcome data. |
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Sec. 141.0486. REPORTING CONCERNING RESEARCH PROGRAMS OR |
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STUDIES. (a) The commission shall keep records relating to |
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children within the juvenile probation system that participate in |
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research programs or studies. |
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(b) The records must show, for each calendar quarter and for |
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each calendar year: |
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(1) the number of children participating in research |
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programs or studies for the appropriate reporting period; |
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(2) the type of research program or study in which each |
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child is participating; |
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(3) the name of the principal investigator conducting |
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the research program or study; and |
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(4) the entity sponsoring the research program or |
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study. |
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(c) The commission shall submit a report that contains the |
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information in the records kept under Subsection (b) on or before |
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the 15th day after the last day of the appropriate reporting period |
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to the: |
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(1) governor; |
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(2) lieutenant governor; |
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(3) speaker of the house of representatives; and |
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(4) members of the senate and house of |
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representatives. |
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(d) A report submitted under this section is public |
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information under Chapter 552, Government Code. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies to a child within the juvenile |
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probation system without regard to whether the child entered the |
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probation system before, on, or after the effective date of this |
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Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |