By: Turner (Senate Sponsor - Uresti) H.B. No. 1113
         (In the Senate - Received from the House May 14, 2007;
  May 15, 2007, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal
  Justice; May 18, 2007, reported favorably by the following vote:  
  Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 18, 2007, sent to printer.)
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to prohibitions on and reporting research on children
  within the juvenile probation system.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 141, Human Resources Code,
  is amended by adding Sections 141.0485 and 141.0486 to read as
  follows:
         Sec. 141.0485.  RESEARCH. (a)  Notwithstanding any other
  provision of this chapter, including Section 141.048, the
  commission may not permit medical, pharmaceutical, or cosmetic
  research to be conducted on a child within the juvenile probation
  system.
         (b)  This section does not apply to survey research or
  retrospective studies that are based only on medical records,
  claims data, or outcome data.
         Sec. 141.0486.  REPORTING CONCERNING RESEARCH PROGRAMS OR
  STUDIES. (a) The commission shall keep records relating to
  children within the juvenile probation system that participate in
  research programs or studies.
         (b)  The records must show, for each calendar quarter and for
  each calendar year:
               (1)  the number of children participating in research
  programs or studies for the appropriate reporting period;
               (2)  the type of research program or study in which each
  child is participating;
               (3)  the name of the principal investigator conducting
  the research program or study; and
               (4)  the entity sponsoring the research program or
  study.
         (c)  The commission shall submit a report that contains the
  information in the records kept under Subsection (b) on or before
  the 15th day after the last day of the appropriate reporting period
  to the:
               (1)  governor;
               (2)  lieutenant governor;
               (3)  speaker of the house of representatives; and
               (4)  members of the senate and house of
  representatives.
         (d)  A report submitted under this section is public
  information under Chapter 552, Government Code.
         SECTION 2.  This Act applies to a child within the juvenile
  probation system without regard to whether the child entered the
  probation system before, on, or after the effective date of this
  Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2007.
 
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