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Amend CSSB 73 (Senate committee printing) on third reading by 
adding appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill to read as 
follows and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS accordingly:
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION ____.  Subtitle H, Title 2, Health and Safety Code, 
is amended by adding Chapter 172 to read as follows:

CHAPTER 172.  BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH
	Sec. 172.001.  DEFINITION.  In this chapter, "state agency" 
means a department, commission, board, office, or other agency in 
the executive branch of state government created by the state 
constitution or a state statute, including an institution of higher 
education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code.
	Sec. 172.002.  ANNUAL REPORT.  (a)  Not later than December 
1 of each year, a state agency that conducts, funds, or supports 
biomedical research shall submit to the governor, the Legislative 
Budget Board, and the commissioner of state health services a 
report, in the format established by the commissioner, on whether 
the agency conducted, funded, or supported during the preceding 
state fiscal year any research that involves human stem cells or 
human cloning.
	(b)  A state agency that conducts, funds, or supports any 
research that involves human stem cells or human cloning must 
include in the report submitted under Subsection (a) information 
on:
		(1)  the type of research conducted, funded, or 
supported by the state agency that involves:
			(A)  human stem cells; and                                            
			(B)  human cloning, including therapeutic and 
reproductive cloning; 
		(2)  the process through which the human stem cells and 
stem cell lines were derived, if applicable;
		(3)  the amount and source of state and federal money, 
private grants, and other funding used to conduct, fund, or support 
the research;
		(4)  the use of state facilities to conduct or support 
the research; and
		(5)  the goals, progress, and results of the research.                 
	(c)  A state agency shall not include in the report:                    
		(1)  information that the agency is not required to 
publicly disclose under Chapter 552, Government Code; or
		(2)  the name, address, or other personal identifying 
information of an individual conducting or otherwise participating 
in research that is the subject of the report.
	SECTION ____.  Not later than December 1, 2009, a state 
agency that conducts, funds, or supports biomedical research shall 
submit the initial report required under Chapter 172, Health and 
Safety Code, as added by this Act.