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