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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to reporting requirements for institutions of higher |
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education conducting human stem cell research. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (h), Section 61.051, Education Code, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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(h) The board shall make continuing studies of the needs of |
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the state for research and designate the institutions of higher |
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education to perform research as needed. The board shall also |
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maintain an inventory of all institutional and programmatic |
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research activities being conducted by the various institutions, |
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whether state-financed or not. Once a year, on dates prescribed by |
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the board, each institution of higher education shall report to the |
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board all research conducted at that institution during the last |
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preceding year. Each institution's report must include the amounts |
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spent by the institution on human embryonic stem cell research and |
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adult stem cell research during the year covered by the report and |
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the source of the funding for that research. All reports required |
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by this subsection shall be made subject to the limitations imposed |
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by security regulations governing defense contracts for research. |
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Not later than January 1 of each year, the board shall submit to the |
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legislature information regarding human stem cell research |
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obtained by the board from reports required by this subsection. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |