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SECTION
1. Chapter 62, Education Code, is amended by adding Subchapter H to read as
follows:
SUBCHAPTER
H. EXCELLENCE FUND FOR HEALTH-RELATED INSTITUTIONS
Sec.
62.161. PURPOSE. The purpose of this subchapter is to sustain and expand
levels of excellence in all aspects of the missions of health-related
institutions of higher education to
educate and train the health care workforce, to provide excellent clinical
care, and to develop new ways to treat diseases and address the health
issues facing Texas and the nation.
Sec.
62.162. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:
(1) "Eligible
institution" means a health-related institution that is eligible to
receive distributions of money under this subchapter.
(2) "Coordinating board" means the Texas
Higher Education Coordinating Board.
(3) "Health-related
institution" means:
(A) The
Texas A&M University System Health Science Center;
(B) The
University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston;
(C) The
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas;
(D) The
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio;
(E) The
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston;
(F) The
University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth; and
(G) Texas
Tech University Health Sciences Center.
Sec.
62.163. EXCELLENCE FUND. (a) The excellence fund for health-related
institutions is an account in the general revenue fund and consists of
money appropriated or transferred to the credit of the fund under this
section or other law.
(b) The
comptroller may solicit and accept
gifts or grants for the fund from any public or private source.
Sec.
62.164. CONTRIBUTION BY INSTITUTION. To be eligible for distributions from
the fund, a health-related institution must make a one-time initial
transfer to the fund from the institution's non-formula appropriations. The amount to be transferred shall be determined
through legislative appropriation.
Sec.
62.165. DISTRIBUTIONS TO INSTITUTIONS. (a) In each state fiscal year, each
eligible institution is entitled to receive a share of the money in the
fund in proportion to the institution's percentage of the total number of
points awarded under Subsection (b) for that fiscal year.
(b) For
each state fiscal year, a total of 25 points is awarded to eligible
institutions for each of the following metrics, with each institution
receiving points, or fractional points rounded to the nearest hundredth, in
proportion to the institution's share of the aggregate amount, for all eligible
institutions, of the applicable number of
items or the applicable amounts described in each of the following
categories:
(1) Sponsored
Research--the dollar amount of federal and private research expenditures as
reflected in the coordinating board's annual research expenditures report;
(2) Faculty
Quality--the number of awards to faculty, such as Nobel Prizes and
memberships in national academies, by entities recognized for that purpose
in the coordinating board's accountability system;
(3) Doctoral
Degrees--the number of doctoral degrees awarded, as reflected in the
coordinating board's accountability system;
(4) Philanthropy--the
dollar amount of cash gifts received, as reported in the Council for Aid to
Education's voluntary support of education survey or in the institutions'
Internal Revenue Service Form 990, whichever is considered appropriate for
the institution by the coordinating board;
(5) Commercialization--the
number of licensing agreements executed, as reported in the coordinating
board's technology development and transfer report; and
(6) Patents--the
number of patents awarded, as reported in the coordinating board's
technology development and transfer report.
(c) For
each state fiscal biennium, each metric prescribed by Subsection (b) is determined
using the average of the applicable numbers or amounts for the three most recent years for which the information
is available, as determined on the January 1 preceding the biennium, and
the determined average governs distributions from the fund for each year of
that biennium.
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SECTION 1. Chapter 62,
Education Code, is amended by adding Subchapter H to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER H. EXCELLENCE
FUND FOR HEALTH-RELATED INSTITUTIONS
Sec. 62.161. PURPOSE. The
purpose of this subchapter is to sustain and expand levels of excellence in
all aspects of the missions of health-related institutions to educate and
train the health care workforce, to provide excellent clinical care, and to
develop new ways to treat diseases and address the health issues facing Texas
and the nation.
Sec. 62.162. DEFINITIONS. In
this subchapter:
(1) "Eligible
institution" means a health-related institution that is eligible to
receive distributions of money under this subchapter.
(2) "Health-related
institution" means:
(A) The Texas A&M
University System Health Science Center;
(B) The University of
Texas Medical Branch at Galveston;
(C) The University of
Texas Southwestern Medical Center;
(D) The University of
Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio;
(E) The University of
Texas Health Science Center at Houston;
(F) the University of
North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth; and
(G) Texas Tech University
Health Sciences Center.
Sec. 62.163. EXCELLENCE
FUND. (a) The excellence fund for health-related institutions is an account
in the general revenue fund and consists of money appropriated or
transferred to the credit of the fund under this section or other law.
(b) The comptroller may
accept gifts or grants for the fund from any public or private source.
Sec. 62.164. ELIGIBLE
INSTITUTIONS; CONTRIBUTION. (a) To be
eligible for annual distributions from
the fund, a health-related institution must:
(1) have a medical school; and
(2) make a one-time,
initial transfer to the fund from the institution's non-formula
appropriations in an amount of not less than
$2.5 million, as determined by the institution, and as specified in the
General Appropriations Act.
(b) In making appropriations of the money in the fund, the
legislature shall ensure that each eligible institution, before the end of
the state fiscal biennium following the biennium in which the institution
made the initial transfer to the fund as required by Subsection (a)(2),
receives total distributions from the fund in an amount that is equal to or
exceeds the amount of its initial transfer.
Sec. 62.165. DISTRIBUTIONS
TO INSTITUTIONS. (a) In each state fiscal year, an eligible institution is
entitled to receive a share of the money in the fund in proportion to the
institution's percentage of the total points awarded under Subsection (b)
for that fiscal year. If in a state fiscal
biennium the total amount of the institution's shares of the money in the
fund is less than any amount the institution is entitled to receive in that
biennium under Section 62.164(b), the institution's share for each fiscal
year shall be increased by the amount necessary to comply with Section
62.164(b), and the shares of the other institutions shall be reduced
accordingly.
(b) For each state fiscal
year, a total of 25 points is awarded to eligible institutions for each of
the following metrics, with each institution receiving points, or
fractional points rounded to the nearest hundredth, in proportion to the
institution's share of the aggregate amount, for all eligible institutions,
of the applicable amounts described in each of the following categories:
(1) Sponsored
Research--the dollar amount of federal and private research expenditures as
reflected in the coordinating board's annual research expenditures report;
(2) Faculty Quality--the
number of awards to faculty, such as Nobel Prizes and memberships in
national academies, by entities recognized for that purpose in the
coordinating board's accountability system;
(3) Doctoral Degrees--the
number of doctoral degrees awarded, as reflected in the coordinating
board's accountability system;
(4) Philanthropy--the
dollar amount of cash gifts received as reported in the Council for Aid to
Education's voluntary support of education survey or in the institutions'
Internal Revenue Service Form 990, whichever is considered appropriate for
the institution by the coordinating board;
(5) Commercialization--the
number of licensing agreements executed, as reported in the coordinating
board's technology development and transfer report; and
(6) Patents--the number of
patents awarded, as reported in the coordinating board's technology
development and transfer report.
(c) For each state fiscal
biennium, each metric prescribed by Subsection (b) is determined using the
average of the applicable numbers or amounts for the three preceding years for which the information is
available, as determined on the January 1 preceding the biennium, and the
determined average governs distributions from the fund for each year of
that biennium.
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