BILL ANALYSIS |
C.S.S.B. 1916 |
By: West |
County Affairs |
Committee Report (Substituted) |
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
Interested parties note that the Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation is a nonprofit research and development corporation that specializes in real-time predictive and surveillance analytics for health care and that the center supports Parkland Health and Hospital System to produce the best possible outcomes for its patients. The parties further note that the center was organized to help transform the delivery of health care by developing cutting-edge software and analytic methods and that the center seeks to develop financial resources for the system by protecting related intellectual property and making such software and analytic methods available to hospitals and other health care providers.
The interested parties contend that, while Parkland Health and Hospital System has certain authority to develop and convey property rights, legislation is needed to expressly authorize the system to sell or license certain technology and intellectual property. C.S.S.B. 1916 seeks to address this issue by establishing provisions relating to the authority of the Dallas County Hospital District or a nonprofit corporation formed by the district regarding certain technology or intellectual property owned by or licensed to the district or corporation.
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RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
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ANALYSIS
C.S.S.B. 1916 amends the Health and Safety Code to authorize the Dallas County Hospital District or a nonprofit corporation formed by the district to sell or license technology or intellectual property that is owned by or licensed to the district or such a nonprofit corporation; to enter into a contract to provide services related to such technology or intellectual property sold or licensed; to contract, collaborate, or enter into a joint venture or other agreement with a public or private entity to engage in such authorized activities; or to take any other action necessary to protect or benefit from the exclusivity of technology and intellectual property owned by or licensed to the district or a nonprofit corporation formed by the district. The bill exempts information prepared or compiled by or for the district or such a nonprofit corporation relating to the development of technology or intellectual property to which the bill's provisions apply from disclosure under state public information law.
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EFFECTIVE DATE
On passage, or, if the bill does not receive the necessary vote, September 1, 2013.
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COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL AND SUBSTITUTE
While C.S.S.B. 1916 may differ from the engrossed version in minor or nonsubstantive ways, the following comparison is organized and highlighted in a manner that indicates the substantial differences between the engrossed and committee substitute versions of the bill.
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