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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to authorizing certain joint graduate degree programs |
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between The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston |
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and The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 73.102(b), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(b) If the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board |
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determines that the role and mission of the institution should be |
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changed to include degree-granting authority, the board of regents |
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may: |
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(1) prescribe courses and conduct allied health |
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professional degree programs related to the purposes of the |
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institution described by Subsection (a); and |
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(2) jointly prescribe courses and jointly conduct |
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graduate programs at the master's and doctoral levels related to |
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those purposes with: |
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(A) The University of Texas Health Science Center |
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at Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences; and |
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(B) The University of Texas Health Science Center |
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at Houston, with respect to graduate programs separately |
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established at the health science center and related to the broad |
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fields encompassed in population and public health. |
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SECTION 2. 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, 2021. |