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AN ACT
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relating to the composition, administration, and duties, including |
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reporting requirements, of the Border Health Institute. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (b), Section 151.002, Education Code, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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(b) The institute shall operate in a manner that facilitates |
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and assists the activities of international, national, regional, or |
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local health-related institutions working in the Texas-Mexico |
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border region [to:
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[(1)
create and fund centers or component units within
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the institute to facilitate research in fields of study affecting
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public health in the border region, including research related to
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diabetes, Hispanic health issues, infectious diseases, emerging
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infections, environmental health issues, and children's health
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issues;
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[(2)
deliver health care or provide health education
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to persons living in the border region; and
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[(3)
conduct and facilitate research in fields of
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study affecting public health in the border region, including
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research related to diabetes, Hispanic health issues, infectious
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diseases, emerging infections, environmental health issues, and
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children's health issues]. |
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SECTION 2. Subsection (a), Section 151.003, Education Code, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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(a) Subject to Subsection (b), the [The] institute is |
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[initially] composed of the following institutions: |
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(1) The University of Texas at El Paso; |
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(2) Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El |
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Paso; |
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(3) El Paso Community College District; |
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(4) R. E. Thomason General Hospital; |
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(5) El Paso City/County Health District; |
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(6) Department of State Health Services; and |
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(7) Medical Center of the Americas Foundation [The
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University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of
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Public Health;
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[(7) El Paso County Medical Society;
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[(8) Paso del Norte Health Foundation; and
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[(9) the Texas Department of Health]. |
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SECTION 3. Section 151.008, Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 151.008. BIENNIAL [ANNUAL] REPORTING. (a) Not later |
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than December 1 of each even-numbered [Each] year, each member of |
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the institute shall provide a long-term strategic plan for that |
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member to: |
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(1) each member of the governing board of the |
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institute; |
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(2) [and to] each member of the legislature whose |
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district includes any portion of a county where the Border Health |
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Institute is established or operating; and |
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(3) the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board [an
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annual audited financial statement and a status report of each
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project undertaken by the institute]. |
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(b) The long-term strategic plan for each member must |
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include a statement of the member's goals and objectives for: |
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(1) providing health care services to persons living |
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in the border region; |
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(2) providing health care education to persons living |
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in the border region; and |
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(3) conducting research into issues affecting public |
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health in the border region, including research related to: |
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(A) diabetes; |
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(B) health issues of particular concern to |
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persons of Hispanic descent; |
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(C) infectious diseases; |
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(D) emerging infections; |
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(E) trauma care; |
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(F) environmental health; and |
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(G) children's health. |
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SECTION 4. Subsection (d), Section 151.004, and Sections |
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151.006, 151.007, and 151.010, Education Code, are repealed. |
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SECTION 5. 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. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1526 passed the Senate on |
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April 2, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that |
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the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 29, 2009, by the |
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following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1526 passed the House, with |
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amendment, on May 26, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 145, |
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Nays 0, one present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |