Bill Text: TX HB1874 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to a regenerative medicine registry established by the Texas Regenerative Medicine Coordinating Board.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-25 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB1874 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB1874-Introduced.html

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86R9709 SCL-D
By: Davis of Harris H.B. No. 1874

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a regenerative medicine registry established by the
Texas Regenerative Medicine Coordinating Board.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Chapter 156, Education Code, is
amended to read as follows:
CHAPTER 156. REGENERATIVE MEDICINE [ADULT STEM CELL RESEARCH]
PROGRAM
SECTION 2. Sections 156.001(2) and (4), Education Code, are
amended to read as follows:
(2) "Consortium" means the Texas Regenerative
Medicine [Adult Stem Cell Research] Consortium.
(4) "Program" means the regenerative medicine [adult
stem cell research] program established under this chapter.
SECTION 3. Section 156.001(5), Education Code, is
redesignated as Section 156.001(3-a), Education Code, and amended
to read as follows:
(3-a) "Medical [(5) "Research] coordinating board"
means the Texas Regenerative Medicine [Adult Stem Cell Research]
Coordinating Board.
SECTION 4. Section 156.002, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 156.002. COMPOSITION OF MEDICAL [RESEARCH]
COORDINATING BOARD. (a) The Texas Regenerative Medicine [Adult
Stem Cell Research] Coordinating Board is composed of seven members
appointed as follows:
(1) three members who are interested persons,
including at least one person who represents an institution of
higher education and one person who is a representative of an
advocacy organization representing patients, appointed by the
governor, with the advice and consent of the senate;
(2) two members who are interested persons appointed
by the lieutenant governor; and
(3) two members who are interested persons appointed
by the speaker of the house of representatives.
(b) The governor shall designate as the presiding officer of
the medical [research] coordinating board a board member appointed
under Subsection (a)(1) who represents an institution of higher
education. The presiding officer serves in that capacity at the
will of the governor.
(c) The members of the medical [research] coordinating
board serve staggered six-year terms. If a vacancy occurs on the
board, the appropriate appointing authority shall appoint, in the
same manner as the original appointment, another person to serve
for the remainder of the unexpired term.
SECTION 5. Sections 156.003(b) and (c), Education Code, are
amended to read as follows:
(b) A person may not be a member of the medical [research]
coordinating board if:
(1) the person is an officer, employee, or paid
consultant of a Texas trade association in the field of medicine;
(2) the person's spouse is an officer, manager, or paid
consultant of a Texas trade association in the field of medicine; or
(3) the person is a member of the Texas Higher
Education Coordinating Board.
(c) A person may not be a member of the medical [research]
coordinating board if the person is required to register as a
lobbyist under Chapter 305, Government Code, because of the
person's activities for compensation on behalf of a profession
related to the operation of the board.
SECTION 6. Section 156.004(a), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) The medical [research] coordinating board shall
establish the Texas Regenerative Medicine [Adult Stem Cell
Research] Consortium.
SECTION 7. Section 156.005, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 156.005. ADMINISTRATION OF PROGRAM; GUIDELINES AND
PROCEDURES. (a) The medical [research] coordinating board shall
administer the program to:
(1) make grants and loans to consortium members for:
(A) adult stem cell research projects, including
projects to develop therapies, protocols, or medical procedures
involving adult stem cells;
(B) the development of facilities to be used
solely for adult stem cell research projects; and
(C) the commercialization of products or
technology involving adult stem cell research and treatments;
(2) support consortium members in all stages of the
process of developing treatments and cures based on adult stem cell
research, beginning with initial laboratory research through
successful clinical trials;
(3) establish appropriate regulatory standards and
oversight bodies for:
(A) adult stem cell research conducted by
consortium members; and
(B) the development of facilities for consortium
members conducting adult stem cell research; and
(4) assist consortium members in applying for grants
or loans under the program.
(b) The medical [research] coordinating board shall develop
research priorities, guidelines, and procedures for providing
grants and loans for specific research projects conducted by
consortium members. The priorities, guidelines, and procedures
must require the grants and loans to be made on a competitive, peer
review basis.
SECTION 8. Chapter 156, Education Code, is amended by
adding Section 156.0055 to read as follows:
Sec. 156.0055. REGENERATIVE MEDICINE REGISTRY;
ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT. (a) The medical coordinating board shall
establish and maintain a regenerative medicine registry that lists
health care providers who provide regenerative therapy using stem
cells.
(b) The Department of State Health Services shall provide
administrative support and services to the medical coordinating
board as necessary for the board to establish and operate the
regenerative medicine registry.
SECTION 9. Section 156.006, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 156.006. FUNDING. The program shall be funded by
gifts, grants, and donations described by Section 156.007. Except
as provided by Section 156.0055, the [The] program may not be funded
by legislative appropriations.
SECTION 10. Section 156.008, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 156.008. BIENNIAL REPORT. Not later than September 1
of each even-numbered year, the medical [research] coordinating
board shall submit a report of the board's activities and
recommendations to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
and to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the
house of representatives, and the presiding officer of each
legislative standing committee or subcommittee with jurisdiction
over higher education.
SECTION 11. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.