86R9709 SCL-D
	By: Davis of Harris, Coleman, Howard, Zerwas,	H.B. No. 1874
	Thompson of Harris, et al.

	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.
	COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO.	1
	Amend H.B. No. 1874 (introduced version) on page 4, lines
	24-25, by striking "stem cells" and substituting "human cells,
	tissues, or cellular or tissue-based products as described by 21
	C.F.R. Section 1271.10(a)".
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