Bill Text: TX SJR3 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

Texas Senate Joint Resolution 3

Introduced

Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the establishment of the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, establishing the Dementia Prevention and Research Fund to provide money for research on and prevention and treatment of dementia and related disorders in this state, and transferring to that fund $3 billion from state general revenue.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-20 - Filed [SJR3 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-SJR3-Introduced.html

	89R12764 MPF-F

	By: Huffman	S.J.R. No. 3



	A JOINT RESOLUTION
	proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the
	establishment of the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of
	Texas, establishing the Dementia Prevention and Research Fund to
	provide money for research on and prevention and treatment of
	dementia and related disorders in this state, and transferring to
	that fund $3 billion from state general revenue.
	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Article III, Texas Constitution, is amended by
	adding Section 68 to read as follows:
	Sec. 68. (a) The legislature shall establish the Dementia
	Prevention and Research Institute of Texas to:
	(1) award grants to institutions of learning, advanced
	medical research facilities, public or private persons, and
	collaboratives in this state to provide money for:
	(A) research into the causes of, means of
	prevention of, and treatment and rehabilitation for dementia and
	related disorders;
	(B) research, including translational research,
	to develop therapies, protocols, medical pharmaceuticals, or
	procedures for the substantial mitigation of the symptoms of
	dementia and related disorders;
	(C) facilities, equipment, and other costs
	related to research on dementia and related disorders; and
	(D) prevention programs and strategies to
	mitigate the detrimental health impacts of dementia and related
	disorders;
	(2) support institutions of learning and advanced
	medical research facilities and collaboratives in this state in all
	stages of:
	(A) discovering the causes of dementia and
	related disorders;
	(B) developing therapies, protocols, medical
	pharmaceuticals, or procedures for the substantial mitigation of
	the symptoms of dementia and related disorders from laboratory
	research to clinical trials; and
	(C) developing programs to address access to
	advanced treatment for dementia and related disorders; and
	(3) establish the appropriate standards and oversight
	bodies to ensure the proper use of funding authorized under this
	section, including facilities development.
	(b) The members of the governing body and any other
	decision-making body of the Dementia Prevention and Research
	Institute of Texas may serve six-year terms.
	(c) The Dementia Prevention and Research Fund is
	established as a special fund in the state treasury outside the
	general revenue fund to be administered by the Dementia Prevention
	and Research Institute of Texas.
	(c-1) On January 1, 2026, the comptroller shall transfer $3
	billion from this state's general revenue fund to the Dementia
	Prevention and Research Fund. The transfer made under this
	subsection is not an appropriation of state tax revenues for the
	purposes of Section 22, Article VIII, of this constitution. This
	subsection expires January 1, 2029.
	(d) The Dementia Prevention and Research Fund consists of:
	(1) money transferred to the fund under this section;
	(2) money the legislature appropriates, credits, or
	transfers to the fund;
	(3) gifts and grants, including grants from the
	federal government, and other donations received for the fund;
	(4) patent, royalty, and license fees and other income
	received under a contract executed by the Dementia Prevention and
	Research Institute of Texas; and
	(5) investment earnings and interest earned on amounts
	credited to the fund.
	(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this
	constitution, the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of
	Texas, as established by general law, may use money in the Dementia
	Prevention and Research Fund only for the purpose of funding:
	(1) grants for research on dementia and related
	disorders, research facilities, and research opportunities in this
	state:
	(A) for the prevention, treatment, and
	rehabilitation of dementia and related disorders and the mitigation
	of the incidence of and detrimental health impacts from dementia
	and related disorders; and
	(B) to develop therapies, protocols, medical
	pharmaceuticals, or procedures for the substantial mitigation of
	the symptoms of dementia and related disorders;
	(2) the purchase, construction, or renovation,
	subject to the institute's approval, of facilities by or on behalf
	of a state agency or grant recipient; and
	(3) the institute's operation.
	(f) The Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas
	may not award more than $300 million in grants authorized under this
	section in a state fiscal year.
	(g) Before the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute
	of Texas may award a grant authorized under this section, the grant
	recipient must have available an unexpended amount of money equal
	to one-half of the grant amount dedicated to the research specified
	in the grant proposal.
	(h) The reasonable expenses of managing the assets of the
	Dementia Prevention and Research Fund shall be paid from the fund.
	SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
	submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 4, 2025.
	The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
	proposition: "The constitutional amendment providing for the
	establishment of the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of
	Texas, establishing the Dementia Prevention and Research Fund to
	provide money for research on and prevention and treatment of
	dementia and related disorders in this state, and transferring to
	that fund $3 billion from state general revenue."