TITLE: Relating to the permanent health fund for higher education.

SUMMARY: Relating to the permanent health fund for higher education.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the permanent health fund for higher education. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 63.002(c), Education Code, is amended to read as follows: (c) The amount available for distribution from the fund may be appropriated only for programs that benefit medical research, health education, or treatment programs at the following health-related institutions of higher education: (1) The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio; (2) The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center; (3) The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center; (4) The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston; (5) The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston; (6) The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler; (7) The University of Texas Health Science Center--South Texas and its component institutions, if established under Subchapter N, Chapter 74; (8) The Texas A&M University Health Science Center; (9) the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth; (10) the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center; (11) the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso; [and] (12) Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin; and (13) Baylor College of Medicine, if a contract between Baylor College of Medicine and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board is in effect under Section 61.092. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.