An Act To Create a Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Maine
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 1528
Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs
Sponsors: BROMLEY, CAIN, BARTLETT, DAMON, SCHNEIDER, BOWEN, FISCHER, NORTON, RECTOR

Legislative Document 
No. 1528 
S.P.530 
In Senate, March 31, 2005 
An Act To Create a Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at the 
University of Maine 
Reference to the Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs suggested and ordered 
printed. 
Presented by Senator BROMLEY of Cumberland. 
Cosponsored by Representative CAIN of Orono and 
JOY J. O'BRIEN 
Secretary of the Senate 
Senators: BARTLETT of Cumberland, DAMON of Hancock, SCHNEIDER of Penobscot, 
Representatives: BOWEN of Rockport, FISCHER of Presque Isle, NORTON of Bangor, 
RECTOR of Thomaston. 
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. P&SL 1865. c. 532. §9·B is enacted to read: 
Sec. 9·B. Gradll3te school of biomedical sciences. 
The Board of 
Trustees of the University of Maine System shall establish a 
graduate 
school of biomedical 
sciences, 
referred to 
in this 
section as "the school," to educate and train students in basic 
and 
clinical 
fields 
of 
biomedicine 
and 
the 
biosciences 
in 
accordance with the following: 
A. 
The Board of Trustees of the University of Maine System 
shall establish the school in partnership with the Jackson 
Laboratory, the Maine Medical Center Research Institute and 
the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, referred to 
in this section as "partner institutions." 
B. 
The mission of the school is to administer a graduate 
education 
and 
fellowship 
program 
that 
is 
open 
on 
a 
competitive basis to its partner institutions, other Maine 
biomedical 
research institutions, 
Maine private education 
institutions and the University of Maine System. 
C. 
To attract the most highly gualified graduate students 
from around the country and around the world, the school 
shall make every effort to ensure that the stipends offered 
by the school are sufficient to compete with the fellowship 
offers of the leading universities in the United States. 
D. 
The Board of Trustees of the University of Maine System 
shall administer the school with the aid of an advisory 
committee composed of one representative from each of the 
partner institutions; one representative from the University 
of Southern Maine: one representative from the University of 
Maine System; and one representative from another research 
institution or institution of higher education in the State. 
E. 
The school shall serve as the coordinating entity for 
interdisciplinary or interinstitutional graduate programs, 
including but not limited to doctoral programs in functional 
genomics. 
the 
Institute 
for 
Molecular 
Biophysics, 
cooperative doctoral programs in biochemistry and the Maine 
Institute for Human Genetics and Health. 
F. 
The school shall work towards developing a college of 
allied health professions. 
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Sec. 
2. 
Appropriations 
and 
allocations. 
appropriations and allocations are made. 
UNIVERSITY OF MAIRE SYSTEM, 
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE 
Educational and General Activities -
UMS 0031 
The 
following 
Initiative: 
Provides 
ongoing 
funds 
for 
the 
creation at the 
University of Maine of a graduate school of biomedical sciences. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
SUMMARY 
2005-06 
$2,500,000 
$2,500,000 
2006-07 
$2,500,000 
$2,500,000 
This bill directs the Board of Trustees of the University of 
Maine 
System 
to 
establish 
a 
graduate 
school 
of 
biomedical 
sciences to educate and train students in basic and clinical 
fields 
of 
biomedicine 
and 
the 
biosciences. 
The 
bill 
also 
provides ongoing funds for the graduate school.