Texas The Texas Constitution

§ 3.67 — CANCER PREVENTION AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TEXAS; BONDS

CN § 3.67

Statute text

(a)The legislature shall establish the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas to:

(1)make grants to provide funds to public or private persons to implement the Texas Cancer Plan, and to institutions of learning and to advanced medical research facilities and collaborations in this state for:

(A)research into the causes of and cures for all forms of cancer in humans;

(B)facilities for use in research into the causes of and cures for cancer; and

(C)research, including translational research, to develop therapies, protocols, medical pharmaceuticals, or procedures for the cure or substantial mitigation of all types of cancer in humans;

(2)support institutions of learning and advanced medical research facilities and collaborations in this state in all stages in the process of finding the causes of all types of cancer in humans and developing cures, from laboratory research to clinical trials and including programs to address the problem of access to advanced cancer treatment; and

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