Senate Bill sb2748

    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 2748

    By Senator Smith





    14-1632-04

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to biomedical training;

  3         creating the Center for Excellence in

  4         Biomedical Training and Investigation;

  5         providing for selection of a university to

  6         house the center; providing duties; requiring a

  7         report; providing an appropriation; providing

  8         an effective date.

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10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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12         Section 1.  The Center for Excellence in Biomedical

13  Training and Investigation is create. The State Board of

14  Education, by September 1, 2004, shall designate a public

15  university in this state to house the center.

16         (2)  The public university at which the center will be

17  located must:

18         (a)  Contain colleges of medicine, dentistry, pharmacy,

19  and veterinary medicine;

20         (b)  Be accredited by the appropriate accreditation

21  bodies;

22         (c)  Be authorized to confer M.D., Ph.D., D.M.D.,

23  D.V.M., and Pharm. D. degrees; and

24         (d)  Be able to raise $10 million in matching private

25  funding.

26         (3)  The center shall work with The Scripps Research

27  Institute and other research organizations to:

28         (a)  Provide training for biomedical investigators;

29         (b)  Develop a program to provide a professional

30  workforce to enhance biomedical research in this state;

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    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 2748
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 1         (c)  Develop and conduct translational research

 2  initiatives that are the direct outgrowth of fundamental

 3  research in drug discovery, genetics, cancer, and

 4  neuroscience, including Alzheimer's disease and brain trauma

 5  and memory loss;

 6         (d)  Create research and educational opportunities for

 7  medical students, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows

 8  on regional campuses developed with local health care and

 9  research facilities;

10         (e)  Provide training opportunities with the National

11  Institutes of Health-funded investigators from college of

12  medicine, pharmacy, dentistry, and veterinary medicine;

13         (f)  Provide technology-intense environments for

14  training and research; and

15         (g)  Provide a report detailing its findings and

16  achievements to the State Board of Education, the Governor,

17  the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of

18  Representatives by September 1, 2005.

19         Section 2.  The sum of $10 million is appropriated from

20  the General Revenue Fund to fund the Center for Excellence in

21  Biomedical Training and Investigation.

22         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2004.

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25                          SENATE SUMMARY

26    Creates the Center for Excellence in Biomedical Training
      and Investigation at a public university to be selected
27    by the State Board of Education. Provides duties of the
      center and provides an appropriation of $10 million.
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