Bill Text: TX HCR138 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Requesting the lieutenant governor and speaker to create a joint interim committee to study the practicality of establishing a brain research institute of Texas.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-01 - Referred to House Administration [HCR138 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HCR138-Introduced.html
| By: Bonnen of Galveston | H.C.R. No. 138 | |
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| WHEREAS, Setting aside state funds for research into the | ||
| causes of and cures for degenerative and debilitating brain and | ||
| nervous conditions would make a difference in the lives of | ||
| countless Texans; and | ||
| WHEREAS, More than one million adults in the United States | ||
| are diagnosed annually with Alzheimer's disease or another | ||
| degenerative and debilitating brain and nervous condition, and many | ||
| of those affected live in Texas; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Texas ranks second in the nation in the number of | ||
| deaths from Alzheimer's disease and fourth in the nation in the | ||
| number of Alzheimer's cases; 380,000 Texans over age 65 have | ||
| Alzheimer's disease, according to the Texas Council on Alzheimer's | ||
| Disease and Related Disorders, which advises the Department of | ||
| State Health Services on needed action for the benefit of Texans | ||
| with Alzheimer's disease; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The Texas Council on Alzheimer's Disease and Related | ||
| Disorders believes that research into the causes of and cures for | ||
| Alzheimer's disease is imperative because the disease will become | ||
| more prevalent as the population ages, exacting huge human and | ||
| economic burdens on citizens and resources; the council notes in | ||
| its 2018 report that a new person develops Alzheimer's disease | ||
| every 65 seconds and that this rate will increase to one new case | ||
| every 33 seconds by 2050; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Other degenerative and debilitating brain and | ||
| nervous conditions will also become more prevalent as the | ||
| population in Texas ages; for example, Parkinson's disease, which | ||
| affects 52,500 people in the state, will affect nearly one million | ||
| people in the U.S. by 2020 and 1.2 million people by 2030; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A brain research institute of Texas could use state | ||
| bond proceeds or other revenues to fund research into the causes of | ||
| and cures for degenerative and debilitating brain and nervous | ||
| conditions, and a study would help to determine the practicality of | ||
| establishing such an institute; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the 86th Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
| hereby request the lieutenant governor and the speaker of the house | ||
| of representatives to create a joint interim committee to study the | ||
| establishment of a brain research institute of Texas; and, be it | ||
| further | ||
| RESOLVED, That the committee submit a full report, including | ||
| findings and recommendations, to the 87th Texas Legislature before | ||
| it convenes in January 2021; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That the committee's proceedings and operations be | ||
| governed by such general rules and policies for interim committees | ||
| as the 86th Texas Legislature may adopt. | ||
