1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
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3 HOUSE BILL 3600 By: Hill
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to state government; amending 74 O.S.
7 2021, Section 5060.14, which relates to the Oklahoma
8 Science and Technology Research and Development Act;
8 eliminating reference to the Oklahoma Health Research
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14 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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15 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 74 O.S. 2021, Section 5060.14, is
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16 amended to read as follows:
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17 Section 5060.14 A. The Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of
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18 Science and Technology may use monies from the Research Support
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19 Revolving Fund to carry out the purposes of the Oklahoma Center for
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20 the Advancement of Science and Technology Act by awarding
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21 competitive health research funds, through professional service
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22 contracts, to institutions of higher education, nonprofit research
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23 foundations, and private enterprises of special importance to the
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24 Oklahoma economy.
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 1 B. There is hereby created within the Oklahoma Center for the
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2 Advancement of Science and Technology, the Oklahoma Health Research
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3 Committee to be appointed by the Governor which shall consist of
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4 nine (9) members, no more than five nor less than three of whom
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5 shall be physicians licensed pursuant to the laws of this state.
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6 For the initial Committee, three members shall be appointed for a
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7 term of two (2) years; three members shall be appointed for a term
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8 of four (4) years; and three members shall be appointed for a term
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9 of six (6) years. Thereafter members shall be appointed for a term
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10 of six (6) years. At all times the Committee shall be composed of
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11 at least:
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12 1. One member from the clergy or who has an advanced degree in
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13 philosophy from an accredited institution of higher learning;
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14 2. Five members who shall be basic health research scientists
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15 each having an established record of basic health science research
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16 accomplishment and a demonstrated interest in public service to
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17 represent the following areas: Epidemiology, public health or
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18 biometrics or psychology; biochemistry, anatomy or nutrition;
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19 microbiology, immunology or molecular biology; genetics, pathology,
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20 or pharmacology; biology or physiology; and
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21 3. Three members who shall be clinical research scientists
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22 having an established record of clinical biomedical science research
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23 accomplishment and a demonstrated interest in public service to
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24 represent the clinical research disciplines.
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 1 The Health Research Committee as constituted prior to the
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2 effective date of this act shall be re-created within the Oklahoma
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3 Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology. Members of
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4 the Committee, formerly within the Oklahoma Department of Commerce,
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5 serving terms upon the effective date of this act shall continue to
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6 serve such terms.
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7 Upon expiration of any term of office of the Health Research
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8 Committee, in making appointments to the Committee appropriate
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9 consideration shall be given to representation upon the Committee by
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10 race, gender and geographical area.
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11 C. Any vacancy on the Committee shall be filled for the
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12 unexpired term within thirty (30) days after the vacancy occurs.
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13 D. No more than three members of the Committee shall have the
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14 same primary affiliation with an institution of higher learning or a
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15 nonprofit research institution.
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16 E. A basic health research scientist or clinical research
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17 scientist shall not be eligible to become a member of the Committee
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18 unless said scientist is the inventor of one or more products which
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19 have earned more than Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00) in
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20 royalties or other profit within the fifteen (15) years immediately
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21 preceding appointment or is the principal investigator for research
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22 grants awarded by national health research organizations for at
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23 least five (5) years during the fifteen (15) years immediately
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24 preceding appointment. Contractual commitments which have been made
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 1 for a product or products shall qualify in meeting the royalty or
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2 profit requirement. Tentative commitments for future funding from
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3 national health research organizations shall satisfy the research
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4 grant requirement. Research grants awarded by the National Science
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5 Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the American Heart
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6 Association, the Lung Association, the American Cancer Society, the
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7 Arthritis Foundation, the March of Dimes, and such other
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8 organizations that hold a peer-reviewed national competition for the
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9 distribution of research funds that the Committee deems acceptable
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10 from time to time shall satisfy the research grant requirement.
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11 Research grants which only may be awarded to investigators in this
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12 state shall not be used to satisfy the research grant time of
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13 support requirement. Service contracts or other grants which do not
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14 require submission of a research project or which are not funded
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15 competitively on the basis of scientific merit of the research
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16 project shall not satisfy the research grant time of support
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17 requirement.
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18 F. Members of the Committee shall be reimbursed for expenses
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19 incurred in the performance of their duties as provided by the board
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20 of directors of the Center.
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21 G. The Committee shall elect from its membership a chair to
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22 serve a two-year term and such other officers from its membership as
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23 deemed necessary for the performance of the duties of the Committee.
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24 The Committee shall hold regular meetings not less than once a
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 1 quarter and such additional meetings as called by the chair as may
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2 be required for the proper discharge of the duties of the Committee.
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3 Any action by the Committee shall require the affirmative vote of a
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4 majority of its members present. Five members shall constitute a
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5 quorum.
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6 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2024.
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