Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the establishment of the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, establishing the Dementia Prevention and Research Fund to provide money for research on and prevention and treatment of dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and related disorders in this state, and transferring to that fund $3 billion from state general revenue.

89(R) SJR 3 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

S.J.R. No. 3

proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the

establishment of the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of

Texas, establishing the Dementia Prevention and Research Fund to

provide money for research on and prevention and treatment of

dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and related

disorders in this state, and transferring to that fund $3 billion

from state general revenue.

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Article III, Texas Constitution, is amended by

adding Section 68 to read as follows:

Sec.

68.

(a)

The legislature shall establish the Dementia

Prevention and Research Institute of Texas to:

(1)

award grants to institutions of learning, advanced

medical research facilities, public or private persons, and

collaboratives in this state to provide money for:

(A)

research into the causes of, means of

prevention of, and treatment and rehabilitation for dementia,

Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and related disorders;

(B)

research, including translational research,

to develop therapies, protocols, medical pharmaceuticals, or

procedures for the substantial mitigation of the symptoms of

dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and related

disorders;

(C)

facilities, equipment, and other costs

related to research on dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's

disease, and related disorders; and

(D)

prevention programs and strategies to

mitigate the detrimental health impacts of dementia, Alzheimer's

disease, Parkinson's disease, and related disorders;

(2)

support institutions of learning and advanced

medical research facilities and collaboratives in this state in all

stages of:

(A)

discovering the causes of dementia,

Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and related disorders;

(B)

developing therapies, protocols, medical

pharmaceuticals, or procedures for the substantial mitigation of

the symptoms of dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease,

and related disorders from laboratory research to clinical trials;

and

(C)

developing programs to address access to

advanced treatment for dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's

disease, and related disorders; and

(3)

establish the appropriate standards and oversight

bodies to ensure the proper use of funding authorized under this

section, including facilities development.

(b)

The members of the governing body and any other

decision-making body of the Dementia Prevention and Research

Institute of Texas may serve six-year terms.

(c)

The Dementia Prevention and Research Fund is

established as a special fund in the state treasury outside the

general revenue fund to be administered by the Dementia Prevention

and Research Institute of Texas.

The comptroller of public

accounts shall credit to general revenue interest due to the fund.

(c-1)

On January 1, 2026, the comptroller shall transfer $3

billion from this state's general revenue fund to the Dementia

Prevention and Research Fund. The transfer made under this

subsection is not an appropriation of state tax revenues for the

purposes of Section 22, Article VIII, of this constitution. This

subsection expires January 1, 2029.

(d) The Dementia Prevention and Research Fund consists of:

(1) money transferred to the fund under this section;

(2)

money the legislature appropriates, credits, or

transfers to the fund; and

(3)

gifts and grants, including grants from the

federal government, and other donations received for the fund.

(e)

Notwithstanding any other provision of this

constitution, the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of

Texas, as established by general law, may use money in the Dementia

Prevention and Research Fund only for the purpose of funding:

(1)

grants for research on dementia, Alzheimer's

disease, Parkinson's disease, and related disorders, research

facilities, and research opportunities in this state:

(A)

for the prevention, treatment, and

rehabilitation of dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's

disease, and related disorders and the mitigation of the incidence

of and detrimental health impacts from dementia, Alzheimer's

disease, Parkinson's disease, and related disorders; and

(B)

to develop therapies, protocols, medical

pharmaceuticals, or procedures for the substantial mitigation of

the symptoms of dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease,

and related disorders;

(2)

the purchase, construction, or renovation,

subject to the institute's approval, of facilities by or on behalf

of a state agency or grant recipient; and

(3) the institute's operation.

(f)

Not including any unspent money appropriated to the

Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas carried forward

from the preceding state fiscal year, the legislature may

appropriate not more than $300 million from the Dementia Prevention

and Research Fund to the institute for a state fiscal year.

(g)

Before the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute

of Texas may award a grant authorized under this section, the grant

recipient must have available an unexpended amount of money equal

to one-half of the grant amount dedicated to the research specified

in the grant proposal.

(h)

The reasonable expenses of managing the assets of the

Dementia Prevention and Research Fund shall be paid from the fund.

SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be

submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 4, 2025.

The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the

proposition: "The constitutional amendment providing for the

establishment of the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of

Texas, establishing the Dementia Prevention and Research Fund to

provide money for research on and prevention and treatment of

dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and related

disorders in this state, and transferring to that fund $3 billion

from state general revenue."

______________________________

______________________________

President of the Senate

Speaker of the House

I hereby certify that S.J.R. No. 3 was adopted by the Senate

on March 5, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 2; and that

the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 12, 2025, by the

following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.

______________________________

Secretary of the Senate

I hereby certify that S.J.R. No. 3 was adopted by the House,

with amendment, on April 28, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 123,

Nays 21, one present not voting.

______________________________

Chief Clerk of the House

Received:

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Date

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Secretary of State