HBA-SEP, LJP H.B. 1671 77(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 1671
By: Hochberg
Higher Education
3/5/2001
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Allied health science schools traditionally offer an array of small
certificate and baccalaureate allied health programs.  Formerly, The
University of Texas School of Allied Health Sciences at Houston only
offered certificate and baccalaureate degrees in allied health programs.
However, the school has since been approved to offer graduate programs in
contemporary research and healthcare areas, including health education
research technology and computational biomedicine.  A change in the name
would better reflect the new focus of the school.  House Bill 1671 modifies
the name of The University of Texas School of Allied Health Sciences at
Houston to The University of Texas School of Health Information Sciences at
Houston. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

ANALYSIS

House Bill 1671 amends the Education Code to change the name of The
University of Texas School of Allied Health Sciences at Houston to The
University of Texas School of Health Information Sciences at Houston. 

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2001.