1744 AMH DOLA OMLI 073

  

HB 1744 - H AMD 860

By Representative Dolan

ADOPTED 02/14/2022

On page 2, after line 18, insert the following:

"(4) The legislature intends to maintain existing responsibilities that state institutions of higher education, as state agencies, owe to the citizens of the state, including but not limited to being subject to state audit and public records requirements, and preserving assets in the interest of the citizens of the state. Further, the legislature intends for private comprehensive cancer centers to retain their private status as they enter into the collaborative agreements with state institutions of higher education, described herein. The legislature intends that collaborations between state institutions of higher education and comprehensive cancer centers be governed by contractual arrangements that address, as necessary and appropriate, the intellectual property rights and obligations of the state."

EFFECT:   States the Legislature's intent that state institutions of higher education continue to be subject to existing responsibilities such as state audit and public records requirements, and that comprehensive cancer centers entering into collaborative agreements with institutions of higher education retain their status as private entities. States the Legislature's intent that collaborative agreements address the intellectual property rights and obligations of the state.

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