- (a) The Border Health Institute is established in the city of El Paso.
(b) The institute shall operate in a manner that facilitates and assists the activities of international, national, regional, or local health-related institutions working in the Texas-Mexico border region to:
- (1) create and fund centers or component units within the institute to facilitate research in fields of study affecting public health in the border region, including research related to diabetes, Hispanic health issues, infectious diseases, emerging infections, environmental health issues, and children's health issues;
- (2) deliver health care or provide health education to persons living in the border region; and
- (3) conduct and facilitate research in fields of study affecting public health in the border region, including research related to diabetes, Hispanic health issues, infectious diseases, emerging infections, environmental health issues, and children's health issues.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 883, Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 1999.