Tex. Health and Safety Code § 102.002
This is the official text of Tex. Health and Safety Code § 102.002, part of Texas’s Health and Safety Code — covers public health and safety regulation.
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§ 102.002. PURPOSES.
Official statutory text
The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas is established to:
(1) create and expedite innovation in the area of cancer research and in enhancing the potential for a medical or scientific breakthrough in the prevention of cancer and cures for cancer;
(2) attract, create, or expand research capabilities of public or private institutions of higher education and other public or private entities that will promote a substantial increase in cancer research and in the creation of high-quality new jobs in this state; and
(3) develop and implement the Texas Cancer Plan.
(1) create and expedite innovation in the area of cancer research and in enhancing the potential for a medical or scientific breakthrough in the prevention of cancer and cures for cancer;
(2) attract, create, or expand research capabilities of public or private institutions of higher education and other public or private entities that will promote a substantial increase in cancer research and in the creation of high-quality new jobs in this state; and
(3) develop and implement the Texas Cancer Plan.
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