The legislation would require voters to approve the $3 billion start-up cost, and then the fund would be maintained at no more than $300 million annually.—
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The Texas Senate on Wednesday advanced to the House a bill that would create America’s largest brain health research center.
Senate Bill 5, by Sen. Joan Huffman, R-Houston, would create the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas. Senate Joint Resolution 3, which would require voter approval if passed by the Legislature, would fund it with $3 billion in surplus revenue. This funding is intended to attract physicians, researchers, and experts in the field of dementia to Texas. This institute would research all brain diseases, not just dementia.
