There is hereby established the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine.
Medical Research
Section § 1
The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine is officially created.
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Section § 2
This section outlines the goals of an institute focused on advancing stem cell research. It aims to fund research that quickly leads to therapies and cures for major diseases and injuries, including rare conditions. The institute also supports the entire process of developing cures, from early research to clinical trials. Additionally, it sets up the necessary regulatory standards and oversight for research and related facilities.
The institute shall have the following purposes:
(a)CA California Constitution Code § 2(a) To make grants and loans for stem cell research, for research facilities, and for other vital research opportunities to realize therapies, protocols, and/or medical procedures that will result in, as speedily as possible, the cure for, and/or substantial mitigation of, major diseases, injuries, and orphan diseases.
(b)CA California Constitution Code § 2(b) To support all stages of the
process of developing cures, from laboratory research through successful clinical trials.
(c)CA California Constitution Code § 2(c) To establish the appropriate regulatory standards and oversight bodies for research and facilities development.
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Section § 3
This law states that any money given to the institute cannot be used for research that involves cloning human beings.
No funds authorized for, or made available to, the institute shall be used for research involving human reproductive cloning.
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Section § 4
This section basically says that any money given to or set aside for the institute is always available without any time limits related to the fiscal year. It can only be used for the specific purposes mentioned in this article, and nobody else, including the Legislature or the Governor, can reassign this money for other uses.
Funds authorized for, or made available to, the institute shall be continuously appropriated without regard to fiscal year, be available and used only for the purposes provided in this article, and shall not be subject to appropriation or transfer by the Legislature or the Governor for any other purpose.
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Section § 5
This law establishes the right to conduct stem cell research, covering various types like adult stem cells, cord blood stem cells, pluripotent stem cells, and progenitor cells. Pluripotent stem cells can self-renew and develop into different adult cell types and can come from surplus in vitro fertilization products with proper consent or from somatic cell nuclear transfer. Progenitor cells are partly developed but still able to divide and create specialized cells.
There is hereby established a right to conduct stem cell research which includes research involving adult stem cells, cord blood stem cells, pluripotent stem cells, and/or progenitor cells. Pluripotent stem cells are cells that are capable of self-renewal, and have broad potential to differentiate into multiple adult cell types. Pluripotent stem cells may be derived from somatic cell nuclear transfer or from surplus products of in vitro fertilization treatments when such products are donated under appropriate informed consent
procedures. Progenitor cells are multipotent or precursor cells that are partially differentiated, but retain the ability to divide and give rise to differentiated cells.
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Section § 6
This section of the law allows a state-established institute to use tax-exempt and taxable bonds to finance its activities. These activities include conducting medical and scientific research, developing therapies through clinical trials, and building necessary facilities.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Constitution or any law, the institute, which is established in state government, may utilize state issued tax-exempt and taxable bonds to fund its operations, medical and scientific research, including therapy development through clinical trials, and facilities.
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Section § 7
This section states that the institute and its employees are not required to follow the usual civil service rules, even if other parts of the Constitution or laws say otherwise.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Constitution, including Article VII, or any law, the institute and its employees are exempt from civil service.
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