A generative AI platform at UTMB reached the UT System Regents only on its third amendment, at $9,850,000, and now covers all seven health institutions
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston contracted in December 2024 for a platform giving it a secure way to work with generative artificial intelligence models. The agenda book for the August 12th and 13th, 2026 meeting of the University of Texas System Board of Regents carries the third amendment. It is item 65 on the consent agenda. It states the first agreement was set at $825,000 and did not require Board approval. A first amendment raised the value to $4,250,000 and still sat inside the same delegated authority. The third amendment adds $5,600,000 and brings the total to $9,850,000. It extends the platform to all seven University of Texas System health related institutions and is funded under an initiative appropriated by the 89th Texas Legislature. The agenda book also states the agreement was competitively procured. No minutes for the meeting are published, so what the Board did with the item is not yet on the public record.
How to take part
The Board of Regents publishes its agenda book before each meeting, and the contract sits in it as consent agenda item 65. The schedule for the August 12th and 13th, 2026 meeting opens with a public hearing opportunity at 1:00 p.m. on the first day. A consent agenda is the part of a meeting taken up together without separate discussion. A member of the public who wants an item discussed has to ask before the meeting rather than during it. Minutes for this meeting are not yet posted.
Where
1 county. In Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands.
Timeline
- filed
Month the original master subscription agreement was entered, as stated in the agenda book
- effective
Start of the third amendment term stated in the agenda book
- hearing
Meeting of the Board of Regents whose consent agenda carries the item as number 65
- Today
How this decision moved
One dated line per check, oldest first. A line that says nothing changed means somebody looked and it had not.
- 2026-08-23
Admitted. The Regents' own agenda book carries the contract's three values and states that the first two sat inside the institution's delegated authority and needed no Board approval.
- 2026-08-26
Checked and unchanged. Still pending, with no dated movement.
- 2026-08-29
Checked and unchanged. The third amendment to the generative AI platform contract still sits on the regents' consent agenda record. The platform still reaches all seven health institutions rather than the one campus that signed first. Nothing later alters it.
- 2026-09-01
UTMB's expanded generative-artificial-intelligence platform remains before the regents without a later recorded disposition.
- 2026-09-02
Checked and unchanged. Still pending, with no dated movement.
- 2026-09-05
The generative AI platform still covers all seven health institutions at its amended value. No fourth amendment has reached the regents.
The evidence
Every fact above rests on one of these. The words are the source's own.
In December 2024, U.T. Medical Branch - Galveston (UTMB) entered into a Master Subscription Agreement (MSA) with Qualified Health for the Qualified Operating System (qOS) platform and Qualified GPT, which is a secure interface to interact with Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen AI) models and applications.University of Texas System Board of Regents, Agenda Book, August 12-13, 2026, Consent Agenda item 65 Primary source, official · utsystem.edu
The initial Agreement had a contract value set at $825,000, which was within the institution's delegated authority threshold and did not require Board approval, and the term was one year with two 12-month renewal options thereafter.University of Texas System Board of Regents, Agenda Book, August 12-13, 2026, Consent Agenda item 65 Primary source, official · utsystem.edu
In October 2025, UTMB entered into the First Amendment of the MSA, which transitioned to Qualified Health Enterprise AI Platform and increased the value to $4,250,000, remaining within the institution's delegated authority threshold.University of Texas System Board of Regents, Agenda Book, August 12-13, 2026, Consent Agenda item 65 Primary source, official · utsystem.edu
This Third Amendment extends the Qualified Health Technology Platform to all seven U.T. System Health-Related Institutions (HRIs) and will be funded by U.T. System under the UT-REAL-Health AI initiative appropriated by the 89th Texas Legislature.University of Texas System Board of Regents, Agenda Book, August 12-13, 2026, Consent Agenda item 65 Primary source, official · utsystem.edu
The term of the Third Amendment is October 31, 2025 through October 30, 2027, and the additional value is $5,600,000 bringing the total value of the Agreement with Qualified Health to $9,850,000.University of Texas System Board of Regents, Agenda Book, August 12-13, 2026, Consent Agenda item 65 Primary source, official · utsystem.edu
This Agreement was competitively procured.University of Texas System Board of Regents, Agenda Book, August 12-13, 2026, Consent Agenda item 65 Primary source, official · utsystem.edu
65. Contract (funds going out) - U.T. Medical Branch - Galveston: Amendment to Agreement with Qualified Health, PBC, to provide AI technology platformUniversity of Texas System Board of Regents, Agenda Book, August 12-13, 2026, Consent Agenda item 65 Primary source, official · utsystem.edu
State General Revenue Funded programs include Lone Star Stroke, Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium (TCMHCC), and REAL-Health-AIUniversity of Texas System Board of Regents, Agenda Book, August 12-13, 2026, Finance and Planning Committee Primary source, official · utsystem.edu
Wednesday, August 12, 2026 1:00 p.m. Public Hearing OpportunityUniversity of Texas System, August 12-13, 2026 Meeting of the UT System Board of Regents, Schedule of Events Primary source, official · utsystem.edu
contract value set at $825,000University of Texas System Board of Regents, Agenda Book, August 12-13, 2026, Consent Agenda item 65 Primary source, official · utsystem.edu
increased the value to $4,250,000University of Texas System Board of Regents, Agenda Book, August 12-13, 2026, Consent Agenda item 65 Primary source, official · utsystem.edu
Questions about this decision
Answered from the record itself. Every answer is assembled from stored fields, so an answer the record has no basis for is left out rather than guessed.
What is this decision?
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston contracted in December 2024 for a platform giving it a secure way to work with generative artificial intelligence models. The agenda book for the August 12th and 13th, 2026 meeting of the University of Texas System Board of Regents carries the third amendment. It is item 65 on the consent agenda. It states the first agreement was set at $825,000 and did not require Board approval. A first amendment raised the value to $4,250,000 and still sat inside the same delegated authority. The third amendment adds $5,600,000 and brings the total to $9,850,000. It extends the platform to all seven University of Texas System health related institutions and is funded under an initiative appropriated by the 89th Texas Legislature. The agenda book also states the agreement was competitively procured. No minutes for the meeting are published, so what the Board did with the item is not yet on the public record.
Who decides it?
The University of Texas System Board of Regents decides. The record names the deciding body for every entry it carries.
Can the public take part?
The Board of Regents publishes its agenda book before each meeting, and the contract sits in it as consent agenda item 65. The schedule for the August 12th and 13th, 2026 meeting opens with a public hearing opportunity at 1:00 p.m. on the first day. A consent agenda is the part of a meeting taken up together without separate discussion. A member of the public who wants an item discussed has to ask before the meeting rather than during it. Minutes for this meeting are not yet posted.
Where in Texas does it apply?
It covers Galveston County.
Has it been decided?
It is pending. No final decision is on the record.
What happens next?
No future date is on the record. The last dated step on it was hearing on August 12th.
When did it start?
The earliest date on its record is December 1st, 2024.
What kind of decision is it?
It is filed under health and education.
What sources back it?
Two sources back it. Two of them are primary.
Is it on the ERCOT grid?
Yes. It sits inside the ERCOT interconnection.
When was it last checked?
Every fact on it was last verified against its source on September 5th, 2026.
Cite this
Texas AI Docket, A generative AI platform at UTMB reached the UT System Regents only on its third amendment, at $9,850,000, and now covers all seven health institutions. Tracked since December 1st, 2024. Last verified September 5th, 2026. https://texasaidocket.com/item/tx-2026-0094/. Reuse permitted under CC BY 4.0 with attribution. The same entry is in the docket JSON as item tx-2026-0094.
Beat
Filed under Health and education, with every other decision on that beat.