87R2060 MCF-F
 
  By: Miles S.B. No. 74
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the contract terms of certain grants awarded by the
  Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 102.255(d), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (d)  Before the oversight committee may award [make] for
  cancer research any grant from the [of any] proceeds of the bonds
  issued under Subchapter E, the recipient of the grant must certify
  that the recipient has an amount of funds equal to one-half of the
  grant amount and dedicate those funds to the research that is the
  subject of the grant request. The institute shall adopt rules
  specifying how a grant recipient fulfills obligations under this
  subchapter. At a minimum, the rules must:
               (1)  allow a grant recipient that is an institution of
  higher education [a public] or a private or independent institution
  of higher education, as those terms are defined by Section 61.003,
  Education Code, or a research institute or center affiliated with
  the institution, to credit toward the recipient's matching funds
  the dollar amount equivalent to the difference between the indirect
  cost rate authorized by the federal government for research grants
  awarded to the recipient and the indirect cost rate authorized by
  Section 102.203(c);
               (2)  require that a grant recipient certify before the
  distribution of any money awarded under a grant for cancer
  research:
                     (A)  that encumbered funds equal to one-half of
  the amount of the total grant award are available and not yet
  expended for research that is the subject of the grant; or
                     (B)  if the grant recipient is an institution of
  higher education [a public] or a private or independent institution
  of higher education, as those terms are defined by Section 61.003,
  Education Code, or a research institute or center affiliated with
  the institution, the indirect cost rate authorized by the federal
  research grants awarded to the recipient;
               (3)  specify that:
                     (A)  a grant recipient receiving more than one
  grant award may provide matching funds certification at an
  institutional level;
                     (B)  the recipient of a multiyear grant award may
  certify matching funds on a yearly basis; and
                     (C)  grant funds may not be distributed to the
  grant recipient until the annual certification of the matching
  funds has been approved;
               (4)  specify that money used for purposes of
  certification may include:
                     (A)  federal funds, including funds provided
  under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Pub. L.
  No. 111-5) and the fair market value of drug development support
  provided to the recipient by the National Cancer Institute or other
  similar programs;
                     (B)  funds of this state;
                     (C)  funds of other states; and
                     (D)  nongovernmental funds, including private
  funds, foundation grants, gifts, and donations;
               (5)  specify that the following items do not qualify
  for purposes of the certification required by this subsection:
                     (A)  in-kind costs;
                     (B)  volunteer services furnished to a grant
  recipient;
                     (C)  noncash contributions;
                     (D)  income earned by the grant recipient that is
  not available at the time of the award;
                     (E)  preexisting real estate of the grant
  recipient, including buildings, facilities, and land;
                     (F)  deferred giving, including a charitable
  remainder annuity trust, a charitable remainder unitrust, or a
  pooled income fund; or
                     (G)  other items as may be determined by the
  oversight committee;
               (6)  require a grant recipient and the institute to
  include the certification in the grant award contract;
               (7)  specify that a grant recipient's failure to
  provide certification shall serve as grounds for terminating the
  grant award contract;
               (8)  require a grant recipient to maintain adequate
  documentation supporting the source and use of the funds required
  by this subsection and to provide documentation to the institute
  upon request; and
               (9)  require that the institute establish a procedure
  to conduct an annual review of the documentation supporting the
  source and use of funds reported in the required certification.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2021.