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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the university advisory committee of and procedure for |
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making awards by the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of |
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Texas. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 102.154(a), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas |
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University Advisory Committee is composed of the following members: |
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(1) two members appointed by the chancellor of The |
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University of Texas System to represent: |
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(A) The University of Texas Southwestern Medical |
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Center; |
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(B) The University of Texas Medical Branch at |
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Galveston; |
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(C) The University of Texas Health Science Center |
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at Houston; |
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(D) The University of Texas Health Science Center |
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at San Antonio; |
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(E) The University of Texas Health Center at |
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Tyler; [or] |
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(F) The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley |
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School of Medicine; or |
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(G) The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer |
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Center; |
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(2) one member appointed by the chancellor of The |
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Texas A&M University System to represent: |
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(A) The Texas A&M University System Health |
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Science Center; or |
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(B) the teaching hospital for The Texas A&M |
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Health Science Center College of Medicine; |
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(3) one member appointed by the chancellor of the |
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Texas Tech University System to represent the Texas Tech University |
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Health Sciences Center; |
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(4) one member appointed by the chancellor of the |
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University of Houston System to represent the system; |
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(5) one member appointed by the chancellor of the |
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Texas State University System to represent the system; |
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(6) one member appointed by the chancellor of the |
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University of North Texas System to represent the system; |
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(7) one member appointed by the president of Baylor |
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College of Medicine; |
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(8) one member appointed by the president of Rice |
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University; |
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(9) members appointed at the executive director's |
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discretion by the chancellors of other institutions. |
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SECTION 2. Section 102.251, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsections (f) and (g) to read as follows: |
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(f) The oversight committee may request a list of all grant |
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applications submitted to the institute under this chapter, |
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regardless of whether the grant applications were included on the |
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list submitted to the committee under Subsection (a)(2). |
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(g) The institute shall allocate grant money awarded under |
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Subchapter E in a fiscal year to projects located in counties that: |
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(1) have been designated under state or federal law as |
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a medically underserved area; |
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(2) contain a health-related institution of higher |
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education whose expenditures for research and development in the |
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previous year was not in the top three among health-related |
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institutions; and |
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(3) contain a hospital. |
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(h) Grant money awarded under subsection (g) for cancer |
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prevention and research purposes may only be used for cancer |
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prevention programming and operations. |
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SECTION 3. Section 102.252, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 102.252. FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS. (a) Two-thirds of |
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the members of the oversight committee present and voting must vote |
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to approve each funding recommendation of the program integration |
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committee. If the oversight committee does not approve a funding |
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recommendation of the program integration committee, a statement |
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explaining the reasons a funding recommendation was not followed |
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must be included in the minutes of the meeting. |
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(b) The oversight committee may vote on a grant application |
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included on a list requested by the oversight committee under |
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Section 102.251(f). Two-thirds of the members of the oversight |
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committee present and voting must vote to approve each grant |
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application. If the oversight committee does not approve a grant |
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application, a statement explaining the reasons grant money will |
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not be awarded to the applicant must be included in the minutes of |
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the meeting. |
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SECTION 4. Section 102.255, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: |
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(b-1) If the institute recovers money under Subsection |
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(b)(2) or (3), the institute may award that money during the same |
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grant cycle in accordance with this chapter to a project that the |
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institute determines is able to be imminently commenced. |
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SECTION 5. (a) As soon as practicable after the effective |
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date of this Act, the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of |
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Texas Oversight Committee shall adopt the rules necessary to |
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implement the changes in law made by this Act. |
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(b) The changes in law made by this Act apply only to a grant |
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application submitted to the Cancer Prevention and Research |
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Institute of Texas on or after the effective date of this Act. A |
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grant application submitted before the effective date of this Act |
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is governed by the law in effect on the date the application was |
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submitted, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |