Texas Health And Safety Code Title 2, Chapter 102 - Cancer Prevention And Research Institute Of Texas

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 102.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Institute" means the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas. (2) "Oversight committee" means the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of...
• Texas Section 102.002 - Purposes
  The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas is established to: (1) create and expedite innovation in the area of cancer research and in enhancing...
• Texas Section 102.003 - Sunset Provision
  The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by...

SUBCHAPTER B POWERS AND DUTIES OF INSTITUTE

• Texas Section 102.004 - State Auditor
  Nothing in this chapter limits the authority of the state auditor under Chapter 321, Government Code, or other law. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg.,...
• Texas Section 102.051 - Powers And Duties
  (a) The institute: (1) may make grants to provide funds to public or private persons to implement the Texas Cancer Plan, and may make grants...
• Texas Section 102.0511 - Chief Executive Officer; Other Officers
  (a) The oversight committee shall hire a chief executive officer. The chief executive officer shall perform the duties required by this chapter or designated by...
• Texas Section 102.052 - Annual Public Report; Internet Posting
  (a) Not later than January 31 of each year, the institute shall submit to the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, the...
• Texas Section 102.053 - Independent Financial Audit For Review By Comptroller
  (a) The institute shall annually commission an independent financial audit of its activities from a certified public accounting firm. The institute shall provide the audit...
• Texas Section 102.0535 - Grant Records
  (a) The institute shall maintain complete records of: (1) the review of each grant application submitted to the institute, including the score assigned to each...
• Texas Section 102.054 - Gifts And Grants
  The institute may solicit and accept gifts and grants from any source for the purposes of this chapter. Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S.,...
• Texas Section 102.055 - Quarterly Meetings
  The oversight committee shall hold a public meeting at least once in each quarter of the calendar year, with appropriate notice and with a formal...
• Texas Section 102.056 - Salary
  (a) The institute may not supplement the salary of any institute employee with a gift or grant received by the institute. (b) The institute may...

SUBCHAPTER C OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE

• Texas Section 102.057 - Prohibited Office Location
  An institute employee may not have an office in a facility owned by an entity receiving or applying to receive money from the institute. Added...
• Texas Section 102.101 - Composition Of Oversight Committee
  (a) The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas Oversight Committee is the governing body of the institute. (b) The oversight committee is composed of...
• Texas Section 102.102 - Removal
  (a) It is a ground for removal from the oversight committee that a member: (1) is ineligible for membership under Section 102.101(e); (2) cannot, because...
• Texas Section 102.103 - Terms; Vacancy
  (a) Oversight committee members appointed by the governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house serve at the pleasure of the appointing office for staggered...
• Texas Section 102.104 - Officers
  (a) The oversight committee shall elect a presiding officer and assistant presiding officer from among its members every two years. The oversight committee may elect...
• Texas Section 102.105 - Expenses
  A member of the oversight committee is not entitled to compensation but is entitled to reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred in attending meetings...
• Texas Section 102.106 - Conflict Of Interest
  (a) The oversight committee shall adopt conflict-of-interest rules, based on standards applicable to members of scientific review committees of the National Institutes of Health, to...
• Texas Section 102.1061 - Disclosure Of Conflict Of Interest; Recusal
  (a) If an oversight committee member or program integration committee member has a conflict of interest as described by Section 102.106 regarding an application that...
• Texas Section 102.1062 - Exceptional Circumstances Requiring Participation
  The oversight committee shall adopt rules governing the waiver of the conflict-of-interest requirements of this chapter under exceptional circumstances for an oversight committee member, program...
• Texas Section 102.1063 - Investigation Of Unreported Conflicts Of Interest
  (a) An oversight committee member, a program integration committee member, a research and prevention programs committee member, or an institute employee who becomes aware of...
• Texas Section 102.1064 - Final Determination Of Unreported Conflict Of Interest
  (a) The chief executive officer or, if applicable, the presiding officer of the oversight committee shall make a determination regarding the existence of an unreported...
• Texas Section 102.107 - Powers And Duties
  The oversight committee shall: (1) hire a chief executive officer; (2) annually set priorities as prescribed by the legislature for each grant program that receives...
• Texas Section 102.108 - Rulemaking Authority
  The oversight committee may adopt rules to administer this chapter. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 368 (H.B. 1358), Sec. 4, eff. June...
• Texas Section 102.109 - Code Of Conduct
  (a) The oversight committee shall adopt a code of conduct applicable to each oversight committee member, program integration committee member, and institute employee. (b) The...

SUBCHAPTER D COMMITTEES

• Texas Section 102.110 - Financial Statement Required
  Each member of the oversight committee shall file with the chief compliance officer a verified financial statement complying with Sections 572.022 through 572.0252, Government Code,...
• Texas Section 102.151 - Scientific Research And Prevention Programs Committee
  Sec. 102.151. SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND PREVENTION PROGRAMS COMMITTEE. (a) Repealed by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 368, Sec. 16, eff. June 19, 2009. (a-1)...
• Texas Section 102.152 - Terms Of Research And Prevention Programs Committee Members
  Members of a research and prevention programs committee serve for terms as determined by the chief executive officer. Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S.,...
• Texas Section 102.153 - Expenses
  Members of the university advisory committee or any ad hoc advisory committee appointed under this subchapter serve without compensation but are entitled to reimbursement for...
• Texas Section 102.154 - University Advisory Committee
  (a) The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas University Advisory Committee is composed of the following members: (1) two members appointed by the chancellor...
• Texas Section 102.155 - Ad Hoc Advisory Committee
  (a) The oversight committee shall create an ad hoc committee of experts to address childhood cancers. The oversight committee, as necessary, may create additional ad...

SUBCHAPTER E CANCER PREVENTION AND RESEARCH FUND

• Texas Section 102.156 - Conflict Of Interest
  (a) A member of a research and prevention programs committee appointed under this subchapter shall disclose in writing to the chief executive officer if the...
• Texas Section 102.201 - Cancer Prevention And Research Fund
  (a) The cancer prevention and research fund is a dedicated account in the general revenue fund. (b) The cancer prevention and research fund consists of:...
• Texas Section 102.202 - Issuance Of General Obligation Bonds
  (a) The institute may request the Texas Public Finance Authority to issue and sell general obligation bonds of the state as authorized by Section 67,...
• Texas Section 102.203 - Authorized Use Of Funds
  (a) A person awarded money from the cancer prevention and research fund or from bond proceeds under this subchapter may use the money for research...

SUBCHAPTER F PROCEDURE FOR MAKING AWARDS

• Texas Section 102.204 - Preference For Texas Businesses
  If the Texas Public Finance Authority contracts with a private entity to issue the bonds under this subchapter, the Texas Public Finance Authority shall consider...
• Texas Section 102.251 - Rules For Grant Award Procedure
  (a) The oversight committee shall issue rules regarding the procedure for awarding grants to an applicant under this chapter. The rules must include the following...
• Texas Section 102.252 - Funding Recommendations
  Two-thirds of the members of the oversight committee present and voting must vote to approve each funding recommendation of the program integration committee. If the...
• Texas Section 102.253 - Maximum Amount Of Annual Awards
  The oversight committee may not award more than $300 million in grants under Subchapter E in a fiscal year. Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg.,...
• Texas Section 102.254 - Period For Awards
  The oversight committee may not award money under Subchapter E before January 1, 2008, or after August 31, 2020. Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg.,...
• Texas Section 102.255 - Contract Terms
  (a) The oversight committee shall negotiate on behalf of the state regarding awarding, by grant, money under this chapter. (b) Before awarding a grant under...
• Texas Section 102.256 - Patent Royalties And License Revenues Paid To State
  (a) The oversight committee shall establish standards that require all grant awards to be subject to an intellectual property agreement that allows the state to...
• Texas Section 102.257 - Multiyear Projects
  The oversight committee may grant funds for a multiyear project. The oversight committee must specify the total amount of money approved to fund the multiyear...
• Texas Section 102.258 - Preference For Texas Suppliers
  The oversight committee shall establish standards to ensure that grant recipients purchase goods and services from suppliers in this state to the extent reasonably possible,...
• Texas Section 102.259 - Historically Underutilized Businesses
  The oversight committee shall establish standards to ensure that grant recipients purchase goods and services from historically underutilized businesses as defined by Chapter 2161, Government...
• Texas Section 102.260 - Grant Evaluation
  (a) The oversight committee shall require as a condition of a grant that the grant recipient submit to regular inspection reviews of the grant project...
• Texas Section 102.261 - Medical Ethics
  Any research project that receives money under Subchapter E must: (1) be conducted with full consideration for the ethical and medical implications of the research;...
• Texas Section 102.262 - Public Information
  (a) The following information is public information and may be disclosed under Chapter 552, Government Code: (1) the applicant's name and address; (2) the amount...
• Texas Section 102.263 - Compliance Program
  (a) In this section, "compliance program" means a process to assess and ensure compliance by the institute's committee members and employees with applicable laws, rules,...
• Texas Section 102.2631 - Compliance Matters; Closed Meeting
  The oversight committee may conduct a closed meeting under Chapter 551, Government Code, to discuss an ongoing compliance investigation into issues related to fraud, waste,...

SUBCHAPTER G CANCER PREVENTION AND RESEARCH INTEREST AND SINKING FUND

• Texas Section 102.264 - Program Integration Committee
  (a) The institute shall establish a program integration committee. The committee is composed of the following five members: (1) the chief executive officer; (2) the...
• Texas Section 102.270 - Establishment Of Fund
  (a) The cancer prevention and research interest and sinking fund is a dedicated account in the general revenue fund. (b) The fund consists of: (1)...

Last modified: September 28, 2016