SB2664 - Relating to the university advisory committee of and procedure for making awards by the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas.

      By: Hinojosa of Hidalgo S.B. No. 2664               A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the university advisory committee of and procedure for   making awards by the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of   Texas.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 102.154(a), Health and Safety Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (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 of The   University of Texas System to represent:                      (A)  The University of Texas Southwestern Medical   Center;                      (B)  The University of Texas Medical Branch at   Galveston;                      (C)  The University of Texas Health Science Center   at Houston;                      (D)  The University of Texas Health Science Center   at San Antonio;                      (E)  The University of Texas Health Center at   Tyler; [ or ]                      (F)   The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley   School of Medicine; or                       (G)   The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer   Center;                (2)  one member appointed by the chancellor of The   Texas A&M University System to represent:                      (A)  The Texas A&M University System Health   Science Center; or                      (B)  the teaching hospital for The Texas A&M   Health Science Center College of Medicine;                (3)  one member appointed by the chancellor of the   Texas Tech University System to represent the Texas Tech University   Health Sciences Center;                (4)  one member appointed by the chancellor of the   University of Houston System to represent the system;                (5)  one member appointed by the chancellor of the   Texas State University System to represent the system;                (6)  one member appointed by the chancellor of the   University of North Texas System to represent the system;                (7)  one member appointed by the president of Baylor   College of Medicine;                (8)  one member appointed by the president of Rice   University;                (9)  members appointed at the executive director's   discretion by the chancellors of other institutions.          SECTION 2.  Section 102.252, Health and Safety Code, is   amended to read as follows:          Sec. 102.252.  FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS. (a) 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 oversight committee does not approve a funding   recommendation of the program integration committee, a statement   explaining the reasons a funding recommendation was not followed   must be included in the minutes of the meeting.           (b)     The oversight committee may vote on a grant application   included on a list requested by the oversight committee under   Section 102.251(f). Two-thirds of the members of the oversight   committee present and voting must vote to approve each grant   application. If the oversight committee does not approve a grant   application, a statement explaining the reasons grant money will   not be awarded to the applicant must be included in the minutes of   the meeting.          SECTION 3.  Section 102.255, Health and Safety Code, is   amended by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:           (b-1)     If the institute recovers money under Subsection   (b)(2) or (3), the institute may award that money during the same   grant cycle in accordance with this chapter to a project that the   institute determines is able to be imminently commenced.          SECTION 4.  (a) As soon as practicable after the effective   date of this Act, the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of   Texas Oversight Committee shall adopt the rules necessary to   implement the changes in law made by this Act.          (b)  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to a grant   application submitted to the Cancer Prevention and Research   Institute of Texas on or after the effective date of this Act. A   grant application submitted before the effective date of this Act   is governed by the law in effect on the date the application was   submitted, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.