Hinojosa’s bill adding UTRGV med school to cancer committee pool

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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.