Reimbursement Status As Inducement

Sec. 51.0005. REIMBURSEMENT STATUS AS INDUCEMENT. Reimbursement to a subject of ancillary costs under the program: (1) does not constitute an inducement to participate in a cancer clinical trial; (2) is not considered coercion or the exertion of undue influence to participate in a cancer clinical trial; and (3) is meant to accomplish parity in access to cancer clinical trials and remove barriers to participation in cancer clinical trials for financially burdened subjects. Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1157 (H.B. 3147), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2019. Redesignated by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 915 (H.B. 3607), Sec. 21.001(53), eff. September 1, 2021.