Title HS, Health and Safety Code

Sec. 101A.051. POWERS AND DUTIES. The institute: (1) may award grants to institutions of learning, advanced medical research facilities, public or private persons, and collaboratives in this state to further the purposes of this chapter and Section 68, Article III, Texas Constitu…

Sec. 101A.052. CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER; CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER; ADDITIONAL OFFICERS. (a) The oversight committee shall hire a chief executive officer. The chief executive officer shall perform the duties required by this chapter and the duties designated by the oversight commit…

Sec. 101A.053. ANNUAL PUBLIC REPORT; INTERNET POSTING. Not later than January 31 of each year, the institute shall prepare and submit to the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house of representatives, and standing committee of each house of the legislature with primar…

Sec. 101A.054. INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL AUDIT. (a) The institute shall annually commission a certified public accounting firm to perform an independent financial audit of its activities. The institute shall provide the audit to the comptroller. (b) The comptroller shall: (1) review …

Sec. 101A.055. GRANT RECORDS; AUDIT OF ELECTRONIC GRANT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. (a) The institute shall maintain complete records of: (1) each grant application submitted to the institute, including each application funded by the institute or withdrawn after submission and the score t…

Sec. 101A.056. GIFTS AND GRANTS. (a) The institute may solicit and accept gifts and grants from any source for the purposes of this chapter. (b) The institute may not supplement the salary of any institute employee or officer with a gift or grant the institute receives. Added by …

Sec. 101A.057. PROHIBITED OFFICE LOCATION. An institute employee may not have an office located in a facility owned by an entity receiving or applying to receive money from the institute. Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 137 (S.B. 5), Sec. 1, eff. December 1, 2025, subjec…

Sec. 101A.058. COMPLIANCE PROGRAM; INVESTIGATIONS. (a) The institute shall establish a compliance program operating under the direction of the institute's chief compliance officer to monitor compliance with this chapter and rules adopted under this chapter and for use in reportin…

Sec. 101A.101. COMPOSITION OF OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. (a) The oversight committee is the institute's governing body. (b) The oversight committee is composed of the following nine members: (1) three members appointed by the governor; (2) three members appointed by the lieutenant gove…

Sec. 101A.102. REMOVAL. (a) It is a ground for removal from the oversight committee that a member: (1) is ineligible for membership under Section 101A.101(e); (2) cannot, because of illness or disability, discharge the member's duties for a substantial part of the member's term; …

Sec. 101A.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 authority for staggered six-year terms, with the terms of three members expiring on January 31 of each o…

Sec. 101A.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 additional officers from among its members. (b) The presiding officer and assistant presi…

Sec. 101A.105. EXPENSES. An oversight committee member is not entitled to compensation but is entitled to reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred in attending committee meetings or performing other official duties authorized by the presiding officer. Added by Act…

Sec. 101A.106. MEETINGS. (a) The oversight committee shall hold at least one public meeting each quarter of the calendar year, with appropriate notice and a formal public comment period. (b) The oversight committee may conduct a closed meeting in accordance with Subchapter E, Cha…

Sec. 101A.107. POWERS AND DUTIES. (a) The oversight committee shall: (1) hire a chief executive officer; (2) annually set priorities for each grant program established under this chapter; and (3) consider the priorities set under Subdivision (2) in awarding grants under this chap…

Sec. 101A.108. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY. The oversight committee may adopt rules to administer this chapter. Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 137 (S.B. 5), Sec. 1, eff. December 1, 2025, subject to resolution of an election contest under Chapter 233, Election Code, relating t…

Sec. 101A.109. FINANCIAL STATEMENT REQUIRED. Each oversight committee member shall file with the chief compliance officer a verified financial statement complying with Sections 572.022, 572.023, 572.024, 572.025, 572.0251, and 572.0252, Government Code, as required of a state off…

Sec. 101A.151. PEER REVIEW COMMITTEE. (a) The oversight committee shall establish a peer review committee. The chief executive officer, with approval by a simple majority of the oversight committee members, shall appoint as members to the peer review committee: (1) experts in fie…

Sec. 101A.152. PROGRAM INTEGRATION COMMITTEE. (a) The institute shall establish a program integration committee to carry out the duties assigned under this chapter. (b) The program integration committee is composed of: (1) the chief executive officer, who serves as the presiding …

Sec. 101A.153. HIGHER EDUCATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE. (a) The higher education advisory committee is composed of the following members: (1) one member appointed by the chancellor of The University of Texas System; (2) one member appointed by the chancellor of The Texas A&M Universi…

Sec. 101A.154. AD HOC ADVISORY COMMITTEE. (a) The oversight committee, as necessary, may create additional ad hoc advisory committees composed of experts to advise the oversight committee on issues relating to prevention of or research on dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson'…

Sec. 101A.155. EXPENSES. Members of the higher education advisory committee created under Section 101A.153 or an ad hoc advisory committee created under Section 101A.154 serve without compensation but are entitled to reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred in att…

Sec. 101A.201. DEMENTIA PREVENTION AND RESEARCH FUND. (a) In this subchapter, "fund" means the Dementia Prevention and Research Fund established under Section 68, Article III, Texas Constitution. The fund is a special fund in the treasury outside the general revenue fund to be ad…

Sec. 101A.202. AUTHORIZED USE OF GRANT MONEY; LIMITATIONS. (a) A grant recipient awarded money from the fund may use the money for research consistent with the purposes of this chapter and in accordance with a contract between the grant recipient and the institute. (b) Except as …

Sec. 101A.251. 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 govern oversight committee members, program integration commi…

Sec. 101A.252. DISCLOSURE OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST; RECUSAL. (a) If an oversight committee member or program integration committee member has a conflict of interest described by Section 101A.251 regarding an application before the member for review or other action, the member: (1)…

Sec. 101A.253. 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 integration committ…

Sec. 101A.254. INVESTIGATION OF UNREPORTED CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. (a) An oversight committee member, program integration committee member, peer review committee member, or institute employee who becomes aware of an unreported potential conflict of interest described by Section 10…

Sec. 101A.255. FINAL DETERMINATION OF UNREPORTED CONFLICT OF INTEREST. (a) The chief executive officer or, if applicable, the oversight committee's presiding officer shall make a determination regarding the existence of an unreported conflict of interest described by Section 101A…

Sec. 101A.301. PEER REVIEW PROCESS FOR GRANT AWARD. The institute shall establish a peer review process to evaluate and recommend all grants the oversight committee awards under this chapter. Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 137 (S.B. 5), Sec. 1, eff. December 1, 2025, su…

Sec. 101A.302. GRANT AWARD RULES AND PROCEDURES. (a) The oversight committee shall adopt rules regarding the procedure for awarding grants to an applicant under this chapter. The rules must require: (1) the peer review committee to score grant applications and make recommendation…

Sec. 101A.303. MULTIYEAR PROJECTS. (a) The oversight committee may approve the award of grant money for a multiyear project. (b) The oversight committee shall specify the total amount of money approved to fund the multiyear project. For purposes of this chapter, the total amount …

Sec. 101A.304. CONTRACT TERMS. (a) Before disbursing grant money awarded under this chapter, the institute shall execute a written contract with the grant recipient. The contract shall: (1) specify that except for awards to state agencies or public institutions of higher educatio…

Sec. 101A.305. PATENT ROYALTIES AND LICENSE REVENUES PAID TO STATE. (a) The oversight committee shall establish standards requiring all grant awards to be subject to an intellectual property agreement that allows this state to collect royalties, income, and other benefits, includ…

Sec. 101A.306. PREFERENCE FOR TEXAS SUPPLIERS. In a good faith effort to achieve a goal of more than 50 percent of purchases from suppliers in this state, the oversight committee shall establish standards to ensure grant recipients purchase goods and services from suppliers in th…

Sec. 101A.307. HISTORICALLY UNDERUTILIZED BUSINESSES. The oversight committee shall establish standards to ensure grant recipients purchase goods and services from historically underutilized businesses as defined by Section 2161.001, Government Code, and any other applicable stat…

Sec. 101A.308. GRANT COMPLIANCE AND PROGRESS EVALUATION. (a) The institute shall require as a condition of a grant awarded under this chapter that the grant recipient submit to regular inspection reviews of the grant project by institute employees to ensure compliance with the te…

Sec. 101A.309. MEDICAL AND RESEARCH ETHICS. A project awarded a grant under this chapter must comply with all applicable federal and state laws regarding the conduct of the research or a prevention project. Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 137 (S.B. 5), Sec. 1, eff. Decem…

Sec. 101A.310. PUBLIC INFORMATION; CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. (a) The following information is public information and may be disclosed under Chapter 552, Government Code: (1) a grant applicant's name and address; (2) the amount of money requested in an applicant's grant proposal; …