Texas Administrative Code › Title 34 - PUBLIC FINANCE › Part 1 - COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS › Chapter 16 - COMPTROLLER GRANT PROGRAMS › Subchapter C - TEXAS OPIOID ABATEMENT FUND PROGRAM › Section 16.200 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this
					 subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly
					 indicates otherwise.
(1) Authorized
				  official--The individual, including designated alternates, named by a grant
				  applicant or grant recipient, who is authorized to act for the grant applicant
				  or grant recipient in submitting the grant application and executing the grant
				  agreement and associated documents or requests.
(2) Comptroller--The Texas Comptroller of
				  Public Accounts.
(3) Council--The
				  Texas Opioid Abatement Fund Council established by Government Code, §
										403.503, to manage
				  the distribution of money allocated to the council from the Opioid Abatement
				  Trust Fund, established by Government Code, §
										403.506 in accordance
				  with a statewide opioid settlement agreement. A reference in this subchapter to
				  the council includes the director and program staff members unless the
				  provision indicates otherwise.
(4)
				  Council member--A member of the council.
(5) Director--The program staff member
				  designated by the comptroller to serve as the director for the council who
				  performs duties as necessary to manage the day-to-day operations of the
				  council.
(6) Grant agreement--A
				  legal agreement executed by a grant recipient and the director, on behalf of
				  the council, setting forth the terms and conditions for a grant award approved
				  by the council.
(7) Grant
				  applicant--A person or entity that has submitted through an authorized official
				  an application for a grant award under this subchapter.
(8) Grant application--A written proposal
				  submitted by a grant applicant to the director in the form required by the
				  council that, if successful, will result in a grant award.
(9) Grant award--Funding awarded by the
				  council pursuant to a grant agreement providing money to the grant recipient to
				  carry out a grant project in accordance with statutes, rules, regulations, and
				  guidance provided by the council.
(10) Grant recipient--A grant applicant that
				  receives a grant award under this subchapter.
(11) NOFA--Notice of funding
				  availability.
(12) Peer review--The
				  review process performed by the peer review panel and used to provide guidance
				  and recommendations to the council in making decisions for grant awards. The
				  process involves the consistent application of standards and procedures to
				  produce a fair, equitable, and objective evaluation of grant applications,
				  based on the evidence-based opioid abatement strategies developed by the
				  council under Government Code, §
										403.509, as well as
				  other relevant requirements of the NOFA and the grant application.
(13) Peer review panel--A group of experts in
				  the field of opioid abatement who are selected to conduct peer review of grant
				  applications.
(14) Peer review
				  panel member--A member of the peer review panel.
(15) Program staff member--A member of the
				  comptroller's staff assigned by the comptroller to provide assistance to the
				  council. This term includes the director.
(16) Statewide opioid settlement agreement--A
				  settlement agreement and related documents entered into by this state through
				  the attorney general, political subdivisions that have brought a civil action
				  for an opioid-related harm claim against an opioid manufacturer, distributor,
				  or retailer, and opioid manufacturers, distributors, or retailers relating to
				  illegal conduct in the marketing, promotion, sale, distribution, and
				  dispensation of opioids that provide relief for this state and political
				  subdivisions of this state.