Texas Administrative Code › Title 25 - HEALTH SERVICES › Part 11 - CANCER PREVENTION AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TEXAS › Chapter 703 - GRANTS FOR CANCER PREVENTION AND RESEARCH › Section 703.5 - Scientific Research and Prevention Programs Committees

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) The Oversight Committee shall establish
				Scientific Research and Prevention Programs Committees for the purpose of
				conducting Peer Review of Grant Applications submitted to the Institute. Such
				Peer Review activities may include post award evaluation of Grant Progress
				Reports. The Chief Executive Officer, with approval by simple majority of the
				Oversight Committee, is responsible for appointing experts in the fields of
				Cancer Research, Prevention life science Product Development, and patient
				advocacy to serve as Scientific Research and Prevention Programs Committee
				members for terms designated by the Chief Executive Officer.
(b) The Chief Executive Officer may
				provisionally appoint an individual as a Scientific Research and Prevention
				Programs Committee Member until such time that the individual can be considered
				for approval by the Oversight Committee. The provisional appointee may
				participate in the Peer Review Process prior to a vote of the Oversight
				Committee on the appointment so long as the appointment is considered at the
				next regular Oversight Committee meeting.
(c) A Scientific Research and Prevention
				Programs Committee Member is responsible for conducting Peer Review of the
				Grant Applications assigned to the individual member's Peer Review
				Panel.
(d) A Scientific Research
				and Prevention Programs Committee Member may receive an honorarium in
				accordance with the policy described in Chapter 701, §
									701.15
				of this title (relating to the Scientific Research and Prevention Programs
				Committee Honoraria Policy).
(e) A
				member of a Scientific Research and Prevention Programs Committee is prohibited
				from attempting to use the committee member's official position to influence a
				decision to approve or award a grant or contract to the committee member's
				employer.
(f) A member of a
				Scientific Research and Prevention Programs Committee must comply with the
				requirements set forth in Chapter 702 of this title (relating to Institute
				Standards on Ethics and Conflicts, Including the Acceptance of Gifts and
				Donations to the Institute) and Chapter 102, Texas Health and Safety
				Code.
(g) The Scientific Research
				and Prevention Programs Committee Member shall not provide professional
				services for compensation exceeding $5,2937 to any Grant Applicant that was
				reviewed by the Scientific Research and Prevention Programs Committee Member's
				Peer Review Panel.
(1) The term of this
				restriction is for a period of one year from the due date of the Grant
				Application or the effective date of the Grant Award, whichever is later,
				unless waived by a vote of the Oversight Committee.
(2) For purposes of this restriction,
				"professional services" do not include those services for which an honorarium
				is paid; however, honoraria exceeding $5,2937 paid to a Scientific Research and
				Prevention Programs Committee Member by a Grant Applicant while the individual
				is serving as a Committee Member shall be reported within 30 days to the
				Institute's Chief Executive Officer.
(3) Even if a payment to a Scientific
				Research and Prevention Programs Committee Member is not otherwise prohibited,
				a Grant Recipient shall not pay a Scientific Research and Prevention Programs
				Committee Member with Grant Award funds.