PART 11. CANCER PREVENTION AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TEXAS
CHAPTER 701. POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas ("CPRIT" or "the Institute") proposes amending 25 Texas Administrative Code §701.11(5) by removing the hard copy option for the Texas Cancer Plan.
Background and Justification
Texas Health & Safety Code Chapter 102 charges CPRIT with the responsibility of facilitating the development of the Texas Cancer Plan, which aims to reduce the cancer burden across the state to improve the lives of Texans. CPRIT maintains a link to a portable document file (PDF) of the most recent Texas Cancer Plan on its website that is available to the public at any time. Although a member of the public may request that CPRIT provide the requester with a printed copy of the Texas Cancer Plan, CPRIT has received no such requests. CPRIT plans to present the next version of the Texas Cancer Plan as a fully online, dynamic resource available to the public. The proposed amendment removes the requirement that CPRIT provide a hard copy of the Texas Cancer Plan.
Fiscal Note
Kristen Pauling Doyle, Deputy Executive Officer and General Counsel for the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, has determined that for the first five-year period the rule change is in effect, there will be no foreseeable implications relating to costs or revenues for state or local government due to enforcing or administering the rules.
Public Benefit and Costs
Ms. Doyle has determined that for each year of the first five years the rule change is in effect the public benefit anticipated due to enforcing the rule will be clarifying grantee reporting obligations and consequences.
Small Business, Micro-Business, and Rural Communities Impact Analysis
Ms. Doyle has determined that the rule change will not affect small businesses, micro businesses, or rural communities.
Government Growth Impact Statement
The Institute, in accordance with 34 Texas Administrative Code §11.1, has determined that during the first five years that the proposed rule change will be in effect:
(1) the proposed rule change will not create or eliminate a government program;
(2) implementation of the proposed rule change will not affect the number of employee positions;
(3) implementation of the proposed rule change will not require an increase or decrease in future legislative appropriations;
(4) the proposed rule change will not affect fees paid to the agency;
(5) the proposed rule change will not create new rule;
(6) the proposed rule change will not expand existing rule;
(7) the proposed rule change will not change the number of individuals subject to the rule; and
(8) The rule change is unlikely to have an impact on the state's economy.
Submit written comments on the proposed rule changes to Ms. Kristen Pauling Doyle, General Counsel, Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, P.O. Box 12097, Austin, Texas 78711, no later than June 1, 2024. The Institute asks parties filing comments to indicate whether they support the rule revision proposed by the Institute and, if the party requests a change, to provide specific text for the proposed change. Parties may submit comments electronically to kdoyle@cprit.texas.gov or by facsimile transmission to (512) 475-2563.
Statutory Authority
The Institute proposes the rule change under the authority of the Texas Health and Safety Code Annotated, §102.108, which provides the Institute with broad rule-making authority to administer the chapter. Ms. Doyle has reviewed the proposed amendment and certifies the proposal to be within the Institute's authority to adopt.
There is no other statute, article, or code affected by these rules.
§701.11.Texas Cancer Plan.
The Institute shall develop, implement, continually monitor, and revise the Texas Cancer Plan as necessary.
(1) The intent of the Texas Cancer Plan is to reduce the cancer burden across the state and improve the lives of Texans by providing a coordinated, prioritized, and actionable framework that will help guide statewide efforts to fight the human and economic burden of cancer in Texas.
(2) Activities undertaken by the Institute to monitor the Texas Cancer Plan will be described in the Annual Public Report required by Texas Health and Safety Code §102.052.
(3) The Institute will periodically update the Texas Cancer Plan by issuing a revised version of the Texas Cancer Plan every seven (7) years, unless a different timeline for a revised version of the Texas Cancer Plan is approved by a simple majority of the Oversight Committee.
(4) The Institute may solicit input from public or private institutions, government organizations, non-profit organizations, other public entities, private companies, and individuals affected by cancer to assist the Institute in monitoring, implementing, and revising the Texas Cancer Plan.
(5) The most recent version of the Texas Cancer Plan
shall be posted on the Institute's Internet website. [A hard
copy of the Texas Cancer Plan may be requested by contacting the Institute
directly.]
The agency certifies that legal counsel has reviewed the proposal and found it to be within the state agency's legal authority to adopt.
Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State on May 20, 2024.
TRD-202402246
Heidi McConnell
Chief Operating Officer
Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas
Earliest possible date of adoption: June 30, 2024
For further information, please call: (512) 463-3190