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") adopts the amendment to 25 Texas Administrative Code §701.11 without changes to the proposed amendment as published in the May 31, 2024, issue of the Texas Register (49 TexReg 3904); therefore, the rule will not be republished.
Reasoned 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 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.
Summary of Public Comments and Staff Recommendation
CPRIT received one public comment from Heather Becker at The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing noting the importance of "having a limited number of print copies available to the public" and explaining that some people may prefer not to read the Texas Cancer Plan online. While CPRIT appreciates this perspective, the agency considers that the benefits of providing the 2024 Texas Cancer Plan in a web-based format (e.g., interactive content, multimedia integration, accessibility, hyperlinking, shareability, search functionality) outweigh the likelihood that a person wanting to read the Texas Cancer Plan will be unable or unwilling to access the content in any format other than as a physical copy. To date, CPRIT has not received a request for a physical copy of the current or previous editions of the Texas Cancer Plan. For these reasons, CPRIT declines to change the amendment to Section 701.11(5) as originally published on May 31.
The amendment is adopted 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, including rules for awarding grants.
The agency certifies that legal counsel has reviewed the adoption and found it to be a valid exercise of the agency's legal authority.
Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State on August 23, 2024.
TRD-202403896
Heidi McConnell
Deputy Executive Officer / Chief Operating Officer
Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas
Effective date: September 12, 2024
Proposal publication date: May 31, 2024
For further information, please call: (512) 463-3190