34 Tex. Admin. Code § 16.200 - Definitions
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.
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