Section 10.96 - Grant Awards(a) The amount of funding available for the rural resident physician grant program is dependent on the legislative appropriation for the program for each biennial state budget. The Coordinating Board will provide award levels and estimated number of awards in the RFA.(b) Each grant award shall be subject to Coordinating Board approval pursuant to § 1.16 of this title (relating to Contracts, Including Grants, for Materials and/or Services).(c) The Commissioner of Higher Education may adjust the size of a grant award to best fulfill the purpose of the RFA.(d) The Coordinating Board may advance a grant award to a grantee.(e) The Coordinating Board will first award grants for all residency positions awarded a grant under this subchapter in the preceding year before awarding a grant for a residency position that did not receive a grant in the preceding year, provided that the applicable grant recipient from the preceding year meets eligibility requirements for a new grant award and complied with all grant and application requirements set forth in this subchapter and the terms of the grant previously awarded. The Coordinating Board shall award all remaining funds pursuant to the evaluation criteria set forth in §10.95 of this subchapter (relating to Evaluation).(f) The Coordinating Board will award any grant funds returned pursuant to §10.98 of this subchapter (relating to Additional Requirements) to other eligible applicants for the respective RFA.(g) A grantee shall only expend grant funds on the salary of the resident physician and other direct costs that are necessary and reasonable to create or maintain the residency position as stated in grantee's budget.19 Tex. Admin. Code § 10.96
Adopted by Texas Register, Volume 49, Number 32, August 9, 2024, TexReg 5965, eff. 8/15/2024