SECTION 16.202. Grant Issuance Plan

(a) The council shall adopt a grant issuance plan that allocates grant funds among one or more grant cycles.

(b) The grant issuance plan shall include:

(1) the number and order of grant cycles;

(2) the category or categories, and one or more eligible strategies within each category, that will be eligible for grant funding during each grant cycle;

(3) the amount of grant funds allocated to each grant cycle;

(4) the parameters for the regional component of each grant cycle;

(5) the parameters for the targeted intervention component of each grant cycle; and

(6) any other information necessary to implement the grant issuance plan, such as any matching or volunteer requirements, any limitations to the types of eligible applicants, or other requirements.

(c) Grant awards made each grant cycle will include one or more of the categories listed in §16.201(b) of this subchapter.

(d) The council shall designate one or more eligible strategies within each category for each grant cycle in accordance with the priority ranking adopted under §16.201(c) of this subchapter.

(e) Each grant cycle will be divided into two main funding components:

(1) Of the funds allocated to a grant cycle, 75% shall be allocated among the regional healthcare partnership regions using the following regional allocations:

(A) Each region's allocation will be determined using the following regional allocations:

(i) 5.515633% allocated to region 1.

(ii) 7.813739% allocated to region 2.

(iii) 17.455365% allocated to region 3.

(iv) 3.902955% allocated to region 4.

(v) 2.542550% allocated to region 5.

(vi) 9.845317% allocated to region 6.

(vii) 7.285670% allocated to region 7.

(viii) 3.495025% allocated to region 8.

(ix) 9.594819% allocated to region 9.

(x) 9.457202% allocated to region 10.

(xi) 1.372268% allocated to region 11.

(xii) 3.390769% allocated to region 12.

(xiii) 0.749727% allocated to region 13.

(xiv) 1.749546% allocated to region 14.

(xv) 2.596578% allocated to region 15.

(xvi) 1.363928% allocated to region 16.

(xvii) 3.325101% allocated to region 17.

(xviii) 5.741368% allocated to region 18.

(xix) 1.827600% allocated to region 19.

(xx) 0.974842% allocated to region 20.

(B) Within each region and provided there are a sufficient number of eligible grant applicants, no single grant recipient will receive 100% of the funds allocated to a respective region.

(2) Of the funds allocated to a grant cycle, 25% shall be allocated for targeted interventions. The council shall establish parameters for the authorized uses of the targeted intervention component of each grant cycle.

(A) The parameters may include:

(i) a limitation to one or more geographic areas based on opioid incidence information; and

(ii) a limitation to one or more eligible strategies based on opioid incidence information.

(B) The council shall rank the parameters relating to geographic areas and eligible strategies in order of priority for grant funding. For example, if the council limits targeted intervention grants to, in order of priority, locations A, B, C, and D and to, in order of priority, strategies X and Y, the council shall also specify whether a grant application from location A for strategy Y is a higher priority than a grant application from location B for strategy X.

(f) The council may, from time to time, review and amend the grant issuance plan.

Source Note: The provisions of this §16.202 adopted to be effective July 10, 2023, 48 TexReg 3700