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Tex. Health & Safety Code § 51.0003

REQUIREMENTS; NOTICE

Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1157 (H.B. 3147), Sec. 2, eff

(a) The program:

(1) must collaborate with physicians and health care providers to notify a prospective subject about the program when:

(A) the prospective subject provides informed consent for a cancer clinical trial; or

(B) funding is available to provide the program for the cancer clinical trial in which the prospective subject participates;

(2) must reimburse subjects based on financial need, which may include reimbursement to subjects whose income is at or below 700 percent of the federal poverty level;

(3) must provide reimbursement for ancillary costs, including costs described by Section 51.0002, to eliminate the financial barriers to enrollment in a clinical trial;

(4) may provide reimbursement for reasonable ancillary costs, including costs described by Section 51.0002, to one family member, friend, or other person who attends a cancer clinical trial to support a subject; and

(5) must comply with applicable federal and state laws.

(b) The independent, third-party organization administering the program shall provide written notice to prospective subjects of the requirements described by Subsection (a).

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.