Texas Health and Safety Code
§ 101A.151 — PEER REVIEW COMMITTEE
HS § 101A.151Title 2. HEALTH · Part E. HEALTH CARE COUNCILS AND RESOURCE CENTERS · Ch. 101A. DEMENTIA PREVENTION AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TEXAS · Art. D. OTHER INSTITUTE COMMITTEES
Statute text
View on source(a)The oversight committee shall establish a peer review committee. The chief executive officer, with approval by a simple majority of the oversight committee members, shall appoint as members to the peer review committee:
(1)experts in fields related to dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, or related disorders, including research, health care, dementia, Alzheimer's disease, and Parkinson's disease treatment and prevention, and other study areas; and
(2)trained patient advocates who meet the qualifications adopted under Subsection (c).
(b)The oversight committee shall adopt a written policy on in-state or out-of-state residency requirements for peer review committee members.
(c)The oversight committee shall adopt rules regarding the qualifications required of a trained patient advocate for membership on the peer review committee. The rules must require the trained patient advocate to successfully complete science-based training.
(d)A peer review committee member may receive an honorarium. Subchapter B, Chapter 2254, Government Code, does not apply to an honorarium the member receives under this chapter.
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 137 (S.B. 5), Sec. 1, eff. December 1, 2025, subject to resolution of an election contest under Chapter 233, Election Code, relating to Article III, Section 68, Texas Constitution.