Texas Health and Safety Code

§ 51.0003 — REQUIREMENTS; NOTICE

HS § 51.0003Title 2. HEALTH · Part B. HEALTH PROGRAMS · Ch. 51. CANCER CLINICAL TRIAL PARTICIPATION PROGRAM

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(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;

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Legislative history

Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 915 (H.B. 3607), Sec. 21.002(9), eff. September 1, 2021.