Texas Administrative Code
Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION
Part 12 - COMMISSION ON STATE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS
Chapter 254 - REGIONAL POISON CONTROL CENTERS
Section 254.1 - Designation and Funding of Regional Poison Control Centers
Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
(a) Purpose. Health and Safety Code, Chapter 777, provides the Commission on State Emergency Communications (Commission) with the authority to establish a program to award grants to fund a network of regional poison control centers (RPCCs). Funding of the grants comes from revenues generated by the equalization surcharge imposed under Health and Safety Code, § RSA 771.072 and appropriated to the Commission.
(b) The Commission shall designate the service area region for each RPCC. The regions are as follows:
(c) Eligibility for Grants. The entities eligible to request grants are the regional poison control centers for the state, designated in Health and Safety Code, Chapter 777, as follows:
(d) Requests for Grants. A RPCC shall request a grant by submitting to the Commission a strategic plan or amendment to an approved strategic plan developed in accordance with Commission Rule §254.3, Regional Strategic Plans and Reporting for Poison Control Service.
(e) Grant Criteria. As required by Health and Safety Code § RSA 777.009(b), the criteria for awarding grants to a RPCC includes the following:
(f) Grant Awards. Upon review and approval of grant requests, the Commission shall award a grant to an RPCC from appropriated equalization surcharge to fund approved strategic plans, or amendments thereto, to carry out the duties specified in Health and Safety Code Chapter 777. In reviewing requests for grants, the Commission shall consider:
(g) Use of Grant Funds. As determined by the Commission in approving RPCC Strategic Plans under Commission Rule §254.3, Regional Strategic Plans and Reporting for Poison Control Service, awarded grant funds may only be used to provide poison control service as follows:
(h) Notice. The Commission shall notify each RPCC of the approval or disapproval of its strategic plan or amendment not later than the 90th day after the date the Commission receives an administratively complete plan or amendment. If the Commission disapproves the plan, it shall specify the reasons for disapproval and set a deadline for submission of a modified plan or amendment.
(i) Contracts. Upon approval of a grant request, an RPCC shall execute a contract with the Commission to implement the approved strategic plan, or amend its existing contract as necessary to implement an approved strategic plan amendment. Per Commission rules, policies, and procedures, and the Uniform Grant Management Standards, the Commission shall provide in a Commission Program Policy Statement a standard form contract to be executed by the parties.