(a) Repealed by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 368, Sec. 16, eff. June 19, 2009.

(a-1) The oversight committee shall establish research and prevention programs committees. The chief executive officer, with approval by simple majority of the members of the oversight committee, shall appoint as members of research and prevention programs committees experts in the field of cancer research and prevention, including qualified trained cancer patient advocates who meet the qualifications developed by rule as provided by Subsection (c).
(b) The institute shall adopt a written policy on in-state or out-of-state residency requirements for members of the research and prevention programs committees.
(c) The oversight committee shall adopt rules regarding the qualifications required for an individual who will serve as a trained cancer patient advocate committee member for a research and prevention programs committee. The rules must require a trained cancer patient advocate to receive science-based training.
(d) A member of a scientific research and prevention programs committee may receive an honorarium. Subchapter B, Chapter 2254, Government Code, does not apply to an honorarium made to a committee member under this chapter.
(e) The chief executive officer, in consultation with the oversight committee, shall adopt a policy and document any change in the amount of honorarium paid to a member of a research and prevention programs committee, including information explaining the basis for changing the amount.