1. (a) The council shall adopt an annual grant issuance plan.

2. (b) The grant issuance plan shall include:

   1. (1) the category or categories, and one or more eligible strategies within each category, that may be eligible for grant funding;
   2. (2) the total annual amount of grant funds allocated;
   3. (3) the parameters for the regional component, including the amounts allocated for regional funding;
   4. (4) the parameters for the targeted intervention component, including the amounts allocated for targeted interventions; and
   5. (5) any other information or council-mandated requirements necessary to implement the grant issuance plan.

3. (c) Each grant issuance plan will be divided into two main funding components:

   1. (1) Of the funds allocated pursuant to a grant issuance plan 75% shall be allocated among the regional healthcare partnership regions. Unless the council provides for a different method to allocate funding in the annual plan, the funding provided under this section shall be allocated to the regional healthcare partnership regions using the following percentages:

      1. (A) Each region's allocation will be determined using the following regional allocations:

         1. (i) 5.515633% allocated to region 1.
         2. (ii) 7.813739% allocated to region 2.
         3. (iii) 17.455365% allocated to region 3.
         4. (iv) 3.902955% allocated to region 4.
         5. (v) 2.542550% allocated to region 5.
         6. (vi) 9.845317% allocated to region 6.
         7. (vii) 7.285670% allocated to region 7.
         8. (viii) 3.495025% allocated to region 8.
         9. (ix) 9.594819% allocated to region 9.
         10. (x) 9.457202% allocated to region 10.
         11. (xi) 1.372268% allocated to region 11.
         12. (xii) 3.390769% allocated to region 12.
         13. (xiii) 0.749727% allocated to region 13.
         14. (xiv) 1.749546% allocated to region 14.
         15. (xv) 2.596578% allocated to region 15.
         16. (xvi) 1.363928% allocated to region 16.
         17. (xvii) 3.325101% allocated to region 17.
         18. (xviii) 5.741368% allocated to region 18.
         19. (xix) 1.827600% allocated to region 19.
         20. (xx) 0.974842% allocated to region 20.
      2. (B) Within each region and provided there are a sufficient number of eligible grant applicants, no single grant recipient will receive 100% of the funds allocated to a respective region.

   2. (2) Of the funds allocated pursuant to a grant issuance plan, 25% shall be allocated for council-directed targeted interventions. The council shall establish parameters for the authorized uses of the targeted intervention component. The parameters may include:

      1. (A) a limitation to one or more geographic areas based on opioid incidence information; and
      2. (B) a limitation to one or more eligible strategies based on opioid incidence information.
4. (d) The council may, as necessary, review and amend the annual grant issuance plan.

Source Note:The provisions of this §16.202 adopted to be effective July 10, 2023, 48 TexReg 3700; amended to be effective April 8, 2026, 51 TexReg 2254.