1. (a) The council shall provide notice of competitive grant opportunities by publishing NOFAs on the Electronic State Business Daily website and the comptroller's website.

2. (b) The NOFA may include:

   1. (1) the amount of any grant funds available for grant awards for each regional healthcare partnership region under the regional component;
   2. (2) the amount of any grant funds available for grant awards and any limitations on the number of grant awards under the targeted intervention component;
   3. (3) the strategy or strategies that are eligible for grant funding;
   4. (4) the minimum and maximum amount of grant funds available for each grant application;
   5. (5) any limitations on the geographic distribution of grant funds;
   6. (6) eligibility requirements;
   7. (7) grant application requirements;
   8. (8) grant award and evaluation criteria; and
   9. (9) any other information necessary to implement the grant or grant issuance plan.
3. (c) All grant applications submitted under this subchapter must comply with the requirements contained in this subchapter and in the relevant NOFA published by the council.
4. (d) Grant applicants must apply for a grant award using the procedures, forms, and certifications prescribed by the council.
5. (e) During the review of a grant application, the director may require a grant applicant to submit additional information necessary to complete the review. Such requests for information do not serve as notice that the council intends to fund a grant application; however, failure to respond to requests for additional information may impact the ability to review and evaluate the grant application.
6. (f) Grant applications shall seek to remediate the opioid crisis in this state by using efficient and cost-effective methods that are directed to regions of this state experiencing opioid-related harms.

Source Note:The provisions of this §16.203 adopted to be effective July 10, 2023, 48 TexReg 3700; amended to be effective April 8, 2026, 51 TexReg 2254.