2021 New York Laws
PBH - Public Health
Article 2 - The Department of Health
Title 5-A - Empire State Stem Cell Board
265-B - Funding Committee.

* §  265-b.  Funding  committee. 1. There shall be a funding committee
which shall have thirteen members appointed by the governor, except  for
the  commissioner  who  shall serve as an ex officio member. Six members
shall be appointed directly by the governor; two shall be  appointed  on
the  nomination  of  the temporary president of the senate; two shall be
appointed on the nomination of the speaker of the assembly; one shall be
appointed on the nomination the senate minority leader and one shall  be
appointed on the nomination of the assembly minority leader. A member of
the funding committee shall also serve on the ethics committee.
  2. The funding committee shall perform the following functions:
  (a)  provide  for  an  independent  scientific  peer  review committee
composed of individuals  with  expertise  in  the  field  of  biomedical
research  who  shall  review  grant  applications  based on the criteria
requirements and standards adopted by the funding  committee,  and  make
recommendations to the funding committee for the award of grants;
  (b)  develop  criteria  including  an  appropriate competitive scoring
method, standards, and requirements for considering funding applications
and  for  awarding  research  grants,  including  but  not  limited   to
recommendations  for  the overhead/indirect component of such grants for
the development and submission of funding applications by New York state
based consortia;
  (c) recommend standards for the scientific and  medical  oversight  of
awards;
  (d)  solicit  through  requests  for  proposals  and otherwise, and to
accept proposals for research projects including grant applications;
  (e) review grant applications based on the criteria, requirements, and
standards adopted by the funding  committee  utilizing  a  process  that
gives  due consideration to the amount of nonpublic funds contributed by
the project sponsor, including cash,  in-kind  personnel,  equipment  or
materials,  donations,  the  opportunity  to  leverage  funds, including
federal, private and not-for-profit funds reasonably anticipated  to  be
received  by  the  project  sponsors;  provided, however, that nonpublic
funds shall only be considered as a factor by the funding committee when
reviewing  applications  of  equivalent  merit  as  determined  by   the
independent scientific peer review committee;
  (f) make recommendations to the commissioner for the award of research
therapy development and clinical trial grants; and
  (g)  recommend standards for the evaluation of grantees to ensure that
they comply with all applicable requirements, including, but not limited
to, conducting peer group progress  oversight  reviews  of  grantees  to
ensure  compliance  with  the  terms  of  the  award  and  report to the
commissioner any recommendations or subsequent  action.  Such  standards
shall mandate periodic reporting by grantees.
  3.  With the exception of the ex officio member, the funding committee
shall be divided into three classes. Of the  three  classes,  the  first
class  appointed  shall  include three of the governor's appointees, one
appointee nominated by the temporary president of the  senate,  and  one
appointee nominated by the speaker of the assembly and shall serve for a
term  ending  one year from the effective date of this title. The second
class shall include two of  the  governor's  appointees,  one  appointee
nominated  by  the  minority  leader  of  the  senate, and one appointee
nominated by the minority leader of the assembly and shall serve  for  a
term  ending  two years from the effective date of this title. The third
class shall  include  the  final  governor's  appointee,  one  appointee
nominated  by  the  temporary president of the senate, and one appointee
nominated by the speaker of the assembly; and shall  serve  for  a  term
ending  three years from the effective date of this title. Subsequently,
each member appointed shall serve a term of three years and no more than

two terms of three years each. A vacancy in the membership of the  board
shall be filled for the unexpired portion of the term in the same manner
as the original appointment.
  * NB Repealed December 31, 2025