Sec. 509.013.  GRANT PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION.  (a)  In this section, "grant program" means a grant program administered by the division through which the division awards grants to departments through an application process.
(b)  The division shall:
(1)  establish goals for each grant program that are consistent with the purposes described by Section 509.002 and the mission of the division;
(2)  establish grant application, review, award, and evaluation processes;
(3)  establish the process by which and grounds on which an applicant may appeal a decision of the division regarding a grant application;
(4)  establish and maintain a system to routinely monitor grant performance;
(5)  establish and make available to the public:
(A)  all criteria used in evaluating grant applications; and
(B)  all factors used to measure grant program performance;
(6)  publish on the division's Internet website for each grant awarded:
(A)  the amount awarded;
(B)  the method used in scoring the grant applications and the results of that scoring; and
(C)  additional information describing the methods used to make the funding determination; and
(7)  require each department to submit program-specific outcome data for the division's use in making grant awards and funding decisions.
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1154 (S.B. 213), Sec. 23, eff. September 1, 2013.