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Committee hears changes to Andy Hill Cancer Research Endowment governance
Summary
A Senate committee heard public testimony and staff briefing on a bill that would let the Andy Hill Cancer Research Endowment board select its program administrator and exempt certain community outreach grants from independent scientific review and matching-fund requirements.
The Senate Health Care & Wellness Committee heard testimony March 25 on Senate Bill 5,455, which would change how the Andy Hill Cancer Research Endowment selects a program administrator and adjusts review and matching requirements for certain outreach grants.
The bill, staff said, lets the endowment’s 13-member board “create one or more tax-exempt nonprofit corporations” and select the program administrator, who may be paid a board-determined fee and operating costs. Jim Morishima, staff to the committee, told members the bill removes the statutory requirement that…
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