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CPRIT CEO says agency preserved in legislature, budget includes supplemental funding and staff increases
Summary
CEO Kristen Doyle reported to the CPRIT oversight committee that bills directly affecting the agency did not pass, that CPRIT retained appropriations and received supplemental capital funding, and that staffing and a hybrid work policy will change Sept. 1.
Kristen Doyle, chief executive officer of the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, told the oversight committee on Aug. 20 that five bills directly addressing CPRIT did not pass during the most recent legislative cycle and that the agency retained its appropriations.
Doyle said CPRIT did well on appropriations, including full funding to support the Texas Cancer Registry and additional supplemental capital funding that allowed the agency to accelerate a planned grant-management platform upgrade. She told members that because the supplemental…
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