Section 121325 Of Chapter 14. Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (aids) Clinical Trial Grant Award For The Prevention Of Maternal Transmission Of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (hiv) Infection From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 105. >> Part 4. >> Chapter 14.
121325
. There is hereby created the AIDS Vaccine Clinical Trial
Grant Award for the Prevention of Maternal Transmission of HIV
Infection. Moneys within the AIDS Clinical Trials Testing Fund,
established in accordance with Section 121260, shall, upon
appropriation by the Legislature, be available to the department for
the purposes of this chapter, that shall include a one-time amount of
sixty thousand dollars ($60,000) for the department to develop and
process the request for proposal as specified in subdivision (a).
Grant awards shall be made available to not more than three
manufacturers of an AIDS vaccine approved by the FDA for clinical
trials in HIV-positive pregnant women. The purpose is to expedite the
completion of an AIDS vaccine to prevent maternal transmission of
HIV. The funds are to be used for FDA approved clinical trials.
(a) The department shall issue a request for proposal (RFP) for
the clinical trials of an AIDS vaccine to prevent maternal
transmission of HIV infection.
(1) The RFP shall be based on the criteria provided in subdivision
(d).
(2) Upon issuing the RFP, the department shall publish this fact
along with the deadline for grant proposals in the newspapers with
the greatest circulation in the major cities of the state, as
determined by the department. Additionally, upon issuing the RFP, the
same information shall be transmitted to the Secretary of the Senate
and the Chief Clerk of the Assembly for publishing in the respective
journals of each house of the Legislature.
(b) Any manufacturer may submit a proposal for the grant award in
the response to the RFP issued by the department.
(c) The department, taking into consideration the committee's
recommendations, shall, for purposes of this chapter, award grants to
no more than three California manufacturers after receiving the
committee's recommendations.
(d) The department, making use of an RFP, shall include a clear
description of the criteria to be used to select the projects that
will receive funding pursuant to this chapter. The committee shall
make recommendations to the department regarding the content of the
RFP. The criteria shall include, but not be limited to, the
following:
(1) The potential of the grant recipient to develop a vaccine for
the prevention of maternal transmission of HIV infection.
(2) The financial, technical, and managerial commitment of the
grant recipient to the development of the vaccine.
(3) The commitment of the grant recipient to agree to provide
medical treatment, either directly or through reasonable health
insurance coverage, to the participant for any injury caused by the
AIDS vaccine in the clinical trial. This agreement shall also be
included as part of the participant's informed consent pursuant to
Section 121305.
(e) Grant awards may be made without limitation on the amount of
funding from the AIDS Clinical Trials Testing Fund that may be
allocated to a single manufacturer, provided that the committee has
determined that the grant award is in the public interest.