The executive commissioner shall establish and maintain advisory committees to consider issues and solicit public input across all major areas of the health and human services system which may be from various geographic areas across this state, which may be done either in person or through teleconferencing centers, including relating to the following issues:

1. (1) Medicaid and other social services programs;
2. (2) managed care under Medicaid and the child health plan program;
3. (3) health care quality initiatives;
4. (4) aging;
5. (5) individuals with disabilities, including individuals with autism;
6. (6) rehabilitation, including for individuals with brain injuries;
7. (7) children;
8. (8) public health;
9. (9) behavioral health;
10. (10) regulatory matters;
11. (11) protective services; and
12. (12) prevention efforts.

Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 769 (H.B. 4611), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2025.