(a) Subject to Subsection (b), the commission shall solicit and accept written or electronic suggestions for clinical initiatives from:
- (1) a member of the legislature;
- (2) the executive commissioner;
- (3) the commissioner of state health services;
- (4) the commissioner of the Department of Family and Protective Services; and
- (5) the medical care advisory committee appointed under Section 32.022, Human Resources Code.
(b) The commission may not accept a suggestion for a clinical initiative that:
- (1) is undergoing clinical trials; or
- (2) expands a health care provider's scope of practice beyond the law governing the provider's practice.
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 769 (H.B. 4611), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2025.