1. (a) The council shall establish a nursing advisory committee to assist the council with its duties. A majority of the members of the advisory committee must be nurses, and the advisory committee:

   1. (1) must include:

      1. (A) members of associations representing nurses, educators of nurses, and employers of nurses;
      2. (B) members representing the Texas Board of Nursing; and
      3. (C) at least one member who is a nurse researcher; and
   2. (2) may include other members who are public or private sector health care experts, nurses, nurse educators, employers of nurses, or consumers of nursing services.

2. (b) The nursing advisory committee shall:

   1. (1) review policies governing data collection and reports published under Chapter 105 that relate to the nursing profession;
   2. (2) subject to approval of the council, develop priorities and an operations plan for the nursing resource section established under Section 105.002(b); and
   3. (3) review reports and information before dissemination by the council.
3. (c) A nurse member of the nursing advisory committee and a nurse member of the council shall co-chair the committee.
4. (d) Chapter 2110, Government Code, does not apply to the nursing advisory committee formed under this section.
5. (e) Meetings of the nursing advisory committee under this section are subject to Chapter 551, Government Code.

Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 636 (H.B. 3801), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.