In performing duties under this chapter and the following provisions, the commissioner may contract with a state agency or, after notice and opportunity for hearing, with a qualified person to make recommendations concerning determinations to be made by the commissioner:

1. (1) Section 1367.053;
2. (2) Subchapter A, Chapter 1452;
3. (3) Subchapter B, Chapter 1507;
4. (4) Chapters 222, 251, and 258, as applicable to a health maintenance organization; and
5. (5) Chapters 1271 and 1272.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2003.

Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 730 (H.B. 2636), Sec. 2E.041, eff. April 1, 2009.