88R2113 SRA-D
By: Howard H.B. No. 214
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the women's health advisory committee.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 531, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 531.02221 to read as follows:
Sec. 531.02221. WOMEN'S HEALTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE. (a)
The executive commissioner shall establish a women's health
advisory committee to provide recommendations to the commission on
women's health programs, including programs previously
consolidated by the commission.
(b) The executive commissioner shall appoint members to the
advisory committee and ensure that a majority of the members are
health care providers who:
(1) are participating in women's health programs of
various sizes;
(2) are located in separate geographic areas of this
state; and
(3) have experience in operating women's health
programs.
(c) The executive commissioner may appoint a member not
described by Subsection (b) to the women's health advisory
committee who represents the women's health industry and is
knowledgeable on the best practices for women's health programs.
(d) Section 2110.008, Government Code, does not apply to the
advisory committee.
(e) The executive commissioner shall establish the women's
health advisory committee not later than December 1, 2023. This
subsection expires September 1, 2024.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.