(a) Subject to Subsection (b), the commission shall solicit and accept suggestions for clinical initiatives, in either written or electronic form, from:
(1) a member of the state legislature;
(2) the executive commissioner;
(3) the commissioner of aging and disability services;
(4) the commissioner of state health services;
(5) the commissioner of the Department of Family and Protective Services;
(6) the commissioner of assistive and rehabilitative services;
(7) the medical care advisory committee established under § 32.022, Human Resources Code; and
(8) the physician payment advisory committee created under § 32.022(d), Human Resources Code.

(b) The commission may not accept suggestions under this section for an 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.

Text of section effective until April 01, 2025