(a) The executive commissioner shall establish and maintain advisory committees to consider issues and solicit public input across all major areas of the health and human services system which may be from various geographic areas across the state, which may be done either in person or through teleconferencing centers, including relating to the following issues:
(1) Medicaid and other social services programs;
(2) managed care under Medicaid and the child health plan program;
(3) health care quality initiatives;
(4) aging;
(5) persons with disabilities, including persons with autism;
(6) rehabilitation, including for persons with brain injuries;
(7) children;
(8) public health;
(9) behavioral health;
(10) regulatory matters;
(11) protective services; and
(12) prevention efforts.

(b) Chapter 2110 applies to an advisory committee established under this section.
(c) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules:
(1) in compliance with Chapter 2110 to govern an advisory committee’s purpose, tasks, reporting requirements, and date of abolition; and
(2) related to an advisory committee’s:
(A) size and quorum requirements;
(B) membership, including:
(i) qualifications to be a member, including any experience requirements;
(ii) required geographic representation;
(iii) appointment procedures; and
(iv) terms of members; and
(C) duty to comply with the requirements for open meetings under Chapter 551.

Text of section effective until April 01, 2025