Tex. Gov't Code Section 538.052
Solicitation of Suggestions for Clinical Initiatives

(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 Section 32.022 (Medical and Hospital Care Advisory Committees), Human Resources Code; and

(8)

the physician payment advisory committee created under Section 32.022 (Medical and Hospital Care Advisory Committees)(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.
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 619 (S.B. 1542), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2013.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 2.273, eff. April 2, 2015.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 837 (S.B. 200), Sec. 3.31, eff. January 1, 2016.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 946 (S.B. 277), Sec. 2.31, eff. January 1, 2016.
Repealed by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 769 (H.B. 4611), Sec. 3.01(3), eff. April 1, 2025.

Source: Section 538.052 — Solicitation of Suggestions for Clinical Initiatives, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.­538.­htm#538.­052 (accessed May 26, 2025).

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