HB1786 - Relating to the women's health advisory committee.

  89R5955 SRA-D     By: Howard H.B. No. 1786       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 526, Government Code, as   effective April 1, 2025, is amended by adding Section 526.0060 to   read as follows:           Sec.   526.0060.     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 does not apply to the advisory   committee.           (e)     The executive commissioner shall establish the women's   health advisory committee not later than December 1, 2025. This   subsection expires September 1, 2026.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.