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Amend SB 200 (house committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to ARTICLE 2 of the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of that ARTICLE accordingly:
SECTION 2.____. 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 the consolidation of women's health programs.
(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) The executive commissioner shall establish the women's health advisory committee not later than October 15, 2015. This subsection expires September 1, 2016.