Amend CSSB 200 (senate committee report) in ARTICLE 3 of the bill as follows:

(1)  Add the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the ARTICLE, and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the ARTICLE accordingly:

SECTION 3.___. (a) Not later than November 1, 2015, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall publish in the Texas Register:

(1)  a list of the new advisory committees established or to be established as a result of this article, including the advisory committees required under Section 531.012(a), Government Code, as amended by this article; and

(2)  a list that identifies the advisory committees listed in Section 3.46 of this article:

(A)  that will not be continued in any form; or

(B)  whose functions will be assumed by a new advisory committee established under Section 531.012(a), Government Code, as amended by this article.

(b)  The executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall ensure that an advisory committee established under Section 531.012(a), Government Code, as amended by this article, begins operations immediately on its establishment to ensure ongoing public input and engagement.

(c)  This section takes effect September 1, 2015.

SECTION 3.___. Except as otherwise provided by this article, this article takes effect January 1, 2016.

(2)  In SECTION 3.02(b) of the ARTICLE, immediately following "article." (page 31, line 69), add "This subsection takes effect September 1, 2015.".