Text of section effective until April 01, 2025
Sec. 531.0121.  PUBLIC ACCESS TO ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETINGS.  (a)  This section applies to an advisory committee established under Section 531.012.
(b)  The commission shall create a master calendar that includes all advisory committee meetings across the health and human services system.
(c)  The commission shall make available on the commission's Internet website:
(1)  the master calendar;
(2)  all meeting materials for an advisory committee meeting; and
(3)  streaming live video and audio of each advisory committee meeting.
(d)  The commission shall provide Internet access in each room used for a meeting that appears on the master calendar.
(e)  The commission shall ensure that advisory committee meetings are broadcast, are archived on the Internet website of the agency to which the advisory committee provides advice, and are subject to public notice requirements to the same extent and in the same manner that the broadcast, archiving, and notice of agency meetings are required under Section 531.0165.
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 837 (S.B. 200), Sec. 3.03, eff. January 1, 2016.
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 946 (S.B. 277), Sec. 2.03, eff. January 1, 2016.
Amended by: 
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 81 (H.B. 630), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.
Repealed by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 769 (H.B. 4611), Sec. 3.01(2), eff. April 1, 2025.