# Tex. Human Resources Code § 32.022: MEDICAL AND HOSPITAL CARE ADVISORY COMMITTEES

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## Section

- **Citation:** Tex. Human Resources Code § 32.022
- **Heading:** MEDICAL AND HOSPITAL CARE ADVISORY COMMITTEES
- **Jurisdiction:** Texas
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 32 / Section 32.022

## Text

(a) The executive commissioner shall appoint a medical care advisory committee to advise the executive commissioner and the commission in developing and maintaining the medical assistance program and in making immediate and long-range plans for reaching the program's goal of providing access to high quality, comprehensive medical and health care services to medically indigent persons in the state. To ensure that qualified applicants receive services, the committee shall consider changes in the process the commission uses to determine eligibility.

(b) The executive commissioner shall appoint the committee in compliance with the requirements of the federal agency administering medical assistance. The appointments shall:

(1) provide for a balanced representation of the general public, providers, consumers, and other persons, state agencies, or groups with knowledge of and interest in the committee's field of work; and

(2) include one member who is the representative of a managed care organization.

(c) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules for membership on the committee to provide for efficiency of operation, rotation, stability, and continuity.

(d) The executive commissioner may appoint regional and local medical care advisory committees and other advisory committees as considered necessary.

## Nearby sections

- [Tex. Human Resources Code § 32.001 § 32.001. PURPOSE OF CHAPTER.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chr_C32_S32.001.md)
- [Tex. Human Resources Code § 32.002 § 32.002. CONSTRUCTION OF CHAPTER.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chr_C32_S32.002.md)
- [Tex. Human Resources Code § 32.003 § 32.003. DEFINITIONS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chr_C32_S32.003.md)
- [Tex. Human Resources Code § 32.021 § 32.021. ADMINISTRATION OF THE PROGRAM.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chr_C32_S32.021.md)
- [Tex. Human Resources Code § 32.022 § 32.022. MEDICAL AND HOSPITAL CARE ADVISORY COMMITTEES.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chr_C32_S32.022.md)
- [Tex. Human Resources Code § 32.023 § 32.023. COOPERATION WITH OTHER STATE AGENCIES.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chr_C32_S32.023.md)
- [Tex. Human Resources Code § 32.024 § 32.024. AUTHORITY AND SCOPE OF PROGRAM; ELIGIBILITY.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chr_C32_S32.024.md)
- [Tex. Human Resources Code § 32.025 § 32.025. APPLICATION FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chr_C32_S32.025.md)
- [Tex. Human Resources Code § 32.026 § 32.026. CERTIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY AND NEED FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chr_C32_S32.026.md)
- [Tex. Human Resources Code § 32.027 § 32.027. SELECTION OF PROVIDER OF MEDICAL ASSISTANCE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chr_C32_S32.027.md)
- [Tex. Human Resources Code § 32.028 § 32.028. FEES, CHARGES, AND RATES.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chr_C32_S32.028.md)
- [Tex. Human Resources Code § 32.029 § 32.029. METHODS OF PAYMENT.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chr_C32_S32.029.md)
- [Tex. Human Resources Code § 32.031 § 32.031. RECEIPT AND EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chr_C32_S32.031.md)
- [Tex. Human Resources Code § 32.032 § 32.032. PREVENTION AND DETECTION OF FRAUD AND ABUSE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chr_C32_S32.032.md)

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