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[1. Welcome and opening remarks]
A.M. ON JULY 17TH, 2025. TESSA RAGLAN WILL NOW CALL THE ROLL.THANK YOU. MEMBERS. AS I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE REPLY WITH HERE OR PRESENT.
CECILIE ERWIN. YOUNG. PRESENT. MICHELLE ALITO, JORDAN.
DICKSON, MAURICE MCCRARY, JUNIOR. STEPHANIE MUTH, RAYMOND.
CHARLES. WINTER, EMILY ZUKOWSKI, COMMISSIONER YOUNG LISA GLENN, DEPUTY CHIEF POLICY AND REGULATORY OFFICER, IS ATTENDING ON BEHALF OF CHIEF DIXON, DEPUTY COMMISSIONER IMELDA GARCIA FOR DOCTOR JENNIFER SHUFORD, DIRECTOR EUGENIA CRAIG FOR INSPECTOR GENERAL WINTER AND VALERIE MAYS, DEPUTY STATE MEDICAID DIRECTOR ON CHIEF.
THIS CONCLUDES OUR ROLL CALL. AND FOR THE RECORD, I WILL MENTION THAT CHIEF MCCURRY IS IN ATTENDANCE. THANK YOU.
MISS RAGLAND WILL EXPLAIN THE PROCESS FOR USING THE MICROSOFT TEAMS PLATFORM FOR THIS MEETING.
THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS TESSA RAGLAND, HHS EXECUTIVE COUNCIL LIAISON.
TODAY'S MEETING IS BEING HELD AS A MICROSOFT TEAMS MEETING AS WELL IN PERSON.
THE MEETING IS BEING WEBCAST LIVE AND IS BEING RECORDED AS A MATTER OF PUBLIC RECORD.
IN ACCORDANCE WITH HHS POLICY. THE USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, ALSO KNOWN AS I NOTE TAKERS, IS EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED IN THIS MEETING. PRODUCERS WILL NOT ADMIT A BOT OR OTHER AUTONOMOUS AGENTS INTO THE MEETING.
FOR THE SAKE OF THOSE VIEWING THE WEBCAST AND TO COMPLY WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, WE ASK THAT EACH VIRTUAL ATTENDEE TURN ON YOUR VIDEO CAMERA AND STATE YOUR NAME EACH TIME BEFORE SPEAKING. WE ASK THAT YOU SPEAK DIRECTLY INTO THE MICROPHONE OF YOUR DEVICE SO YOUR VOICE AND COMMENTS CAN BE HEARD.
PLEASE LEAVE YOUR CAMERAS OFF AND YOUR MICROPHONE MUTED UNTIL YOU NEED TO SPEAK.
WE ALSO ASK THAT MEMBERS, STAFF AND PRESENTERS PARTICIPATING VIRTUALLY.
PLEASE PUT YOUR CELL PHONES ON MUTE OR VIBRATE AND IF YOU NEED TO TAKE A CALL, PLEASE TURN YOUR VIDEO AND MICROPHONE ON YOUR VIEWING DEVICE TO AVOID DISRUPTING THE MEETING. FOR MEMBERS, STAFF AND PRESENTERS PARTICIPATING IN PERSON.
WE ASK THAT YOU SPEAK DIRECTLY INTO THE MICROPHONE SO YOUR VOICES CAN BE HEARD.
THESE MICROPHONES ARE DIRECTIONAL, SO THEY ONLY PICK UP SOUND DIRECTED INTO THE MIC.
WE ALSO ASK THAT YOU PLEASE PUT YOUR CELL PHONES ON MUTE AND VIBRATE.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY, WHO DID NOT PRE-REGISTER TO PROVIDE COMMENTS, OR WHO ARE ATTENDING IN PERSON, SHOULD COMPLETE THE PUBLIC COMMENT REGISTRATION FORM AT THE TABLE OUTSIDE THE DOOR TO THE PUBLIC HEARING ROOM.
PLEASE BRING YOUR COMPLETED REGISTRATION FORM TO THE STAFF AT THE FACILITATOR TABLE.
THE AGENDA AND HANDOUTS FOR TODAY'S MEETING CAN BE FOUND ON THE HHS WEBSITE AT HHS.
GOV. CLICKING ABOUT IN THE CENTER OF THE WHITE BANNER AT THE TOP.
SELECTING MEETINGS IN ADVANCE IN THE DROPDOWN MENU, THEN CLICKING THE LINK FOR THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICE COMMISSION EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETING. EXECUTIVE COMMISSIONER. YOUNG, I TURNED THE FLOOR BACK TO YOU.
THANK YOU. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO MENTION OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO ALL OF THOSE WHO WERE AFFECTED BY THE FLOOD IN JULY, AND MANY MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL ARE INVOLVED IN SOME OF THE RECOVERY ACTIVITIES.
WELCOME, COUNCIL MEMBERS, HHS STAFF AND EVERYONE JOINING US TODAY.
AS YOU'VE NOTICED, WE ARE NOW MEETING ON A MONTHLY BASIS.
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THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO IMPROVING THE LIVES OF TEXANS.MEMBERS. THIS CONCLUDES AGENDA ITEM ONE. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM TWO.
[2. Rule proposals (Agency Rulemaking can be found at https://www.hhs.texas.gov/regulations/policies-rules/health-human-services-rulemaking/comment-proposed-draft-rules]
AGENDA ITEM TWO IS RULE PROPOSALS. THE RULES ARE DIVIDED INTO THREE SECTIONS ON THE AGENDA.PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD HAS CLOSED. WE WILL MOVE TO SORRY.
WE WILL MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM TWO. BE RULE PROPOSALS THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE TEXAS REGISTER FOR PUBLICATION, BUT THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD REQUIRED BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES ACT HAS NOT ENDED AND MAY NOT HAVE YET BEGUN AS OF THE DATE OF THIS COUNCIL MEETING.
DOES ANY MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON ANY OF THE RULES AND AGENDA ITEMS TO BE? IF COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE NO QUESTIONS, I OPEN THE FLOOR TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
MISS KATE BROWN, ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? CARDS. GOOD MORNING. I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT AGENDA ITEM 2B2 REGARDING RULE PROJECT 25R041 EXEMPTION FROM COMPLIANCE FOR IMMUNIZATION REQUIREMENTS IN TEXAS.
THE RULE HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN. AND COMMISSIONER YOUNG, WE HAVE RECEIVED NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
REGISTRATIONS FOR ITEM TO BE. THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM TWO.
SEE THE RULE PROPOSALS UNDER AGENDA ITEM TWO.
DOES ANY MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THE RULES? THE RULE IN AGENDA ITEM TWO C. IF COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE NO QUESTIONS, I OPEN THE FLOOR TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
MISS KATE BROWN, ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS? EXECUTIVE COMMISSIONER YOUNG. THERE ARE NO PUBLIC COMMENT REGISTRANTS FOR AGENDA ITEM TO SEE.
THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES AGENDA ITEM TWO. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM THREE.
[3. Recent Rule Adoptions - Information item not for discussion]
RULES LISTED UNDER ITEM THREE HAVE EITHER BEEN SUBMITTED FOR ADOPTION OR PUBLISHED AS ADOPTED IN THE TEXAS REGISTER SINCE THE JUNE 12TH, 2025 EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETING AND ARE PROVIDED FOR YOUR INFORMATION.THIS BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM FOUR AND CONCLUDES ALL BUSINESS ON THE AGENDA.
THANKS TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR THEIR TIME.
PLEASE NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT AT 1006, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU, MISS ELLEN. WILL YOU PLEASE STOP RECORDING?
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.