| (B) A copy of the minutes approved by the committee
and signed by the presiding officer shall be posted to the department's
website at dshs.texas.gov within 30 days of approval and signature.
Committee members will receive minutes of each meeting at least five
days before the following meeting.
(k) Subcommittees. The committee may establish subcommittees
as necessary to assist the committee in carrying out its duties.
(1) The presiding officer shall ask for volunteers
and appoint members of the committee to serve on subcommittees and
to act as subcommittee chairpersons.
(2) Subcommittees shall meet when called by the subcommittee
chairperson or when so directed by the committee.
(3) A subcommittee chairperson shall make regular reports
to the committee at each of its meetings or in interim written reports
as needed. The reports shall include an executive summary or minutes
of each subcommittee meeting.
(l) Statement by members.
(1) The commission, the department, and the committee
shall not be bound in any way by any statement or action on the part
of any committee member except when a statement or action is in pursuit
of specific instructions from the commission, department, or committee.
(2) The committee and its members may not participate
in legislative or advocacy activities in the name of the commission,
the department or the committee except with approval through the department's
legislative process. Committee members are not prohibited from representing
themselves or other entities in the legislative process. The committee
will make recommendations per statutory requirements.
(m) Reports to commissioner of the department. The
committee shall file an annual written report of the committee's activities
to the commissioner according to department policy. The committee
shall post the meeting dates of the committee and any subcommittees,
meeting agendas, and meeting minutes on the department's website at
dshs.texas.gov.
(n) Reimbursement for expenses. In accordance with
the requirements set forth in the Texas Government Code, Chapter 2110,
a committee member may receive reimbursement for the member's expenses
incurred for each day the member engages in official committee business
if authorized by the General Appropriations Act or budget execution
process.
(1) No compensatory per diem shall be paid to members
unless required by law.
(2) A committee member who is an employee of a state
agency, other than the department, may not receive reimbursement for
expenses from the department.
(3) Each member who is eligible to be reimbursed for
expenses shall submit to department staff the member's receipts for
allowable expenses as determined by school health program guidelines,
and any required official forms not later than 14 days after each
committee meeting.
(4) Requests for reimbursement of expenses shall be
made on official state vouchers prepared by department staff.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §37.350 adopted to be effective June 29, 2006, 31 TexReg 5125; amended to be effective December 9, 2010, 35 TexReg 10713; amended to be effective January 11, 2021, 46 TexReg 302 |
