(a) Subject to Subsection (b), the commission shall solicit and accept written or electronic suggestions for clinical initiatives from:
(1) a member of the legislature;
(2) the executive commissioner;
(3) the commissioner of state health services;
(4) the commissioner of the Department of Family and Protective Services; and
(5) the medical care advisory committee appointed under Section 32.022, Human Resources Code.
(b) The commission may not accept a suggestion for a clinical initiative that:
(1) is undergoing clinical trials; or
(2) expands a health care provider's scope of practice beyond the law governing the provider's practice.