Section 101.151 - Annual Report(a) The council shall prepare an annual report that includes: (1) a statistical compilation of enforcement actions taken by a regulatory agency listed in Section 101.002;(2) recommendations for statutory changes to improve the regulation of the health care professions;(3) strategies to expand the health care workforce in this state, including:(A) methods for reducing the time required to process license applications for health care professions;(B) methods for increasing the number of health care practitioners providing mental and behavioral health care services; and(C) any statutory and legislative appropriation recommendations the council determines are appropriate for expanding the health care workforce in this state, including recommendations for expanding the health care workforce in medically underserved areas; and(4) other relevant information and recommendations determined necessary by the council.(b) The council shall send the report to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, the chairs of the standing committees of the senate and the house of representatives having primary jurisdiction over public health, and the chairs of the standing committees of the senate and the house of representatives having primary jurisdiction over state finance or appropriations not later than February 1 of each year.Amended by Acts 2019, Texas Acts of the 86th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 644,Sec. 1, eff. 6/10/2019. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1999.