Medical Committee of the Texas Radiation Advisory Board (TRAB) Meeting Agenda

Location: For Members of the Public, the physical location of the meeting will be:

Texas Health and Human Services Commission, North Austin Complex, Room 1.401, 4601 West Guadalupe Street, Austin, Texas 78751

Attendees who want to provide public comments may do so in person or in writing, as described in the Public Comment section below.

Meeting Notice: The use of artificial intelligence (AI) bots is prohibited in this meeting. In accordance with HHS policy, the use of Artificial Intelligence, also known as “AI” Notetakers, is expressly prohibited. Producers will not admit a ‘bot’ or other autonomous agent into the meeting. If a ‘bot’ should inadvertently gain entrance, it will be removed from the meeting by one of our producers.

TRAB's Medical Committee will convene as posted to hear, consider, discuss, and take formal action, as applicable and necessary, on the following agenda items:

1. Call to Order
2. Roll call of committee members present
3. Review, discuss, and take possible action concerning the amendment and approval of the January 31, 2025, TRAB Medical Committee meeting minutes.
4. Public Comments
5. Routine and Continuing Business
   1. Update on Mammography MQSA (Mammography Quality Standards Act) compatibility (DSHS)
6. New Business
   1. Sterile Insect Technology – Using Irradiation (Pillai)
   2. Identify topics to recommend for further discussion and to be addressed at future meetings of the Topic Research Committee; Medical Committee; Industrial, Nuclear Power, Uranium, and Waste (INUW) Committee; or TRAB
7. Summarize the TRAB Medical Committee meeting, recommendations for the Committee Report, and proposed action items for TRAB or future agenda items for TRAB, the Medical Committee, the Topic Research Committee, or the INUW Committee
8. Adjourn

Public Comment:
Members of the public are asked to complete a Public Comment Form at:

https://forms.office.com/r/bN5S9Him4Y

Members of the public who would like to provide public comment may do so in person at the meeting’s physical location.

Public members are encouraged to participate by providing written comments to DSHS by e-mailing gem.naivar@dshs.texas.gov no later than 5:00 p.m. on April 23, 2025.

• Please include your name and either the organization you represent or if you are speaking as a private citizen.
• Written comments are limited to three minutes and will be read during the meeting for consideration by the Medical Committee.

Please mark the correct box on the Public Comment Form to register for oral comments.

Instructions for providing oral comments will be emailed to you.

Registration should be completed by 5:00 p.m. on April 23, 2025.

• The request must contain your name, either the organization you represent or the fact that you are speaking as a private citizen, and your direct phone number.
• Public comment is limited to three minutes. Speakers must state their names and on whose behalf they are speaking.

Public members using handouts are asked to provide an electronic copy in an accessible Adobe (*.pdf) format that will be distributed by DSHS staff to TRAB Medical Committee members, state staff, and for public distribution. Handouts are limited to two pages (paper size: 8.5" by 11", one side only) of documentation. Handouts must be emailed to DSHS immediately after registering and include the name of the person commenting.

Note: These procedures may be revised at the discretion of DSHS.

Contact persons:
Chair: Darlene Metter, M.D.; metter@uthscsa.edu
Vice Chair: Lisa Masters, D.D.S; mastersdds@mdgteam.com 
Department of State Health Services, Radiation Control Program: Gem Naivar; telephone 737-218-7071 or email gem.naivar@dshs.texas.gov

At the Chair's discretion, agenda items may be taken in any order, and public comment may be permitted in connection with any agenda item. An individual who wishes to speak on an issue that falls under the Board's jurisdiction shall be heard during the Public Comment agenda item.

This meeting is open to the public.

Persons with disabilities who plan to attend this meeting and require auxiliary aids or services are asked to contact Gem Naivar, Department of State Health Services, at 737-218-7071 or gem.naivar@dshs.texas.gov at least 72 hours before the meeting so that the appropriate arrangements may be made.