The Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners meets Thursday to take up a rewrite of its patient-payment rule that would let people who are not chiropractors sell wellness plans, membership deals and concierge care for chiropractic services. Public comment runs 30 days from the July 24 publication, a window that closes Sunday, August 23 — three days after the scheduled vote.
Today’s rule is narrow. A chiropractor may take money up front only for a limited, defined number of visits, has to keep the written treatment plan and its start and end dates in the patient’s file, and has to refund unused money on a pro-rata basis if either side walks away. The proposed rewrite strikes nearly all of that and renames the rule. In its place would stand a single sentence saying a licensee “or other person” may offer prepaid care packages, wellness plans, payment plans, membership models or concierge care models.
Disclosure replaces the refund formula. Each arrangement would have to be written into the patient’s record, listing the services, the total cost and payment terms, whether supplements and braces are billed separately, and a policy letting the patient cancel at any time without penalty. Arrangements would have to be voluntary, and could not be deceptive or coercive. Separately, the board has set aside time to talk about wellness and membership practices at clinics that chiropractors do not own — the same ground the rule opens up.
The rest of the agenda is smaller. Two men are asking permission to sit for the state jurisprudence exam or for a letter saying their criminal history will not bar a license. Two licensed chiropractors have proposed agreed orders in front of the board; the notice gives case and license numbers and nothing more, and no findings have been made against either. Committee chairs report on rules, enforcement, education standards and licensing, and staff brings two typographical fixes — a skipped number in the fee schedule and two misnamed accrediting bodies.
Watch the calendar. The Texas Register lists August 23 as the earliest date the payment rule can be adopted, yet the agenda already files it under rules for adoption, which would put a Thursday vote three days early.
Meeting at a glance
- When
- 9 a.m. CT Thursday, August 20, 2026. The notice was filed August 12.
- Where
- George H. W. Bush Building, 1801 N. Congress Ave., Austin. The state notice gives the agency’s own suite, 10.500; the board’s website says Board Room 4.300 on the fourth floor.
- Governing body & chair
- Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners — nine members the governor appoints with Senate consent to six-year terms, six of them chiropractors and three public members. Mark Bronson presides as president.
- Format
- In person. General public comment is a standing item and the president may cap speaking time. Anyone who would rather not speak may email comments on a specific item to the general counsel.
- Live video
- None found. No livestream or archived recording is advertised on the board’s site, which posts agendas only.
- Full agenda
- Secretary of State Open Meeting Viewer · board website
Board members
- Mark Bronson, D.C., Fort Worth — president; owner, the Bronson Clinic.
- Scott Wofford, D.C., Abilene — vice president; owner, West Texas Back Clinic.
- Michael P. Henry, D.C., Austin — secretary-treasurer; chief executive, TexStar Chiropractic.
- Nicholas Baucum, D.C., Corpus Christi — owner, Armadillo Sport Chiropractic.
- Matthew Mix, D.C., Bastrop — owner, Adjust Chiropractic.
- Mindy Neal, D.C., Bovina — owner, The Bone Joint Chiropractic.
- Sarah Abraham, Sugar Land — public member; vice president, Transtar A/C Supply.
- Shellie Gardner, Fort Worth — public member; owner, Christmas Light Source.
- Josh Hollub, Houston — public member; master plumber.
The roster follows the board’s own about page, cross-checked against the governor’s appointment releases — an April 4, 2025 release naming Gardner and reappointing Henry and Wofford, and earlier releases for the other six. All nine seats are filled and no term has lapsed. Officer titles rest on the board’s own page; a national licensing-board directory current to November 2024 reversed Henry’s and Wofford’s titles, and no governor’s release confirms either. Accommodation requests: Lisa Agarwal, (512) 305-6906, two working weeks ahead.