Texas Human Resources Code - HUM RES § 23.004. Initiation of Proceeding

(a) The commission may initiate a proceeding to suspend a person's license by filing a petition with the commission's appeals division.

(b) The proceeding shall be conducted by the commission's appeals division.  The proceeding is a contested case under Chapter 2001, Government Code, except that Section 2001.054 does not apply.

(c) The executive commissioner or the executive commissioner's designated representative shall render a final decision or order in the proceeding.  A reference to the commission in this chapter with respect to a final decision or order in the proceeding means the executive commissioner or the executive commissioner's designated representative.