State Agency

HHSC

Health and Human Services Commission

68 Bills25 Critical29 Moderate

Bills to Implement

HB1

Relating to youth camp emergency plans and preparedness; authorizing penalties.

Author: Drew Darby2nd Special SessionCritical
HB18

Relating to the establishment and administration of certain programs and services providing health care services to rural counties.

Author: Gary VandeaverRegular SessionCritical
HB26

Relating to authorizing Medicaid managed care organizations to offer nutrition support services in lieu of other state Medicaid plan services.

Author: Lacey HullRegular SessionModerate
HB37

Relating to perinatal bereavement care provided by certain hospitals, a perinatal bereavement care initiative, and a perinatal bereavement care hospital recognition program.

Author: Mihaela PlesaRegular SessionModerate
HB107

Relating to the establishment of the sickle cell disease registry.

Author: Lauren Ashley SimmonsRegular SessionModerate
HB109

Relating to the construction, expansion, and operation of certain inpatient mental health facilities and the designation of residential treatment facilities for certain juveniles.

Author: Toni RoseRegular SessionModerate
HB117

Relating to the establishment of the governor's task force on the governance of early childhood education and care.

Author: Alan SchoolcraftRegular SessionLow
HB136

Relating to Medicaid coverage and reimbursement for lactation consultation services.

Author: Lacey HullRegular SessionModerate
HB142

Relating to the Health and Human Services Commission's office of inspector general, the review of certain Medicaid claims, and the recovery of certain overpayments under Medicaid.

Author: Candy NobleRegular SessionModerate
HB171

Relating to the certificate of medical examination for chemical dependency and the duration of court-ordered treatment for a person with a chemical dependency.

Author: Ryan GuillenRegular SessionModerate
HB216

Relating to itemized billing for health care services and supplies provided by health care providers.

Author: Caroline Harris DavilaRegular SessionModerate
HB426

Relating to Medicaid and child health plan program coverage and reimbursement for childhood cranial remolding orthosis.

Author: Diego BernalRegular SessionModerate
HB742

Relating to human trafficking prevention, including training for first responders, disclosure of human trafficking information by certain health care facilities, and protection for facility employees who report human trafficking.

Author: Senfronia ThompsonRegular SessionModerate
HB754

Relating to human trafficking prevention, including training for medical assistants, disclosure of human trafficking information by certain health care facilities, and protection for facility employees who report human trafficking.

Author: Senfronia ThompsonRegular SessionCritical
HB913

Relating to certain state hospital names and the management of state hospitals.

Author: James FrankRegular SessionLow
HB923

Relating to the Texas Medical Disclosure Panel.

Author: Cassandra Garcia HernandezRegular SessionLow
HB1327

Relating to the continuation of a health care provider participation program by the Harris County Hospital District.

Author: Sam HarlessRegular SessionModerate
HB1403

Relating to the collection and confidentiality of information regarding firearms in agency foster homes; creating a civil penalty.

Author: Cody HarrisRegular SessionCritical
HB1778

Relating to human trafficking, prostitution, and child pornography and to the prosecution of sexual or assaultive offenses or the prosecution of a failure to stop or report those offenses; amending and harmonizing certain statute of limitations provisions; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty.

Author: Senfronia ThompsonRegular SessionCritical
HB2035

Relating to notice provided by a chemical dependency treatment facility to the parent, managing conservator, or guardian of a minor refused admission to the facility.

Author: Tom OliversonRegular SessionModerate
HB2187

Relating to hospital staffing report and complaint processes and to retaliation and mandatory overtime protections for nurses.

Author: Donna HowardRegular SessionCritical
HB2310

Relating to developing a strategic plan for the improvement and expansion of early learning and educational opportunities for young children with disabilities.

Author: Claudia Ordaz PerezRegular SessionLow
HB2358

Relating to training required or offered by the Health and Human Services Commission for long-term care facility surveyors, personnel, and providers and ICF-IID program providers.

Author: Candy NobleRegular SessionLow
HB2789

Relating to the regulation of child welfare, including licensure, community-based care contractors, family homes, and child-care facilities.

Author: James FrankRegular SessionModerate
HB2844

Relating to the regulation of food service establishments, including retail food stores and mobile food vendors; requiring an occupational license; imposing fees; authorizing an administrative penalty.

Author: Brooks LandgrafRegular SessionModerate
HB3146

Relating to certain hearings conducted by the State Office of Administrative Hearings.

Author: Ben BumgarnerRegular SessionLow
HB3153

Relating to hiring and employment requirements for persons in direct contact with children at certain facilities.

Author: Helen KerwinRegular SessionCritical
HB3505

Relating to the continuation and operation of a health care provider participation district created by certain local governments to administer a health care provider participation program.

Author: Cody HarrisRegular SessionCritical
HB3560

Relating to the licensing of mental hospitals and mental health facilities and the definition of facility for the purposes of the employee misconduct registry.

Author: Katrina PiersonRegular SessionCritical
HB3595

Relating to an emergency preparedness and contingency operations plan, including temperature regulation, for assisted living facility residents during an emergency; providing penalties.

Author: Jeff BarryRegular SessionCritical
HB3597

Relating to public hearing requirements for issuing a license for or expanding certain residential child-care facilities.

Author: Hillary HicklandRegular SessionCritical
HB3940

Relating to the provision of certain information about Medicaid benefits in relation to newborn children.

Author: Ann JohnsonRegular SessionModerate
HB3963

Relating to an early childhood integrated data system.

Author: Giovanni CapriglioneRegular SessionLow
HB4076

Relating to prohibiting organ transplant recipient discrimination on the basis of vaccination status.

Author: Jeff LeachRegular SessionCritical
HB4643

Relating to access to criminal history record information that relates to providers and provider applicants under Medicaid and other public benefits programs administered by the Health and Human Services Commission.

Author: Mark DorazioRegular SessionCritical
HB4666

Relating to certain reports required to be prepared or submitted by or in collaboration with the Health and Human Services Commission or submitted to the governor or a member of the legislature under the Health and Safety Code.

Author: Christian ManuelRegular SessionLow
HB4743

Relating to the issuance of a single license for a hospital and a mobile stroke unit of the hospital.

Author: Greg BonnenRegular SessionModerate
HB4783

Relating to a report on governmental opioid antagonist programs to reverse and prevent opioid overdoses.

Author: Gary VandeaverRegular SessionLow
HB4795

Relating to duties of the vital statistics unit of the Department of State Health Services in relation to certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship, including in regard to the electronic transmission of certain information.

Author: Candy NobleRegular SessionLow
HB4903

Relating to the establishment of the Quad-Agency Child Care Initiative and the Quad-Agency Child Care Initiative Commission.

Author: Caroline Harris DavilaRegular SessionModerate
HB5155

Relating to the continuation of the maternal opioid misuse model of care for certain Medicaid recipients.

Author: Toni RoseRegular SessionLow
HB5342

Relating to the provision of behavioral health crisis services, including measures to fund and support the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline and related services.

Author: Brooks LandgrafRegular SessionLow
HB5394

Relating to prohibiting single source continuum contractors and child-placing agencies from imposing certain requirements on or adopting certain policies and procedures related to relative and designated caregivers.

Author: Toni RoseRegular SessionCritical
SB1

Relating to campground and youth camp safety.

Author: Charles Perry2nd Special SessionCritical
SB25

Relating to health and nutrition standards to promote healthy living, including requirements for food labeling, primary and secondary education, higher education, and continuing education for certain health care professionals; authorizing a civil penalty.

Author: Lois KolkhorstRegular SessionCritical
SB261

Relating to a prohibition on the offering for sale and the sale of cell-cultured protein for human consumption; providing civil and criminal penalties.

Author: Charles PerryRegular SessionCritical
SB269

Relating to required reports of certain vaccine-related or drug-related adverse events.

Author: Charles PerryRegular SessionCritical
SB331

Relating to the disclosure of health care cost information by certain health care facilities; imposing an administrative penalty.

Author: Lois KolkhorstRegular SessionModerate
SB437

Relating to the provision of inservice training on identifying abuse, neglect, and illegal, unprofessional, and unethical conduct in certain health care facilities and to civil and administrative penalties assessed for violations of statutes or rules governing chemical dependency treatment facilities.

Author: Juan HinojosaRegular SessionModerate
SB457

Relating to the regulation of certain nursing facilities, including licensing requirements and Medicaid participation and reimbursement requirements.

Author: Lois KolkhorstRegular SessionCritical
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