---
title: "Health--Children's Insurance - Texas Legislation"
subject: "Health--Children's Insurance"
total_bills: 7
unique_authors: 7
critical_bills: 1
high_cost_bills: 1
canonical_url: "https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/health-childrens-insurance"
source: JD Key Consulting - Texas Legislative Intelligence
---

# Health--Children's Insurance

Legislative subject area in the Texas 89th Legislature

## Overview

- **Total Bills:** 7
- **Unique Authors:** 7
- **Critical Compliance:** 1 bills
- **High Cost Impact:** 1 bills
- **Bipartisan Bills:** 4

## Chamber Breakdown

- **Senate:** 4 bills
- **Senate:** 3 bills

## Compliance Urgency Distribution

- **Critical:** 1 bills
- **Moderate:** 6 bills

## Top Authors in This Subject

- **Ann Johnson** (D, House) - 1 bills
- **Brooks Landgraf** (R, House) - 1 bills
- **Cesar Blanco** (D, Senate) - 1 bills
- **Charles Schwertner** (R, Senate) - 1 bills
- **Diego Bernal** (D, House) - 1 bills
- **Kevin Sparks** (R, Senate) - 1 bills
- **Lois Kolkhorst** (R, Senate) - 1 bills

## Related Subjects

- [Health](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/health) (7 shared bills)
- [MEDICAID](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/medicaid) (5 shared bills)
- [HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/health-human-services-commission) (4 shared bills)
- [Human Services](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/human-services) (3 shared bills)
- [Human Services--Child Services](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/human-services-child-services) (3 shared bills)
- [Insurance](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/insurance) (3 shared bills)
- [Insurance--Health & Accident](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/insurance-health-accident) (3 shared bills)
- [Health--Other Diseases & Medical Conditions](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/health-other-diseases-medical-conditions) (2 shared bills)

## Enforcing Agencies

- [Texas Department of Insurance](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-department-of-insurance) - 4 bills
- [Health and Human Services Commission](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/health-and-human-services-commission) - 4 bills
- [Department of Family and Protective Services](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/department-of-family-and-protective-services) - 1 bills
- [Texas Medical Board](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-medical-board) - 1 bills
- [Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-department-of-licensing-and-regulation) - 1 bills
- [Department of State Health Services](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/department-of-state-health-services) - 1 bills

## High Impact Bills

| Bill | Title | Urgency | Cost |
|------|-------|---------|------|
| [SB1188](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1188-89th-regular) | Relating to electronic health record requi... | Critical | High |

## All Bills

| Bill | Title | Author | Compliance |
|------|-------|--------|------------|
| [HB3057](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb3057-89th-regular) | Relating to health benefit plan cover... | Brooks Landgraf (R) | Moderate |
| [HB3940](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb3940-89th-regular) | Relating to the provision of certain ... | Ann Johnson (D) | Moderate |
| [HB426](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb426-89th-regular) | Relating to Medicaid and child health... | Diego Bernal (D) | Moderate |
| [SB1188](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1188-89th-regular) | Relating to electronic health record ... | Lois Kolkhorst (R) | Critical |
| [SB527](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb527-89th-regular) | Relating to health benefit coverage f... | Charles Schwertner (R) | Moderate |
| [SB855](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb855-89th-regular) | Relating to the authority of certain ... | Kevin Sparks (R) | Moderate |
| [SB896](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb896-89th-regular) | Relating to the enrollment period for... | Cesar Blanco (D) | Moderate |

## Source Links

- [Full Interactive Analysis](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/health-childrens-insurance)
- [All Texas Subjects](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subjects)

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