---
title: PHYSICIANS - Texas Legislation
subject: PHYSICIANS
total_bills: 23
unique_authors: 19
critical_bills: 13
high_cost_bills: 4
canonical_url: "https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/physicians"
source: JD Key Consulting - Texas Legislative Intelligence
---

# PHYSICIANS

Legislative subject area in the Texas 89th Legislature

## Overview

- **Total Bills:** 23
- **Unique Authors:** 19
- **Critical Compliance:** 13 bills
- **High Cost Impact:** 4 bills
- **Bipartisan Bills:** 17

## Chamber Breakdown

- **Senate:** 12 bills
- **Senate:** 11 bills

## Compliance Urgency Distribution

- **Critical:** 13 bills
- **Moderate:** 6 bills
- **Low:** 4 bills

## Top Authors in This Subject

- **Charles Schwertner** (R, Senate) - 3 bills
- **Bryan Hughes** (R, Senate) - 2 bills
- **Lacey Hull** (R, House) - 2 bills
- **Cassandra Garcia Hernandez** (D, House) - 1 bills
- **Donna Campbell** (R, Senate) - 1 bills
- **Greg Bonnen** (R, House) - 1 bills
- **James Frank** (R, House) - 1 bills
- **Charles Perry** (R, Senate) - 1 bills

## Related Subjects

- [Health Care Providers](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/health-care-providers) (17 shared bills)
- [Occupational Regulation](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/occupational-regulation) (11 shared bills)
- [MEDICAL BOARD, TEXAS](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/medical-board-texas) (10 shared bills)
- [Occupational Regulation--Health Occupations](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/occupational-regulation-health-occupations) (10 shared bills)
- [Health](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/health) (7 shared bills)
- [Insurance--Health & Accident](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/insurance-health-accident) (6 shared bills)
- [Insurance](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/insurance) (6 shared bills)
- [HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/health-human-services-commission) (5 shared bills)

## Enforcing Agencies

- [Texas Medical Board](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-medical-board) - 10 bills
- [Texas Department of Insurance](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-department-of-insurance) - 6 bills
- [Texas Board of Nursing](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-board-of-nursing) - 4 bills
- [Health and Human Services Commission](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/health-and-human-services-commission) - 3 bills
- [Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-higher-education-coordinating-board) - 1 bills
- [Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-commission-of-licensing-and-regulation) - 1 bills

## High Impact Bills

| Bill | Title | Urgency | Cost |
|------|-------|---------|------|
| [HB7](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb7-89th-2nd-special) | Relating to prohibitions on the manufactur... | Critical | High |
| [SB1318](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1318-89th-regular) | Relating to restrictions on covenants not ... | Critical | High |
| [SB25](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb25-89th-regular) | Relating to health and nutrition standards... | Critical | High |
| [SB815](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb815-89th-regular) | Relating to the use of certain automated s... | Critical | High |
| [HB2038](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb2038-89th-regular) | Relating to the issuance by the Texas Medi... | Critical | Medium |
| [HB3151](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb3151-89th-regular) | Relating to expedited credentialing of cer... | Critical | Low |
| [HB367](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb367-89th-regular) | Relating to verification of excused absenc... | Critical | Low |
| [HB3749](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb3749-89th-regular) | Relating to the regulation of the provisio... | Critical | Medium |
| [HB3812](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb3812-89th-regular) | Relating to health benefit plan preauthori... | Critical | Medium |
| [SB269](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb269-89th-regular) | Relating to required reports of certain va... | Critical | Low |
| [SB31](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb31-89th-regular) | Relating to exceptions to otherwise prohib... | Critical | Low |
| [SB456](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb456-89th-regular) | Relating to the purchase or sale of human ... | Critical | Low |
| [SB926](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb926-89th-regular) | Relating to certain practices of health be... | Critical | Medium |

## All Bills

| Bill | Title | Author | Compliance |
|------|-------|--------|------------|
| [HB7](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb7-89th-2nd-special) | Relating to prohibitions on the manuf... | Jeff Leach (R) | Critical |
| [HB2038](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb2038-89th-regular) | Relating to the issuance by the Texas... | Tom Oliverson (R) | Critical |
| [HB2254](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb2254-89th-regular) | Relating to certain health care servi... | Lacey Hull (R) | Moderate |
| [HB3151](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb3151-89th-regular) | Relating to expedited credentialing o... | Lacey Hull (R) | Critical |
| [HB367](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb367-89th-regular) | Relating to verification of excused a... | Jon Rosenthal (D) | Critical |
| [HB3749](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb3749-89th-regular) | Relating to the regulation of the pro... | Angelia Orr (R) | Critical |
| [HB3812](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb3812-89th-regular) | Relating to health benefit plan preau... | Greg Bonnen (R) | Critical |
| [HB4995](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb4995-89th-regular) | Relating to the carrying of handguns ... | Terry Wilson (R) | Moderate |
| [HB541](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb541-89th-regular) | Relating to the provision of direct p... | Matthew Shaheen (R) | Moderate |
| [HB879](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb879-89th-regular) | Relating to the licensing of certain ... | James Frank (R) | Moderate |
| [HB923](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb923-89th-regular) | Relating to the Texas Medical Disclos... | Cassandra Garcia Hernandez (D) | Low |
| [SB1318](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1318-89th-regular) | Relating to restrictions on covenants... | Charles Schwertner (R) | Critical |
| [SB1998](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1998-89th-regular) | Relating to a preceptorship program i... | Joan Huffman (R) | Low |
| [SB2480](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb2480-89th-regular) | Relating to the Texas Physician Healt... | Donna Campbell (R) | Moderate |
| [SB25](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb25-89th-regular) | Relating to health and nutrition stan... | Lois Kolkhorst (R) | Critical |
| [SB269](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb269-89th-regular) | Relating to required reports of certa... | Charles Perry (R) | Critical |
| [SB31](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb31-89th-regular) | Relating to exceptions to otherwise p... | Bryan Hughes (R) | Critical |
| [SB456](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb456-89th-regular) | Relating to the purchase or sale of h... | Mayes Middleton (R) | Critical |
| [SB670](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb670-89th-regular) | Relating to patient authorization to ... | Bryan Hughes (R) | Low |
| [SB815](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb815-89th-regular) | Relating to the use of certain automa... | Charles Schwertner (R) | Critical |
| [SB842](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb842-89th-regular) | Relating to immunity for ringside phy... | Charles Schwertner (R) | Low |
| [SB926](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb926-89th-regular) | Relating to certain practices of heal... | Kelly Hancock (R) | Critical |
| [SB984](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb984-89th-regular) | Relating to access to individualized ... | Paul Bettencourt (R) | Moderate |

## Source Links

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

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