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2025 · Regular session · House bill
HB913
HB913 updates two statutory lists of Texas state mental-health facilities.
Official caption: Relating to certain state hospital names and the management of state hospitals.
Official report lists House author(s): Frank. This does not identify sponsors or amendment drafters.
Bill explanation published · Version and amendment review scope is stated below · Individual amendment records may not be separately annotated.
Bill highlights
Selected points from the published explanation. Follow each point to its source-linked context; conditions and limits may matter.
- HB913 updates two statutory lists of Texas state mental-health facilities.
- The act also directs the executive commissioner to adopt rules requiring each state hospital to employ a superintendent.
- The law took effect September 1, 2025.
What does it do?
HB913 updates two statutory lists of Texas state mental-health facilities. It replaces North Texas State Hospital with Vernon State Hospital and separately adds Wichita Falls State Hospital, Panhandle State Hospital and Lubbock Psychiatric Center. The other listed facilities remain. Final law
The act also directs the executive commissioner to adopt rules requiring each state hospital to employ a superintendent. That requirement is not limited to the newly listed facilities. HB913 itself does not prescribe a superintendent’s salary, hiring credentials or detailed duties.
The law took effect September 1, 2025. Updating a statutory name or list is not the same as funding construction or confirming that a facility has opened. The act does not appropriate construction money, set bed counts or promise a particular opening date. Official history
What changed along the way?
The introduced bill, House committee report, engrossed version, Senate committee report and final law contain identical operative provisions. Both committees reported it without amendments, and the official amendment index lists none. There was no conference rewrite. The House passed it April 25, the Senate May 14, and the governor signed May 28.
The substantive changes are the specific name/list updates and the new superintendent rulemaking requirement—not a new general treatment program or a change to patient eligibility.
For the full amendment record, open the official amendment index.
Official bill versions
Compare the published text versions in the official text index. A change is not attributed to a specific amendment here without a verified record.
Who could benefit—and who could bear the costs?
Patients, families and staff may benefit from clearer identification of facilities and a required superintendent at each state hospital. The law does not guarantee additional beds, faster admissions or improved clinical outcomes.
The state must carry out the administrative updates and superintendent requirement. The latest fiscal note anticipated no significant state or local-government fiscal impact and assumed costs could be absorbed using existing resources. That estimate does not mean building or operating a hospital is cost-free; HB913 is not a hospital-construction appropriation.
Official sources
- Bill history and latest recorded action
- Bill versions, analyses and fiscal notes
- Action history and votes
- Amendment index
Catalog report retrieved 2026-10-25. Check the official record for corrections or later changes.