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Regular session · Explanation in preparation
Relating to the creation of the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas.
Official report House author(s): Craddick, Thompson, Hunter, Bonnen, Curry
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HB6 gives schools more authority to remove disruptive students, broadens several expulsion grounds and changes suspension rules.
Official caption: Relating to discipline management and access to telehealth mental health services in public schools.
Regular session · Source-checked explanation published
HB18 puts rural-hospital financial assistance into law, changes Medicaid payment rules, and expands connections to pediatric specialists and mental-h…
Official caption: Relating to the establishment and administration of certain programs and services providing health care services to rural counties.
Regular session · Explanation in preparation
Relating to health and nutrition standards to promote healthy living; authorizing a civil penalty.
Official report House author(s): Hull, Frank, VanDeaver, Bucy, Pierson
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Everly's Law requires covered hospitals to make bereavement counseling options and any available bereavement device available after an intrauterine f…
Official caption: Relating to perinatal bereavement care provided by certain hospitals, a perinatal bereavement care initiative, and a perinatal bereavement care hospital recognition program.
Regular session · Explanation in preparation
Relating to exceptions to otherwise prohibited abortions based on a physician's reasonable medical judgment.
Official report House author(s): Geren, Johnson, Howard, Hull, Orr
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HB46 expands Texas's prescription low-THC cannabis program, adds qualifying conditions and calls for more licensed suppliers and local pickup/storage…
Official caption: Relating to the medical use of low-THC cannabis under and the administration of the Texas Compassionate-Use Program; requiring registration.
Regular session · Source-checked explanation published
HB109 broadens the state-facility framework for residential treatment of certain juveniles beyond a single named center and permits a direct, one-tim…
Official caption: Relating to the construction, expansion, and operation of certain inpatient mental health facilities and the designation of residential treatment facilities for certain juveniles.
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HB114 makes the Texas Veterans Commission responsible for three existing veterans’ mental-health efforts previously administered through the Health a…
Official caption: Relating to the transfer of functions relating to certain veteran mental health programs and plans to the Texas Veterans Commission.
Regular session · Source-checked explanation published
HB138 creates a program at UTHealth Houston's Center for Health Care Data to examine proposed health-insurance requirements before lawmakers enact th…
Official caption: Relating to the establishment of the Health Impact, Cost, and Coverage Analysis Program; authorizing a fee.
Regular session · Explanation in preparation
Relating to employer health benefit plans that do not include state-mandated health benefits.
Official report House author(s): Dean, Harless, Hull, Gerdes, Tepper
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HB142 updates the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's inspector-general powers and expressly extends recovery-audit work to Medicaid managed…
Official caption: 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.
Regular session · Explanation in preparation
Relating to Medicaid coverage and reimbursement for certain inpatient mental health services.
Official report House author(s): Raymond
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Relating to certain payment recovery and recoupment efforts under Medicaid and the child health plan program.
Official report House author(s): Raymond
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HB171, called the Anell Borrego Act, sets a 30-day minimum for several kinds of court-ordered chemical-dependency treatment, while retaining their 90…
Official caption: Relating to the certificate of medical examination for chemical dependency and the duration of court-ordered treatment for a person with a chemical dependency.
Regular session · Explanation in preparation
Relating to the creation of the Mental Health and Brain Research Institute of Texas.
Official report House author(s): Thompson
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HB198, the Wade Cannon Act, requires a political subdivision employing covered firefighters to offer them a confidential occupational cancer screenin…
Official caption: Relating to periodic health screenings for firefighters.
Regular session · Explanation in preparation
Relating to provision to a patient of an itemized bill for health care services and supplies.
Official report House author(s): Harris Davila
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HB216 changes how covered health-care providers deliver itemized bills, especially when a patient cannot be reached through an active online portal.
Official caption: Relating to itemized billing for health care services and supplies provided by health care providers.
Regular session · Explanation in preparation
Relating to the care provided to sexual assault survivors by health care facilities.
Official report House author(s): Ordaz, Orr, Rose, Frank, Howard
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Relating to the establishment of the office of community violence intervention and prevention within the Department of State Health Services and a grant program for violence intervention and prevention services.
Official report House author(s): Rosenthal, Simmons, Wu
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Relating to health benefit plan coverage for hair prostheses for breast cancer patients.
Official report House author(s): Gervin-Hawkins
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Relating to price estimates and billing requirements for certain health care facilities.
Official report House author(s): Harris Davila
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Relating to health benefit coverage for general anesthesia in connection with certain pediatric dental services.
Official report House author(s): Gervin-Hawkins
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Relating to implementing an express lane option under Medicaid and the child health plan program.
Official report House author(s): Bucy, Oliverson, Rose, Bonnen, Walle
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HB331 broadens when a qualifying firefighter, peace officer or emergency medical technician can use a legal presumption that a disabling or fatal hea…
Official caption: Relating to certain presumptions applicable to claims for benefits or compensation for certain medical conditions brought by certain first responders.
Regular session · Explanation in preparation
Relating to the payments and reimbursements for noncontracting and contracting provider dentists under certain health benefit plans.
Official report House author(s): Cortez
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Relating to measures to ensure the safety and welfare of the border region of this state, including protection from ongoing criminal activity and public health threats and the establishment of the Border Protection Unit; creating a criminal offense; creating a civil penalty.
Official report House author(s): Cain
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HB388 requires a uniform coordination-of-benefits questionnaire for the health plans it covers.
Official caption: Relating to a uniform coordination of benefits questionnaire for health benefit plans.
Regular session · Explanation in preparation
Relating to health benefit plan coverage for early childhood intervention services.
Official report House author(s): Lopez, Ray
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