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HB1599   Passed the House But Died in Senate with No Public Hearing
This bill would cost taxpayers $311,825,510.00 over five years, according to the Legislative Budget Bureau.
Referred to House Health Care Reform, Select Committee, chaired by a Republican
Referred to Senate Health & Human Services Committee, chaired by a Republican
Caption: Relating to implementation of an express lane option for determining eligibility and enrolling certain individuals in Medicaid or the child health plan program.
Bipartisan Bill, authored by Bucy; Harless; Oliverson; Jetton; Bonnen
Co-authors: Allison; Bernal; Bowers; Campos; Garcia; González, Jessica; Johnson, Jarvis; Johnson, Julie; Lalani; Lambert; Lopez, Ray; Morales Shaw; Morales, Eddie; Ortega; Plesa; Turner; Wu; Zwiener
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Co-sponsors:

View at Texas Legislature Online

Wed 1/25/2023


(H) Filed
(H) John Bucy signed onto the bill as Author
 

Tue 2/14/2023


(H) Sam Harless signed onto the bill as Joint Author
 

Fri 3/3/2023


(H) Referred to the House Health Care Reform, Select Committee, chaired by a Republican
 

Wed 3/15/2023


(H) Diego Bernal signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Tom Oliverson signed onto the bill as Joint Author
 

Thu 3/16/2023


(H) Considered in public hearing
(H) House Health Care Reform, Select Committee met and decided to leave this bill pending without objection.
 

Tue 3/21/2023


(H) House Health Care Reform, Select Committee met and voted for passage. Ayes (Harless; Howard; Bonnen; Bucy; Frank; Klick; Morales, Eddie; Oliverson; Price; Rose) Absents (Walle)
 

Wed 3/22/2023


(H) Jacey Jetton signed onto the bill as Joint Author
 

Thu 3/23/2023


(H) Liz Campos signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Mihaela Plesa signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Mon 3/27/2023


(H) Chris Turner signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Evelina "Lina" Ortega signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Ray Lopez signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Tue 3/28/2023


(H) Referred to the House Calendars Committee, chaired by a Republican
(H) Julie Johnson signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Wed 3/29/2023


(H) Eddie Morales signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Gene Wu signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Jarvis Johnson signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Jessica González signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Rhetta Bowers signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Mon 4/3/2023


(H) Steve Allison signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Tue 4/4/2023


(H) Record Vote No. 82 (HB 1599 was passed)

RV#82: Yeas 106 (R 42, D 64) - Nays 40 (R 40, D 0)
View in House Legislative Journal

Yea - Allen; Allison; Anchía; Anderson; Ashby; Bailes; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Burrows; Button; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Darby; Davis; Dean; Dutton; Flores; Frank; Gamez; Garcia; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; Goldman; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris, C. J.; Hernandez; Herrero; Hinojosa; Holland; Howard; Hunter; Jetton; Johnson, A.; Johnson, J. D.; Johnson, J. E.; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kacal; King, K.; King, T.; Klick; Kuempel; Lalani; Lambert; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Lozano; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales Shaw; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Muñoz; Neave Criado; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Ortega; Patterson; Perez; Plesa; Price; Ramos; Raney; Raymond; Reynolds; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Sherman; Shine; Smith; Talarico; Thierry; Thimesch; Thompson, S.; Turner; VanDeaver; Vo; Walle; Wu; Zwiener

Nay - Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Burns; Cain; DeAyala; Dorazio; Frazier; Gerdes; Harris, C. E.; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hull; Isaac; Landgraf; Leach; Leo-Wilson; Metcalf; Morrison; Murr; Noble; Paul; Rogers; Schaefer; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Slaton; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Stucky; Swanson; Tepper; Thompson, E.; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Vasut; Wilson

Please note: the following statements by legislators do not affect the vote count that was recorded.

Dean: "When Record No. 82 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Gates: "When Record No. 82 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Holland: "When Record No. 82 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)


(H) Erin Zwiener signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Suleman Lalani signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Greg Bonnen signed onto the bill as Joint Author
 

Wed 4/5/2023


(H) Penny Morales Shaw signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Mon 4/24/2023


(H) Stan Lambert signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Wed 4/26/2023


(H) Josey Garcia signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Wed 5/17/2023


(S) Referred to the Senate Health & Human Services Committee, chaired by a Republican


Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill

For

(Thu 3/16/2023) Testifying before House Health Care Reform, Select as Curran, Doug for self (with Tx medical assn, tx pediatic society, tx academy of family physicians)
(Thu 3/16/2023) Testifying before House Health Care Reform, Select as Girvan, Gregg for self (with Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity (FREOPP))
(Thu 3/16/2023) Testifying before House Health Care Reform, Select as Jaquette, Shannon for Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops
(Thu 3/16/2023) Testifying before House Health Care Reform, Select as Mendoza, Alec for Texans Care for Children
(Thu 3/16/2023) Testifying before House Health Care Reform, Select as Miller, Charles for Texas 2036
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Allsup, Ashlea for self
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Avila Edwards, Kimberly for self (with Dell Children's Medical Center & Ascension Seton)
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Balat, David for Texas Public Policy Foundation
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Banning, Tom for Texas Academy of Family Physicians
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Bates, Georgia for self (with Children's Defense Fund of Texas)
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Biundo, Jennifer for Healthy Futures of Texas
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as BRANDT, ANDREW for self
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Briner, Sue for self (with Southwestern Texas Synod, ELCA)
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Cates, Andrew for Nurse Family Partnership
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Clay, Reed for Texas Health Resources
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Cruz, Naomi for self (with Young Invincibles)
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Curry, Ace for self
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as De Luna, Daniela for Texas Association of Community Health Centers
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as DiPasquale, Leila for self
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Dole, Michael for Driscoll Health System
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Dryden, Sara for self
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Dudensing, Jamie for Texas Association of Community Health Plans
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Duncan, Cameron for Texas Hospital Association
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Dunkelberg, Anne for Every Texan
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Fowler, Rebecca for self (with Mental Health America of Greater Houston)
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Francis, Will for self (with National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Ghahremani, Kay for Texas Association of Community Health Plans
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Griffith, Idona for self
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Hamer, Glenn for Texas Association of Business
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Harris, Ashley for United Ways of Texas
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Hicks, Britt for self
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Hoppe, Christina for Children's Hospital Association of Texas
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Houston, Joshua for Texas Impact
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Judice, Kerrie for TexProtects
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Kenderdine, Marshall for Texas Academy of Family Physicians
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as KNIGHT, ANITA for self
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Lanagan, Lindsay for Legacy Community Health
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Lenau, Kristen for Texas Women's Healthcare Coalition (TWHC)
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Lloyd, Adrienne for self (with Children's Defense Fund of Texas)
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Matula, Michelle for self
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Mehta, Hannah for self (with Protect Texas Fragile Kids (PTFK))
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Miles-Wallace, Katy for self (with Southwestern Texas Synod, ELCA)
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Nichols-Segers, Simone for National MS Society
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as O'Quin, Ana for self (with Girls Empowerment Network)
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Olson, Jamie for Feeding Texas
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Ottinger, Tim for CHI St. Lukes Health System
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Person, Maria for self
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Piotrzkowski, Rachel Pearl for Council for a Strong America
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Reynolds, David for Texas Chapter American College of Physicians Services
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Romo, Joel for American Diabetes Association
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Rose, Denise for Community Health Systems
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Ryan, Kathryn for self (with Episcopal Diocese of Texas)
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Sabo, Jason for Children at Risk
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Sanghavi, Ankit for Texas Primary Care Consortium
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Saval, Maureen for self
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Sifuentez, Jesse for Baylor Scott and White Health Plan
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Stewart, Susan for self
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Strandberg, Katherine for Every Body Texas
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Tendler, Stuart for self
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Thornton, Bis for self
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Travis, Clayton for Texas Pediatric Society
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Vasek, Heather for DHR Health (Hidalgo County)
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Walter, Erin for self (with Texas Unitarian Universalist Justice Ministry)
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Yanas, Christine for Methodist Healthcare Ministries
 

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(Thu 3/16/2023) Testifying before House Health Care Reform, Select as Davis, Hilary for Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC)



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