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HB2556   Died after Placed on Senate Intent Calendar
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 the licensing and regulation of physician graduates and the authority of an insured to select a physician graduate under the insured's health insurance policy; requiring an occupational license; authorizing fees.
Bipartisan Bill, authored by Oliverson; Morales, Eddie; Harless
Co-authors: Bernal; Button
Sponsors: Schwertner
Co-sponsors: Sparks

View at Texas Legislature Online

Tue 2/21/2023


(H) Filed
(H) Tom Oliverson signed onto the bill as Author
 

Mon 3/13/2023


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

Thu 3/23/2023


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

Mon 3/27/2023


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

Wed 3/29/2023


(H) Eddie Morales signed onto the bill as Joint Author
 

Thu 3/30/2023


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

Wed 4/5/2023


(H) Referred to the House Calendars Committee, chaired by a Republican
 

Tue 4/11/2023


(H) Angie Button signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Wed 4/19/2023


(H) Record Vote No. 313 (HB 2556 was passed)

RV#313: Yeas 146 (R 84, D 62) - Nays 0 (R 0, D 0)
View in House Legislative Journal

Yea - Allen; Allison; Anchía; Anderson; Ashby; Bailes; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Burns; Burrows; Button; Cain; Canales; Capriglione; Clardy; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Darby; Davis; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Flores; Frank; Frazier; Gamez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; Goldman; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris, C. E.; Harris, C. J.; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Herrero; Hinojosa; Holland; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Jetton; Johnson, A.; Johnson, J. D.; Johnson, J. E.; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kacal; King, K.; King, T.; Kitzman; Klick; Kuempel; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Lozano; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales Shaw; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morrison; Muñoz; Murr; Neave Criado; Noble; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Ortega; Patterson; Paul; Perez; Plesa; Price; Ramos; Raney; Raymond; Reynolds; Rogers; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schaefer; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Sherman; Shine; Slaton; Slawson; Smith; Smithee; Spiller; Stucky; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thierry; Thimesch; Thompson, E.; Thompson, S.; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Vo; Walle; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener

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

Campos: "When Record No. 313 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Garcia: "When Record No. 313 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)


 

Thu 4/20/2023


(S) Referred to the Senate Health & Human Services Committee, chaired by a Republican
(H) Diego Bernal signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Tue 5/16/2023


(S) Considered in public hearing
 

Fri 5/19/2023


(S) Considered in public hearing
 

Tue 5/23/2023


(S) Placed on intent calendar

Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill

Against

(Thu 3/23/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Besinger, Jackie for self
 

For

(Thu 3/23/2023) Testifying before House Health Care Reform, Select as Aronin, Patricia for self (with TX 400 and TEXAS Physicians for Patients PAC)
(Thu 3/23/2023) Testifying before House Health Care Reform, Select as Balat, David for Texas Public Policy Foundation
(Thu 3/23/2023) Testifying before House Health Care Reform, Select as Franklin, Jack for self
(Thu 3/23/2023) Testifying before House Health Care Reform, Select as Madrigal, Juliette for self
(Thu 3/23/2023) Testifying before House Health Care Reform, Select as Ostovar-Kermani, Tiffany for self
(Thu 3/23/2023) Testifying before House Health Care Reform, Select as Sawhney, Henna for self
(Thu 3/23/2023) Testifying before House Health Care Reform, Select as Sholar, Alina for Texas 400
(Tue 5/16/2023) Registering before Senate Health & Human Services as Abdullah, Haseeb for self
(Thu 3/23/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Capelo, Jaime for self (with Texas 400)
(Thu 3/23/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Collins, Genevieve for Americans for Prosperity, the LIBRE Initiative
(Thu 3/23/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Dole, Michael for Driscoll Health System
(Thu 3/23/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Lanagan, Lindsay for Legacy Community Health
(Thu 3/23/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as McCord, Mia for Texans for Affordable Health Care/American Coalition for Affordable Health
(Tue 5/16/2023) Registering before Senate Health & Human Services as Sholar, Alina for self (with Texas 400)
(Tue 5/16/2023) Registering before Senate Health & Human Services as Welton, Caroline for Texas Public Policy Foundation
(Thu 3/23/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Yanas, Christine for Methodist Healthcare Ministries
 

On

(Thu 3/23/2023) Testifying before House Health Care Reform, Select as Carlton, Stephen for Texas Medical Board
(Thu 3/23/2023) Testifying before House Health Care Reform, Select as Dayaratna, Kevin for self



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