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HB4500   Signed by the Governor
Referred to House Insurance Committee, chaired by a Republican
Referred to Senate Health & Human Services Committee, chaired by a Republican
Caption: Relating to electronic verification of health benefits by health benefit plan issuers for certain physicians and health care providers.
Republican Bill, authored by Harris, Caroline
Co-authors:
Sponsors: Hughes
Co-sponsors:

View at Texas Legislature Online

Thu 3/9/2023


(H) Filed
(H) Caroline Harris signed onto the bill as Author
 

Tue 3/21/2023


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

Tue 4/18/2023


(H) Considered in public hearing
(H) House Insurance Committee met and decided to leave this bill pending without objection.
 

Tue 4/25/2023


(H) Considered in public hearing
(H) House Insurance Committee met and voted for passage. Ayes (Oliverson; Johnson, Ann; Cain; Cortez; Harris, Caroline; Johnson, Julie; Paul) Absents (Hull; Perez)
 

Tue 5/9/2023


(H) Record Vote No. 1308 (Considered on second reading on the previous legislative day on the local, consent, and resolutions calendar were laid before the house, read third time, and passed.)


This is a Local and Consent Bill

RV#1308: Yeas 140 (R 80, D 60) - Nays 2 (R 2, D 0)
HB4500 was "bundled" with many other bills and passed.
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; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Clardy; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Darby; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Flores; Frank; Frazier; Gamez; Gates; Gerdes; 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; Leo-Wilson; 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; Paul; Perez; Plesa; Price; Ramos; Raney; Raymond; Rogers; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schaefer; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shine; Slawson; Smith; Smithee; Spiller; Stucky; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thierry; Thompson, E.; Thompson, S.; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Vo; Walle; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener

Registered No - ; Patterson; Thimesch

(Registering "No" makes no change on the passage of this bill.)

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

Tinderholt: "When Record No. 1308 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 5/11/2023


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

Tue 5/16/2023


(S) Considered in public hearing
 

Wed 5/17/2023


(S) Considered in public hearing
 

Fri 5/26/2023


(H) Record Vote No. 2158 (The motion to concur in the senate amendments to HB 4500 prevailed)

RV#2158: Yeas 137 (R 79, D 58) - Nays 1 (R 0, D 1)
View in House Legislative Journal

Yea - Allen; Allison; Anchía; Anderson; Bailes; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Burns; Burrows; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Clardy; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Davis; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Flores; Frank; Frazier; Gamez; Garcia; Gates; Gerdes; Gervin-Hawkins; Goldman; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris, C. E.; Harrison; Hefner; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Holland; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Jetton; Johnson, A.; Johnson, J. D.; Johnson, J. E.; Jones, J.; Kacal; King, K.; King, T.; Kitzman; Klick; Kuempel; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo-Wilson; 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; Schaefer; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Sherman; Shine; Slawson; Smith; Smithee; Spiller; Stucky; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thierry; Thimesch; Thompson, E.; Thompson, S.; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Vo; Walle; Wilson; Zwiener

Nay - Rosenthal

 

Mon 5/29/2023


(H) Signed in the House
(S) Signed in the Senate


Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill

For

(Tue 5/16/2023) Registering before Senate Health & Human Services as Abdullah, Haseeb for self
(Tue 5/16/2023) Registering before Senate Health & Human Services as Addicks, Jeff for self (with Hospitality Health ER)
(Tue 5/16/2023) Registering before Senate Health & Human Services as Brizzolara-Dove, Emily for Texas 2036
(Tue 4/18/2023) Registering before House Insurance as Chepkauskas, Daniel for Patient Choice Coalition of Texas
(Tue 4/18/2023) Registering before House Insurance as Duncan, Cameron for Texas Hospital Association
(Tue 5/16/2023) Registering before Senate Health & Human Services as Frazier, Kyle for Patient Choice Coalition of Texas
(Tue 4/18/2023) Registering before House Insurance as Longoria, Abel for self (with Hospitality Health ER)
(Tue 5/16/2023) Registering before Senate Health & Human Services as Meroney, Shannon for National Association of Benefits and Insurance Professionals (NABIP-TX)
(Tue 4/18/2023) Registering before House Insurance as Parkinson, Thomas for self
(Tue 5/16/2023) Registering before Senate Health & Human Services as Parkinson, Thomas for self
(Tue 4/18/2023) Registering before House Insurance as Wright, Ben for Texas Medical Association
(Tue 5/16/2023) Registering before Senate Health & Human Services as Wright, Ben for Texas Medical Association
 

On

(Tue 4/18/2023) Testifying before House Insurance as Hutson, Blake for Texas Association of Community Health Plans
(Tue 5/16/2023) Registering before Senate Health & Human Services as Bowden, Rachel for TDI



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