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HB999   Signed by the Governor
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 effect of certain reductions in a health benefit plan enrollee's out-of-pocket expenses for certain prescription drugs on enrollee cost-sharing requirements.
Republican Bill, authored by Price; Guillen; Allison; Oliverson
Co-authors: Bhojani; Gamez; Johnson, Julie; Morales, Eddie
Sponsors: Schwertner
Co-sponsors:

View at Texas Legislature Online

Tue 12/13/2022


(H) Filed
 

Thu 3/2/2023


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

Thu 3/23/2023


(H) Considered in public hearing
(H) Ryan Guillen signed onto the bill as Joint Author
(H) Steve Allison signed onto the bill as Joint Author
(H) House Health Care Reform, Select Committee met and decided to leave this bill pending without objection.
 

Tue 3/28/2023


(H) Julie Johnson signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Salman Bhojani signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Wed 3/29/2023


(H) Tom Oliverson 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)
 

Mon 4/3/2023


(H) Eddie Morales signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Wed 4/5/2023


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

Wed 4/12/2023


(H) Erin Gamez signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Thu 4/20/2023


(H) Record Vote No. 357 (HB 999 was passed)

RV#357: Yeas 140 (R 80, D 60) - Nays 5 (R 4, D 1)
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; 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.; 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; Smith; Smithee; Spiller; Stucky; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thierry; Thimesch; Thompson, E.; Thompson, S.; Tinderholt; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vo; Walle; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener

Nay - Cain; Canales; Slawson; Toth; Vasut

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

Campos: "When Record No. 357 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. 357 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)

Isaac: "When Record No. 357 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Slaton: "When Record No. 357 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Swanson: "When Record No. 357 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Tinderholt: "When Record No. 357 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)


 

Tue 5/2/2023


(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
 

Sun 5/21/2023


(S) Placed on intent calendar
(S) Record Vote (Senate Third Reading)

Senate Vote: Yeas 31 (R 19, D 12) - Nays 0 (R 0, D 0)

Yea - Alvarado; Bettencourt; Birdwell; Blanco; Campbell; Creighton; Eckhardt; Flores; Gutierrez; Hall; Hancock; Hinojosa; Huffman; Hughes; Johnson; King; Kolkhorst; LaMantia; Menéndez; Middleton; Miles; Nichols; Parker; Paxton; Perry; Schwertner; Sparks; Springer; West; Whitmire; Zaffirini

 

Tue 5/23/2023


(H) Signed in the House
 

Wed 5/24/2023


(S) Signed in the Senate


Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill

For

(Thu 3/23/2023) Testifying before House Health Care Reform, Select as Bearden, Chase for self (with Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
(Tue 5/16/2023) Testifying before Senate Health & Human Services as Bearden, Chase for self (with Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
(Thu 3/23/2023) Testifying before House Health Care Reform, Select as Boyer, Kindyl for self (with Infusion Access Foundation)
(Thu 3/23/2023) Testifying before House Health Care Reform, Select as Canciglia, J for self (with Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
(Thu 3/23/2023) Testifying before House Health Care Reform, Select as Clawson, Shelley for self (with Texas Bleeding Disorders Coalition)
(Thu 3/23/2023) Testifying before House Health Care Reform, Select as Compton, Melissa for self (with Texas Bleeding Disorders Coalition)
(Thu 3/23/2023) Testifying before House Health Care Reform, Select as Crowe, Ryan for self (with Texas Bleeding Disorders Coalition)
(Tue 5/16/2023) Testifying before Senate Health & Human Services as Crowe, Ryan for self (with Texas Bleeding Disorders Coalition)
(Thu 3/23/2023) Testifying before House Health Care Reform, Select as Fredericksen Jones, Julie for self (with Texas Bleeding Disorders Coalition)
(Thu 3/23/2023) Testifying before House Health Care Reform, Select as Neyland, Rachel for self (with Bleeding disorders coalition)
(Thu 3/23/2023) Testifying before House Health Care Reform, Select as Silva, Ezequiel for self (with Texas Medical Association, Texas Radiological Society)
(Thu 3/23/2023) Testifying before House Health Care Reform, Select as Summers, JP for self (with Global Healthy Living Foundation)
(Thu 3/23/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Balat, David for Texas Public Policy Foundation
(Tue 5/16/2023) Registering before Senate Health & Human Services as Borel, Dennis for Coalition of Texans with Disabilities
(Tue 5/16/2023) Registering before Senate Health & Human Services as Boyer, Kindyl for self (with Infusion Access Foundation)
(Thu 3/23/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Bruce, Bonnie for Prism Health North Texas
(Tue 5/16/2023) Registering before Senate Health & Human Services as Clawson, Shelley for self
(Thu 3/23/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Dunkelberg, Anne for Every Texan
(Tue 5/16/2023) Registering before Senate Health & Human Services as Fox, Januari for Prism Health North Texas
(Tue 5/16/2023) Registering before Senate Health & Human Services as Galinsky, Rebecca for self (with Protect Texas Fragile Kids (PTFK))
(Thu 3/23/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Galligher, Duane for Texas Pharmacy Association (TPA)
(Tue 5/16/2023) Registering before Senate Health & Human Services as Gamez, Josie for The National Hemophilia Foundation
(Tue 5/16/2023) Registering before Senate Health & Human Services as Gill, Hannah for NAMI Texas
(Thu 3/23/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Gray, James for American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network
(Tue 5/16/2023) Registering before Senate Health & Human Services as Gray, James for American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network
(Thu 3/23/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Hansch, Greg for National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
(Tue 5/16/2023) Registering before Senate Health & Human Services as Harris, Ashley for United Ways of Texas
(Tue 5/16/2023) Registering before Senate Health & Human Services as Huddleston, Cheri for Lone Star Bleeding Disorders Foundation
(Tue 5/16/2023) Registering before Senate Health & Human Services as Jones, Julia for self (with Texas Bleeding Disorders Coalition)
(Thu 3/23/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Knaupe, Gregg for Texas Pharmacy Business Council
(Thu 3/23/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Lanagan, Lindsay for Legacy Community Health
(Tue 5/16/2023) Registering before Senate Health & Human Services as Lanagan, Lindsay for Legacy Community Health
(Thu 3/23/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Litzinger, Linda for self (with Texas Parent to Parent)
(Tue 5/16/2023) Registering before Senate Health & Human Services as Litzinger, Linda for self (with Texas Parent to Parent)
(Tue 5/16/2023) Registering before Senate Health & Human Services as Lobsinger Bush, Danielle for Texas Healthcare and Bioscience Institute
(Tue 5/16/2023) Registering before Senate Health & Human Services as Mauro, Kyle for Texas Society of Clinical Oncology
(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
(Thu 3/23/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Meroney, Shannon for National Association of Benefits and Insurance Professionals (NABIP-TX)
(Tue 5/16/2023) Registering before Senate Health & Human Services as Meroney, Shannon for National Association of Benefits and Insurance Professionals (NABIP-TX)
(Thu 3/23/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Patterson, Tiffany for United Ways of Texas
(Tue 5/16/2023) Registering before Senate Health & Human Services as Ramirez, Lira for self
(Thu 3/23/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Reynolds, David for Texas Chapter American College of Physicians Services
(Thu 3/23/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Romo, Joel for American Diabetes Association
(Tue 5/16/2023) Registering before Senate Health & Human Services as Romo, Joel for American Diabetes Association
(Thu 3/23/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Schleifer, Jessica for Teaching Hospitals of Texas
(Thu 3/23/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Tracy, Shelby for Texas Association of Community Health Centers
(Tue 5/16/2023) Registering before Senate Health & Human Services as Tracy, Shelby for Texas Association of Community Health Centers
(Thu 3/23/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Travis, Clayton for Texas Pediatric Society
(Tue 5/16/2023) Registering before Senate Health & Human Services as Travis, Clayton for Texas Pediatric Society
(Thu 3/23/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Walker, Kwame for Texas Rare Alliance
(Tue 5/16/2023) Registering before Senate Health & Human Services as Walker, Kwame for Texas Rare Alliance
(Tue 5/16/2023) Registering before Senate Health & Human Services as Welton, Caroline for Texas Public Policy Foundation
(Tue 5/16/2023) Registering before Senate Health & Human Services as Wright, Ben for Texas Medical Association
 

On

(Thu 3/23/2023) Testifying before House Health Care Reform, Select as Dudensing, Jamie for Texas Association of Community Health Plans
(Thu 3/23/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Schuster, Kenisha for Texas Department of Insurance



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