Assigned to Committee Authored by John Smithee (R) View at Source
Caption: Relating to the participation of an advanced practice registered nurse as a participating or preferred provider for health maintenance organizations and preferred provider benefit plans. Initially Referred to House Insurance Committee, chaired by a Republican Last Referred to Senate Health & Human Services Committee, chaired by a Republican
HB 1942 allows health maintenance organizations and insurers offering preferred provider plans to directly contract with advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) as participating or preferred providers. This provision ensures that APRNs can operate as providers independently of their supervising physicians' participation in the same network. The act clarifies that it does not grant supervisory authority to insurers over the practice of medicine
Co-authors: Cain (R); Davis, A. (D); Morales Shaw (D) Sponsors: Perry (R)
Jan 17, 2025
(H) Smithee signed onto the bill as Author (H) Filed
Mar 14, 2025
(H) Read first time (H) Referred to the House Insurance, chaired by a Republican
Mar 25, 2025
(H) Cain signed onto the bill as Coauthor
Mar 26, 2025
(H) Scheduled for public hearing on . . . (H) Considered in public hearing (H) Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee (H) Left pending in committee
Mar 27, 2025
(H) Morales Shaw signed onto the bill as Coauthor
Apr 3, 2025
(H) House Insurance met. (H) Considered in formal meeting (H) Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
Apr 8, 2025
(H) Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator (H) Committee report distributed
Apr 9, 2025
(H) Committee report sent to Calendars
May 2, 2025
(H) Considered in Calendars
May 8, 2025
(H) Considered in Calendars
May 10, 2025
(H) Placed on General State Calendar
May 13, 2025
(H) Read 2nd time (H) Passed to engrossment (H) Record vote
RV#2410: Yea 130 (R 77, D 53) - Nay 2 (R 1, D 1) View Source
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(H) Reported engrossed
May 15, 2025
(S) Received from the House (S) Read first time (S) Referred to the Senate Health & Human Services, chaired by a Republican
(H) Perry signed onto the bill as Sponsor
Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill
Against
(Wed 5/21/2025) Registering before S Health & Human Services as Frances Sepulveda for self (Wed 5/21/2025) Registering before S Health & Human Services as Juliette Thurber for self
For
(Wed 5/21/2025) Testifying before S Health & Human Services as Erin Perez for self (with Texas Nurse Practitioners) (Wed 3/26/2025) Testifying before H Insurance as Holly Jeffreys for self (with Texas Nurse Practitioners) (Wed 5/21/2025) Testifying before S Health & Human Services as University Practitioners for (Wed 5/21/2025) Registering before S Health & Human Services as Bianca Arvin-Eagle for self (Wed 3/26/2025) Registering before H Insurance as Blake Hutson for Texas Association of Health Plans (Wed 3/26/2025) Registering before H Insurance as Carl Isett for self (with Texas Association of Benefit Administrators) (Wed 3/26/2025) Registering before H Insurance as Charles Cascio for AARP (Wed 5/21/2025) Registering before S Health & Human Services as Charles Cascio for AARP (Wed 5/21/2025) Registering before S Health & Human Services as Emily Eastin for self (Wed 5/21/2025) Registering before S Health & Human Services as Erin Cusack for Texas Nurse Practitioners (Wed 5/21/2025) Registering before S Health & Human Services as Jack Frazee for Texas Nurses Association (Wed 5/21/2025) Registering before S Health & Human Services as Jason Baxter for Texas Association of Health Plans (Wed 5/21/2025) Registering before S Health & Human Services as Ross Giesinger for American Association of Nurse Practitioners (Wed 3/26/2025) Registering before H Insurance as Shannon Meroney for National Association of Benefits and Insurance Professionals (NABIP-TX)
