Public Health

Relating to the establishment and administration of certain programs and services providing health care services to rural counties.

Out of committee

Relating to health and nutrition standards to promote healthy living; authorizing a civil penalty.

Out of committee

Relating to notice provided by a chemical dependency treatment facility to the parent, managing conservator, or guardian of a minor refused admission to the facility.

Out of committee

Relating to inpatient competency restoration services.

Out of committee

Relating to perinatal bereavement care provided by certain hospitals, a perinatal bereavement care initiative, and a perinatal bereavement care hospital recognition program.

Out of committee

Relating to cottage food production operations.

Out of committee

Relating to the licensing and regulation of speech-language pathologists and audiologists.

Out of committee

Relating to a peer support network for first responders.

Out of committee

Relating to the treatment of a patient by a physical therapist without a referral.

Out of committee

Relating to a prohibition on marketing, advertising, offering for sale, or selling certain e-cigarette products; increasing a criminal penalty; creating a criminal offense.

Out of committee

Relating to improvements to the Texas Information and Referral Network.

Out of committee

Relating to exceptions to otherwise prohibited abortions based on a physician's reasonable medical judgment.

In committee

Relating to the medical use of low-THC cannabis under and the administration of the Texas Compassionate-Use Program; requiring registration.

Out of committee

Relating to the creation of the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas.

In committee

Relating to informed consent for certain screening tests.

Out of committee

Relating to a requirement that certain students, interns, residents, and fellows receiving a clinical education at public or nonprofit hospitals be provided leave to undergo an annual comprehensive health examination.

In committee

Relating to the establishment of the sickle cell disease registry.

Out of committee

Relating to the composition of the governing body of a local mental health authority.

Out of committee

Relating to the expansion of eligibility for Medicaid in certain counties under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

In committee

Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the establishment of the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, establishing the Dementia Prevention and Research Fund to provide money for research on and prevention and treatment of dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and related disorders in this state, and transferring to that fund $3 billion from state general revenue.

Out of committee

Relating to designating certain substances as Schedule IV controlled substances under the Texas Controlled Substances Act.

In committee

Relating to the establishment of a grocery access investment fund program.

In committee

Relating to the use of grant money awarded to reduce workplace violence against nurses.

In committee

Relating to educational and informational materials provided through the Thriving Texas Families Program.

In committee

Relating to family support services provided under a Health and Human Services Commission program.

Out of committee

Relating to the issuance by the Texas Medical Board of certain licenses to practice medicine and the authority of an insured to select certain license holders under the insured's health policy; requiring an occupational license; authorizing fees.

Out of committee

Relating to the Texas Physician Health Program and the regulation of certain occupations by the Texas Medical Board; expanding the applicability of surcharges.

Out of committee

Relating to the disclosure of certain medical information by electronic means.

Out of committee

Relating to the confidentiality of certain autopsy records.

Out of committee

Relating to the use of an epinephrine delivery system by certain entities.

Out of committee

Relating to health and nutrition standards to promote healthy living, including requirements for food labeling, primary and secondary education, higher education, and continuing education for certain health care professionals; authorizing a civil penalty.

Out of committee

Relating to the licensing and regulation of orthotists and prosthetists.

Out of committee

Relating to exceptions to otherwise prohibited abortions based on a physician's reasonable medical judgment.

Out of committee

Relating to the establishment of a work group to conduct a study on the feasibility of implementing an acute psychiatric bed registry.

Out of committee

Relating to information regarding consumer access to health care records.

Out of committee

Relating to the possession and administration of epinephrine delivery systems by certain entities.

Out of committee

Relating to the licensing and regulation of dietitians.

Out of committee

Relating to a requirement that certain hospitals submit a summary of parts of their emergency operations plans to the Health and Human Services Commission.

Out of committee

Relating to provision to a patient of an itemized bill for health care services and supplies.

In committee

Relating to a study on prevention and reduction of diabetes-related amputation.

Out of committee

Relating to a study on food deserts and their disproportionate impact among communities of color.

In committee

Relating to the provision of behavioral health crisis services, including measures to fund and support the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline and related services.

Out of committee

Relating to hospital staffing report and complaint processes and to retaliation and mandatory overtime protections for nurses.

Out of committee

Relating to information regarding perinatal palliative care; creating an administrative penalty.

Out of committee

Relating to the care provided to sexual assault survivors by health care facilities.

Out of committee

Relating to a prohibition on e-cigarette advertising in certain locations.

Out of committee

Relating to patient authorization to access certain investigational sun protection products.

Out of committee

Relating to the establishment of the office of community violence intervention and prevention within the Department of State Health Services and a grant program for violence intervention and prevention services.

In committee

Relating to itemized billing for health care services and supplies provided by health care providers.

Out of committee

Relating to price estimates and billing requirements for certain health care facilities.

In committee

Relating to the use, possession, delivery, or manufacture of testing equipment that identifies the presence of a substance listed in Penalty Group 1-B.

In committee

Relating to exceptions to and the repeal of certain laws prohibiting abortion.

In committee

Relating to the licensing and regulation of the practice of podiatry.

Out of committee

Relating to prohibited signs, logos, and designs in advertising or marketing cigarettes, e-cigarettes, or other tobacco products; creating a criminal offense.

Out of committee

Relating to death records maintained by the vital statistics unit of the Department of State Health Services and provided to certain hospitals.

Out of committee

Relating to the issuance of a license to practice medicine to certain applicants licensed or educated in a foreign country.

In committee

Relating to access to individualized investigational treatments for patients with life-threatening or severely debilitating illnesses.

Out of committee

Relating to implementing an express lane option under Medicaid and the child health plan program.

Out of committee

Relating to restrictions on covenants not to compete for physicians and certain health care practitioners.

Out of committee

Relating to an exemption from required immunizations for school enrollment.

Out of committee

Relating to the application review process for certain delayed birth certificates.

Out of committee

Relating to the licensing of mental hospitals and mental health facilities and the definition of facility for the purposes of the employee misconduct registry.

Out of committee

Relating to direct payment for certain health care provided by a hospital.

Out of committee

Relating to restrictions on the fee assessed for issuance of certain birth records.

Out of committee

Relating to solicitation of patients and other prohibited marketing practices, the establishment of the task force on patient solicitation, and the prosecution of certain related criminal offenses.

Out of committee

Relating to an exemption from required disclosure of information related to the next of kin of deceased persons.

Out of committee

Relating to exceptions to and the repeal of certain laws prohibiting abortion.

In committee

Relating to a study on the increased incidence of cancer in female firefighters in this state.

Out of committee

Relating to a grant program to provide financial assistance to qualified ambulance service providers in certain rural counties.

Out of committee

Relating to a prohibition on the offering for sale and the sale of cell-cultured protein for human consumption; providing civil and criminal penalties.

Out of committee

Relating to required reports of certain vaccine-related or drug-related adverse events.

Out of committee

Relating to COVID-19 vaccine administration requirements.

Out of committee

Relating to the Texas Pharmaceutical Initiative.

Out of committee

Relating to Medicaid coverage and reimbursement for functional family therapy services.

In committee

Relating to notice of rights provided to a patient receiving certain mental health, chemical dependency, or rehabilitation treatment or services at certain facilities.

In committee

Relating to immunization requirements.

In committee

Relating to Medicaid coverage and reimbursement for multisystemic therapy services.

Out of committee

Relating to the required inclusion of a person's sex on a birth certificate and prohibited change of sex on the birth certificate of certain minors.

In committee

Relating to certain records of a health professional providing a telemedicine medical service, teledentistry dental service, or telehealth service.

Out of committee

Relating to the intake and disposition records of animal shelters and releasing agencies.

In committee

Relating to a warning label on certain social media platforms concerning the association between a minor's social media usage and significant mental health issues.

Out of committee

Relating to the disclosure of health care cost information by certain health care facilities; imposing an administrative penalty.

Out of committee

Relating to the issuance of a certified birth record to a homeless individual.

Out of committee

Relating to the adoption and implementation of a surgical smoke evacuation system policy at certain health care facilities.

Out of committee

Relating to a maternal health care workforce campaign.

Out of committee

Relating to cottage food production operations.

In committee

Relating to newborn screening tests for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

Out of committee

Relating to covered benefits under the child health plan.

In committee

Relating to the provision of direct patient care by physicians and health care practitioners.

Out of committee

Relating to the issuance of a single license for a hospital and a mobile stroke unit of the hospital.

Out of committee

Relating to improvements to the Texas Information and Referral Network.

In committee

Relating to the regulation of the provision of elective intravenous therapy.

Out of committee

Relating to the establishment of the Health Professions Workforce Coordinating Council and a workgroup on nursing career pathways and the abolition of the statewide health coordinating council and the nursing advisory committee of that council.

Out of committee

Relating to a report on governmental opioid antagonist programs to reverse and prevent opioid overdoses.

Out of committee

Relating to certain mammography reports providing required breast density information.

Out of committee

Relating to the provision of inservice training on identifying abuse, neglect, and illegal, unprofessional, and unethical conduct in certain health care facilities and to civil and administrative penalties assessed for violations of statutes or rules governing chemical dependency treatment facilities.

Out of committee

Relating to the regulation of the practice of pharmacy.

Out of committee

Relating to an advisory board established to develop a resource guide that facilitates collaboration in identifying and addressing local health care workforce needs.

Out of committee

Relating to prohibited discrimination by health care providers based on an individual's age, race, disability, immigration status, sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression.

In committee

Relating to the purchase and use of contraceptives and access to contraceptive information.

In committee