83rd Texas Legislative Session Round-Up: Summary of Bills That Impact You
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TPS LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY AND OUTCOMES
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Testimony | House Appropriations Committee - Article 2 | |
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SB 50 (Zaffirini): relating to the Children's Policy Council, including the composition of the council. |
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SB 62 (Nelson)/HB 565 (Laubenberg): relating to the vaccination against bacterial meningitis of entering students at public and private or independent institutions of higher education. |
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SB 63 (Nelson): elating to consent to the immunization of certain children
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SB 64 (Nelson)/HB 1150 (Zerwas): relating to a policy on vaccine-preventable diseases for licensed child-care facilities. |
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SB 65 (Nelson): relating to a program to recognize public schools with successful student health and fitness programs. |
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SB 92 (Van de Putte)/HB 91 (Thompson): relating to the designation of a juvenile court and a program for certain juveniles who may be the victims of human trafficking. |
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SB 329 (Huffman)/HB 598 (Zerwas): relating to a prohibition on the use of a tanning facility by a minor. |
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SB 406 (Nelson)/HB 1055 (Kolkhorst): relating to the practice of advanced practice registered nurses and physician assistants and the delegation of prescriptive authority by physicians to and the supervision by physicians of certain advanced practice registered nurses and physician assistants. |
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SB 644 (Huffman)/HB 1032 (Zerwas): relating to the creation of a standard request form for prior authorization of prescription drug benefits. |
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SB 684 (Deuell)/ HB 2052 (Phillips):relating to a physical assessment of students by a public school. |
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SB 1013 (Taylor)/HB 2938 (Laubenberg): relating to the administration of an immunization or vaccination by a pharmacist. |
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SB 1191 (Davis)/HB 2560 (Thompson): relating to the duties of health care facilities, health care providers, and the Department of State Health Services with respect to care provided to a sexual assault survivor in an emergency department of a health care facility. |
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HB 15 (Kolkhorst): relating to level of care designations for hospitals that provide neonatal and maternal services. |
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HB 46 (Flynn): relating to the regulation of raw milk and raw milk products. |
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HB 63 (Craddick)/SB 28 (Zafirrini): relating to the creation of an offense for use of a handheld wireless communication device for text-based communication while operating a motor vehicle. |
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HB 217 (Alvarado)/ SB 317 (Uresti): relating to the types of beverages that may be sold to students on public school campuses. |
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HB 347 (Pitts): relating to prohibiting using a wireless communication device while operating a motor vehicle on school property. |
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HB 473 (Turner, Sylvester): relating to the provision under the medical assistance program of certain medications to children younger than five years of age. |
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HB 740 (Crownover): relating to newborn screening for critical congenital heart disease and other disorders. |
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HB 741 (Walle): relating to the right of a public employee to express breast milk in the workplace. |
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HB 772 (Howard): relating to the immunization data included in and excluded from the immunization registry. |
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HB 915 (Kolkhorst): relating to the administration and monitoring of health care provided to foster children. |
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HB 1018 (Patrick, Diane): relating to the establishment of community partnerships and the development of policy recommendations for increasing physical activity and improving fitness among public school students. |
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HB 1039 (Eiland)/SB 402 (Rodriguez): relating to the regulation of the practice of physical therapy. |
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HB 1156 (Bonnen): relating to eliminating the requirement that a school district assess the physical fitness of students. |
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HB 1310 (Button): relating to the exclusion from total revenue of the cost of certain vaccines for purposes of the franchise tax. |
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HB 1319 (Turner, Sylvester): relating to cardiac assessments of participants in extracurricular athletic activities sponsored or sanctioned by the University Interscholastic League. |
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HB 2217 (Bonnen, Greg)/SB 1764 (Deuell): relating to the provision of a cranial molding orthosis under the medical assistance and child health plan programs. |
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HB 3276 (Simmons): relating to the coverage by certain health benefit plans for the screening and treatment of autism spectrum disorder. |