2023 TPS Legislative Priorities
2023 TPS Legislative Priorities Webinar
Visit the 2021-22 Interim Activities page to get up to speed on relevant topics studied by the legislature since the 2021 Legislative Session. These issues set the framework for areas of focus during the 2023 Session.
88th Texas Legislative Session dates:
- November 8, 2022: General election day
- November 4, 2022: First day legislators and legislators-elect may file bills for the 88th Legislature.
- January 10, 2023: First day of 88th Texas Legislative Session
- March 10, 2023: Last day to file bills
- May 29, 2023: Sine Die (end of session)
TESTIMONY & ACTION ITEMS
TPS members have a long history of testifying to House and Senate Committees throughout the legislative session.
| Issue/Bill | Our Testimony |
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HB 1 (State Budget): Primary Care Preceptorship Program |
Written testimony for House Appropriations Article III Subcommittee on 2-6-23 |
| SB 1 (State Budget): Primary Care Preceptorship Program | Written testimony for Senate Finance on 2-21-23 |
| SB 1 (State Budget): Medicaid rates, maternal mortality and other Health and Human Services Commission funding items | Testimony in Senate Finance on 2-21-23 |
| SB 1 (State Budget): Tobacco cessation funding and other Department of State Health Services funding items | Testimony in Senate Finance on 2-21-23 |
| HB 1 (State Budget): Maternal mortality, early childhood intervention, and other Health and Human Services funding items | Testimony in House Appropriations Article II Subcommittee on 2-28-23 |
| HB 1 (State Budget): Tobacco cessation funding and other Department of State Health Services funding items | Testimony in House Appropriations Article II Subcommittee on 2-28-23 |
| HB 1 (State Budget): Medicaid rates | Testimony in House Appropriations Article II Subcommittee on 2-28-23 |
| HB 463: Relating to medical examinations for certain children entering the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services. | Testimony in House Human Services on 3-7-2023 |
| HB 475: Relating to certain policies and procedures for health care specialty consultations in certain child abuse or neglect investigations and assessments. | Testimony in House Human Services on 3-7-23 |
| HB 1762: Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of indecency with a child. | Testimony in House Criminal Jurisprudence 3-14-23 |
| SB 1031: Relating to studies or surveys on children's sexual behavior conducted at or by a public primary or secondary school. | Written Testimony to Senate Health & Human Services on 3-15-23 |
| SB 1197: Relating to hospital reporting requirements regarding suspected child abuse, exploitation, or neglect; authorizing an administrative penalty. | Written Testimony to Senate Health & Human Services on 3-15-23 |
| HB 1599: Relating to implementation of an express lane option for determining eligibility and enrolling certain individuals in Medicaid or the child health plan program. |
Testimony in House Select Committee on Health Care Reform on 3-16-23 |
| HB 44: Relating to provider discrimination against a Medicaid recipient or child health plan program enrollee based on immunization status. | Testimony in House Public Health 3-20-23 |
| HB 81: Relating to informed consent before the provision of certain medical treatments involving COVID-19 vaccination. | Testimony in House Public Health 3-20-23 |
