2023 Legislative Session

2023 TPS Legislative Recap

 

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

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
SB 15: Relating to requiring public institution of higher education students who compete in intercollegiate athletic competitions to compete based on biological sex.

Written Testimony to Senate State Affairs 3-13-2023

Written Testimony to House Higher Education 5-1-2023

HB 1762: Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of indecency with a child. Testimony in House Criminal Jurisprudence 3-14-23
HB 916: Relating to health benefit plan coverage of prescription contraceptive drugs. Testimony in House Insurance 3-14-2023
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

TPS One-Pager on HB 1599

HB 12: Relating to the duration of services provided under Medicaid to women following a pregnancy.

Testimony in House Select Committee on Health Care Reform 3-16-2023

Testimony in Senate Health & Human Services 5-16-2023

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

Testimony in Senate Health & Human Services 5-10-23

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
SB 14: Relating to prohibitions on the provision to certain children of procedures and treatments for gender transitioning, gender reassignment, or gender dysphoria and on the use of public money or public assistance to provide those procedures and treatments. Testimony in Senate State Affairs 3-20-2023
SB 29: Relating to prohibited governmental entity implementation or enforcement of a vaccine mandate, mask requirement, or private business or school closure to prevent the spread of COVID-19.  Testimony in Senate State Affairs 3-20-2023
HB 2780: Relating to the reporting of mental health and intellectual disability information with respect to certain children for purposes of a federal firearm background check.  Testimony in House Select Committee on Community Safety 3-21-2023
SB 177: Relating to informed consent before provision of certain medical treatments and exemptions from COVID-19 vaccination requirements.  Testimony in Senate Health & Human Services 3-22-2023
SB 1024: Relating to preventative health care and public health, including prohibited immunization and face-covering requirements and private business or school closures. Testimony in Senate Health & Human Services 3-22-2023
HB 1686: Relating to prohibitions on the provision to certain children of procedures and treatments for gender transitioning, gender reassignment, or gender dysphoria and on the use of public money or public assistance to provide those procedures and treatments. Testimony in House Public Health 3-27-2023
HB 772: Relating to corporal punishment in public schools. Written Testimony to House Select Committee on Youth Health & Safety 4-3-2023
HB 2891: Relating to the use of glucagon medication on certain public and private school campuses. Written Testimony to House Education 4-4-2023
HB 3124: Relating to the use of cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and tobacco products on the campus of a public institution of higher education. Testimony in House Higher Education 4-10-2023
HB 3545: Relating to civil liability arising from a firearm hold agreement. Written Testimony to House Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence 4-12-2023
HB 1105: Relating to the administration of a medication and the ordering and administration of an immunization or vaccination by a pharmacist. Testimony in House Public Health 4-17-2023
HB 2079: Relating to the authority of pharmacists to order and furnish certain prescription drugs.  Testimony in House Public Health 4-17-2023
HB 236: Relating to requiring a national instant criminal background check in connection with private firearm transfers; creating a criminal offense Testimony in House Select Committee on Community Safety 4-18-2023
HB 4472: Relating to requiring the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Texas School Safety Center to provide information and resources regarding safe firearm storage to school districts and open-enrollment charter schools for distribution to the parents or legal custodians of students. Testimony in House Select Committee on Community Safety 4-18-2023
HB 2744: Relating to prohibiting the transfer of certain semiautomatic rifles to certain recipients; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty Testimony in House Select Committee on Community Safety 4-18-2023
SB 24: Relating to the powers and duties of the Health and Human Services Commission and the transfer to the commission of certain powers and duties from the Department of Family and Protective Services.

Written Testimony to House Human Services 4-25-2023

SB 1285: Relating to newborn or infant testing for congenital cytomegalovirus. Written Testimony to Senate Health & Human Services 4-26-2023
HB 2270: Relating to a requirement that certain students, interns, residents, and fellows receiving a clinical education at public or nonprofit hospitals receive an annual comprehensive health examination. Written Testimony to House Public Health 5-1-2023
SB 17: Relating to the powers and duties of the governing boards of public institutions of higher education.  Written Testimony to House Higher Education 5-8-2023