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HB 1763 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 1763 would institute several health care reforms such as establishing price transparency measures, prohibiting claim payment discrimination between affiliated and non-affiliated pharmacies, and prohibiting contracts with pharmacists from demanding that the pharmacist in question have higher certification that federal or state requirements.Read More
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SB 1984 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 1984 would allow the Bond Review Board to extend the deadline for carryforward bonds by reassigning a previously designated carryforward bond to the issuer's next available application for a project, as opposed to a new project as is the case under current law, if the issuer submitted a written withdrawal request and paid applicable fees.Read More
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HB 2955 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 2955 would require the state agency designated to administer the Medical Assistance Program, on request from a teaching hospital, to update on a biannual basis the education adjustment factor used to calculate the medical education add-on using the most current Medicare education adjustment factor data. This would be done in order to ensure that urban teaching hospitals are accurately reimbursed for the provision of inpatient hospital...Read More
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HB 4507 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 4507 would require that, in the event federal election rules are adopted which conflict with state election rules, the secretary of state adopts electoral procedures to conform with the federal laws for federal elections but which will not substantively modify electoral procedures for state and local elections.Read More
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HB 3028 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 3028 would prohibit an insurer or health benefits plan issuer, life insurance policy, property and casualty insurance policy, or any other insurance policy written for a business from requiring that all of the business' employees be vaccinated as a condition to purchase or maintain coverage.Read More
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HB 1295 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 1295 would allow a municipality or county to issue more than one housing tax credit to a developer for low-income housing units when at least one of the developments would be located
wholly within a census tract where property value has increased by more than 15% within the preceding five years or the municipality or county authorizes an allocation of housing tax credits for the development.Read More
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SB 1606 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 1606 would create the Texas Grid Security Commission and stipulate the makeup of the commission as well as its duties. The bill would also allow the commission to create sub-groups or teams to address each hazard to the ERCOT region electrical grid as needed.Read More
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HB 2189 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 2189 would require the comptroller to create a list of companies divesting from the fossil fuel industry to penalize, inflict economic harm on, or limit commercial relations with an energy
company and would limit or prohibit investment in in such companies by state investment funds and would stop the state of Texas from doing business with companies unless they agree to not divest from fossil fuel companies in their contracts.Read More
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HB 1878 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 1878 would require a municipality or county to allow an owner of a damaged residential building to immediately begin emergency repairs to the damaged residential building if doing so protects public safety, prevents further damage, or protects the overall structural integrity. The building owner must apply for an emergency permit either 3 days after repairs commence or 3 days after a municipality or county is able to accept an emergency...Read More
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HB 1057 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 1057 would establish November 7th as Victims of Communism Day.Read More
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HB 977 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 977 would change the deadline by which a person may add a candidate's name for the position of director to the Montgomery County Hospital District. The old deadline was at least 25 days before the
date of the election, the new deadline would be no later than the 62nd day before election day. Read More
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HB 2258 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 2258 would require the Texas Education Agency, in collaboration with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and the Texas Workforce Commission, to develop a strategic plan that sets tangible goals and establishes timelines to increase the number of educators certified in bilingual education and other similar priorities.Read More
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HB 611 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 611 would require the voter assistant oath add a line affirming the voter assistant did not pressure or intimidate a voter to ask for their assistance, under penalty of perjury. The bill would make a violation of the oath a Class A misdemeanor offense, unless a person has also made three or more false statements regarding any election in a four year period, in those circumstances the punishment would be a state jail felony offense. Read More
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HB 2600 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 2600 would require the Legislative Budget Board to prepare a fiscal impact statement for each bill or joint resolution that would impose a new insurance mandate. The fiscal impact statement would be required to estimate the bill or resolution's effect on health benefit plan issuer expenditures and on premiums and other costs paid by enrollees. The fiscal statement would have to be attached to the bill or resolution.Read More
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HB 4041 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 4041 would require the Executive Commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission to adopt a model suicide prevention, intervention, and post-intervention policy for use by a residential child-care facility. Such a plan would be required:to be based on current and best evidence-based practices; to require all employees to receive annual suicide prevention training;promote suicide prevention training for non-employee entities;...Read More
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HB 2185 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 2185 would allow pharmaceutical manufacturers or their representatives to promote in their advertising directly to a physician or healthcare provider, a medically truthful and accurate off-label use of a drug, biological product or device. Physicians would then be allowed to communicate or promote this off-label use to a patient. HB 2185 would prevent a pharmaceutical manufacturer or representative from being prosecuted or subject...Read More
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HB 4554 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 4554 would designate Dr Pepper as the state soft drink.
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HB 868 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 868 would prohibit a judge from overriding the decision of a jury in restricting the geographic area in which a sole managing conservator may designate their child’s primary residence.Read More
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HB 3186 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 3186 would make the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment
Station eligible for participation in the Skills Development Fund to recover costs incurred in the development of customized assessment and training materials for certain in-demand occupations, providing training in partnership with certain other eligible entities, offering statewide training programs that are not available from certain colleges, or as start-up...Read More
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HB 2245 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 2245 would update certain processes and practices related to tax appraisal records maintained by a county appraisal district. The bill would require each appraisal record to have a unique account number. If an appraisal district changes the account number of an appraisal
record, the appraisal district must provide written notice of the
change to the property owner within a given timeframe. HB 2245 would require a chief appraiser...Read More
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