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SB 1451 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 1451 would require teacher appraisal methods used by the commissioner of the Texas Education Agency or the school district to not consider the amount of disciplinary referrals made by the teacher. This bill would give teachers the freedom to maintain order in the classroom and refer students for discipline as necessary without fear that doing so will have an adverse employment consequences. Read More
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SB 820 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 820 would require each school district to establish a cybersecurity policy to defend the district cyber-infrastructure and to conduct cybersecurity risk assessment. Districts would be required to designate a coordinator to be a liaison between the district and the Texas Education Agency on cybersecurity matters. Read More
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SB 1991 |
86(R) - 2019 |
Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) is a computer-based system that electronically verifies the occurrence of authorized personal attendant service visits by electronically documenting the precise time a service delivery visit begins and ends. Texas requires EVV for certain Medicaid-funded home and community-based services provided through the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) and health plans.SB 1991 would allow HHSC...Read More
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SB 2283 |
86(R) - 2019 |
Current law prohibits people from serving as a member of the board of trustees for a school district if they have been convicted of paying for sexual acts.SB 2283 would expand the list of persons prohibited from serving on a school board to include an individual who is convicted, or who pleads guilty or no contest, to a felony or to paying for a sexual act. Read More
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HB 2229 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 2229 would require the Texas Juvenile Justice Department (TJJD) to give a report summarizing statistical information concerning the total number and percentage
of children in the custody of the department during the preceding
two years who have at any time been in foster care, to each member of the legislature. In addition, the data in the
report would be required to be disaggregated by: age; sex; race or ethnicity; the conduct for...Read More
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SB 560 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 560 would require the Texas Judicial Council to develop a statewide plan requiring counties and courts to report information on court-ordered legal representation in Child Protective Services suits affecting the parent-child relationship. The plan must include any rules or fee schedules guiding CPS attorney representation, as well as the money spent by the county on attorney costs, including the costs of private attorneys, public...Read More
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SB 20 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 20 would add destroying, concealing, confiscating, or
withholding from a person, or threatening to destroy, conceal, confiscate, or withhold from a
person, the person's actual or purported government records or identifying information or
documents to the definition of "coercion."The bill would require judges to suspend sentences for Class B misdemeanor prostitution offenses and place the defendant on community supervision in certain...Read More
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SB 1393 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 1393 would authorize the City of Odessa to use the hotel occupancy tax to construct a sports facility on land owned by state universities.Read More
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SB 1319 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 1319 would require counties that levy a hotel occupancy tax to submit annually to the comptroller information on the rate of the tax, the amount of revenue collected, and whether the county collects a sports and venue tax and the rate of the tax imposed for that purpose. Currently, only municipalities are required to report to the comptroller this information. Read More
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SB 531 |
86(R) - 2019 |
The Texas Emissions Reduction plan (TERP) is a program that "provides financial incentives to eligible individuals, businesses, or local governments to reduce emissions from polluting vehicles and equipment" as described by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ).The fees and surcharges which make up the funding stream are currently set to expire August 31, 2019. This bill would extend the life of those funding sources until...Read More
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HB 3745 |
86(R) - 2019 |
The Texas Emissions Reduction plan (TERP) is a program that "provides financial incentives to eligible individuals, businesses, or local governments to reduce emissions from polluting vehicles and equipment" as described by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ).HB 3745 would set up the Texas Emissions Reduction Plan Fund as a trust fund to be held by the comptroller and administered by the TCEQ as trustee. Money...Read More
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HB 3388 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 3388 would revise the guidelines for the reimbursement of prescription drugs under certain public benefit programs. More specifically, it would require the Health and Human Services Commission to mandate that managed care organizations (MCOs) providing services under Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) reimburse pharmacies a minimum of the lesser of: (1) the reimbursement amount for the drug in the...Read More
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HB 2847 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 2847 would make multiple changes to regulation governing a variety of professions in the state. The bill would partially de-regulate the process for becoming a driver educator or operating a driving school while increasing continuing education requirements for renewal of laser hair removal licenses. The bill would additionally make a variety of information related to complaints, investigations, prosecutions etc. in certain professions...Read More
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HB 2594 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 2594 would amend Chapter 142, Health and Safety Code, by adding Subchapter C which relates to the creation of policies and procedures regarding the disposal of a patient’s unused prescription drugs in certain circumstances. HB 2594 would allow for the proper disposal of drugs in the event of a patient's death or if the drugs have expired. This bill is specifically relating to controlled substances.Read More
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HB 3301 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 3301 would authorize certain hospitals in rural areas to
create a merger agreement under the oversight of the appropriate state agency. The bill would allow for the creation of a contract by one or more parties and it also gives clarification for the requirements under the contract, including the rules for the parties under a Certificate of Public Advantage (COPA), which is the written agreement for the merging entities....Read More
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HB 2729 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 2729 would revise and update certain provisions relating to the Edwards Aquifer Authority, and explicitly exempt the authority from statutory groundwater conservation district provisions. It would also make a member of a governing body of another political subdivision ineligible for appointment or election as a director of the authority, and establishes the liability for a director as an authority employee under the Texas Tort Claims...Read More
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HB 2348 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 2348 would prohibit an employer who employs at least 20 people from terminating or suspending any employee who is absent from, or late to, work because the employee was responding to an emergency in their capacity as a volunteer emergency responder. This prohibition would extend to private employers as well as the state and political subdivisions of the state. The employee would not be allowed to be absent for more than 14 days unless...Read More
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HB 2174 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 2174 would allow a prescription for a controlled substance to be issued in writing, rather than electronically, if the prescription is issued under certain circumstances. This includes circumstances where the prescription is issued by a veterinarian; electronic prescribing is unavailable due to temporary technological or electronic failure; the prescription is dispensed at a pharmacy location outside of Texas; the prescriber and dispenser...Read More
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HB 4714 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 4714 would add additional territory to the Westwood Magnolia Parkway Improvement District and would make additional changes to the composition of the district's governing body. Read More
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HB 1941 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 1941 would provide that, for a freestanding emergency medical care facility, the provision of emergency care at an unconscionable price constitutes a false, misleading, or deceptive act or practice under the Deceptive Trade Practices-Consumer Protection Act. It would also set the minimum price alleged to be unconscionable for which the consumer protection division may bring an action in the name of the state at 200 percent of the average...Read More
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