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SB 2111 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 2111 would amend Chapter 552, Health and Safety Code, by adding Subchapter E to direct the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) to develop a plan under which the state could contract with a local, public institution of higher education to transfer the operations of Austin State Hospital. Under this plan, HHSC would be contracted with the Dell Medical Center for collaboration. HHSC would be required to report back to the legislature...Read More
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SB 1238 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 1238 would amend Section 572.0025, Health and Safety Code, to require a prospective voluntary patient at an inpatient mental health facility to have received a physical and a psychiatric examination from a physician within 72 hours before the admission or 24 hours after admission. (Current law requires the examinations to be conducted prior to admission.) If the examination occurs after the admission, the physician must discharge a person...Read More
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SB 346 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 346 would increase most consolidated court costs which convicted persons must pay. It also adjusts the allocation of funds from court costs to different projects and funds, and adds to those funds the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement account, judicial fund, DNA testing account, specialty court account, statewide electronic filing system account, jury service fund, truancy prevention and diversion account, and transportation administrative...Read More
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SB 40 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 40 would extend the maximum time the Texas Supreme Court can suspend proceedings during a declared disaster by the governor from 30 to 90 days. However, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court may renew the extension. In addition, the bill would stipulate that courts affected by a natural disaster precluding them from holding their normal terms may, with judicial approval, designate the terms and sessions of the court and may hold judicial...Read More
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SB 1264 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 1264, as substituted by the House committee, would amend the Insurance Code in several significant ways.The bill would require certain health benefit plans that provide coverage for a service performed by an out-of-network provider who is a facility-based provider or who is a diagnostic imaging provider or lab service provider, as applicable, to provide the coverage at the usual and customary rate. However, this bill exempts from these...Read More
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SB 749 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 749 would require the Health and Human Services Commission to adopt additional rules relating to the level of care designations for hospitals. The bill would create a process to appeal a level of care designation. In adopting rules relating to hospitals, the bill would require that the use of telemedicine medical services by a physician providing on-call services is sufficient to satisfy certain requirements pertaining to Level...Read More
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SB 568 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 568 would (1) direct administrative penalties to be deposited into a "Safety Training Account"; (2) establish safe sleeping standards; (3) require HHSC to post relevant inspection information for all child-care facilities licensed or family homes registered under this chapter; (4) require license or registration holders to maintain liability insurance coverage, with certain exceptions; (5)...Read More
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SB 37 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 37 would prohibit a licensing authority from using default on a student loan as a reason to deny someone an occupational or professional license. It also repeals several laws referring to certain penalties for defaulting on student loans.Read More
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SB 139 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 139 would require the Texas Education Agency (TEA) to develop a notice for distribution and posting on the TEA website that indicates: (1) changes made in reporting requirements for school districts and open-enrollment charter schools regarding the special education representation indicator adopted in the Performance-Based Monitoring Analysis System Manual; and (2) the rights of a child under federal and state law, and the general process...Read More
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SB 1214 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 1214 would amend eligibility requirements related to the sales and use tax exemption for aircraft used for agriculture purposes. Currently, eligibility is limited to aircraft that travel 30 miles or less to perform the agricultural service. This bill would repeal that mileage limitation and allow an exempt aircraft to travel any distance in order to perform agricultural service and remain exempt.Read More
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SB 437 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 437 would prohibit life insurance companies from denying coverage to an individual, limiting the amount, extent, or kind of coverage available to the individual, or charging the individual a different rate from the rate charged to other groups for the same coverage based solely on whether the individual has been prescribed or has obtained through a standing order an opined antagonist. An exception is provided if the charge is "based on...Read More
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SB 743 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 743 would create a nine-member Texas Olive Oil Industry Advisory Board for the purpose of assessing the olive and olive oil industry in this state, developing recommendations to promote and expand the industry, obtaining grants and gifts to promote and expand the industry, and considering future industry development. The Department of Agriculture and the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service have indicated that the provisions of the...Read More
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SB 711 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 711 would allow the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to adopt rules providing for the inclusion on a vehicle inspection report a notification regarding whether the vehicle is
subject to a safety recall for which the vehicle has not been
repaired or if the repairs are incomplete.Read More
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SB 530 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 530 would increase the maximum penalty for violations of laws protecting drinking water, public water supplies, and bodies of water from $1,000 to $5,000 per violation. Read More
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SB 1978 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 1978 would prohibit a governmental entity from taking adverse action against any person "based wholly or partly on the person’s
membership in, affiliation with, or contribution, donation, or
other support provided to a religious organization." This bill would authorize a person to assert an actual or threatened violation of this bill's provisions as a claim or defense in a judicial or administrative proceeding and obtain compensatory...Read More
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SB 1525 |
86(R) - 2019 |
The "sale for resale" sales tax exemption is typically granted to a taxpayer who is purchasing products to be resold to the final consumer, who ultimately pays the sales tax.SB 1525 would clarify that "sale for resale" under the Limited Sales, Excise, and Use Tax includes tangible personal property or a taxable service to a purchaser who acquires the property or service for the purpose of transferring it for the sale of tangible personal...Read More
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SB 563 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 563 would require all state agencies and universities that receive federal funds for flood research, planning, or mitigation projects to report quarterly to the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) on the total funds received, the amount expended to date, and the eligibility requirements for receiving the funds. TWDB would be required to publish this information online. It is assumed that this bill could be implemented using existing resources. Read More
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SB 1940 |
86(R) - 2019 |
Under current law, the state provides a temporary health insurance risk pool for certain eligible participants. A health insurance risk pool is a group of individuals whose medical costs are combined to calculate premiums. Pooling risks together allows the higher costs of the less healthy to be offset by the relatively lower costs of the healthy, either in a plan overall or within a premium rating category. SB 1940 would prohibit...Read More
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SB 289 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 289 would direct the General Land Office (GLO) to: (1) collaborate with the Texas Division of Emergency Management and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to secure reimbursement for housing needs in areas affected by natural disasters; (2) seek prior approval from FEMA and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for the immediate post-disaster implementation of local housing recovery plans; and (3) maintain a...Read More
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SB 2551 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 2551 would make several amendments to the Presumptive Act, under which a peace officer, fire fighter, or emergency medical responder exposed to a contagious disease is entitled to reimbursement from the employing governmental entity for reasonable medical expenses if the employee can prove that exposure to the disease occurred on the job. This bill would clarify which specific cancers would be covered under the Act, and would allow a...Read More
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