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HB 337 |
85(R) - 2017 |
HB 337 would reform procedures regarding Medicaid eligibility for people confined in a county jail. This bill would require the Health and Human Services determine whether to suspend or terminate eligibility for medical assistance as appropriate after being notified of the persons confinement by the sheriff. The commission would be required to reinstate benefits eligibility within 48 hours of being released provided the person's benefits...Read More
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HB 2639 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Under current law there is a “silver alert” for missing senior citizens. The Texas Department of Transportation cooperates with various law enforcement agencies throughout the state, and with certain media outlets to inform law enforcement and the public in cases where an elderly person has gone missing. If this bill passes, the silver alert would be used also in connection with individuals who have Alzheimer’s disease and have been...Read More
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HB 322 |
85(R) - 2017 |
HB 322 would add to the Code of Criminal Procedure that a person who has been placed under arrest for a felony or misdemeanor is entitled to have all records and files expunged if the person has completed a veteran’s treatment court program. A court would not be able to charge a fee for an order of expunction if the person has completed a veteran’s treatment court program.A person would not be eligible for expunction of arrest records...Read More
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HB 3193 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Under current law, a political subdivision that employs fire fighters, police officers, or both is required to provide those employees with compensation and other conditions of employment that are substantially equal to compensation and other conditions of employment that prevail in comparable employment in the private sector.HB 3193 would require compensation and other conditions of employment that are substantially equal to compensation...Read More
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HB 240 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This
bill would modify the Civil Practice and Remedies Code related to the evidence
needed to abate common nuisances. If this bill passes, and if the defendant is
a business, or owner of a business, that provides massage therapy or other massage
services in violation of the rules regulating massage therapists, proof that
those services occurred would be prima facie evidence that the defendant
knowingly tolerated the activity. It would...Read More
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HB 7 |
85(R) - 2017 |
HB 7 is a lengthy bill with many specific provisions for updating procedures, processes, and substantive aspects of the Department of Family Protective Services (department) with respect to the judicial removal of a child from the child's home. For the sake of brevity we will point out a few of the highlights rather than cover an exhaustive list of the bill's provisions. Under HB 7:The voluntary agreement to place a...Read More
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HB 1986 |
85(R) - 2017 |
HB 1986 would give certain counties the ability to create regional transit authorities, and the procedures for the creation and management of these authorities are established. This bill would grant these authorities powers to: take legal actions; leverage funds with a municipality to finance projects; acquire licenses, patents, rights, and other interests; issue bonds and charge fees; employ or contract individuals to serve as fare...Read More
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HB 1595 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would require that an application for a ballot by mail include a space for a notification of a change of address to the county. It would also establish a committee to deal with issues relating to signature verification of mail in ballots. Read More
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HB 919 |
85(R) - 2017 |
HB 919 would extend workers' compensation insurance to a nongovernment member or local government employee participating in an intrastate fire mutual aid system team, a regional incident management team that is activated by the state, or during any sponsored training session. Read More
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HB 435 |
85(R) - 2017 |
H.B. 435 amends the Penal Code to exempt a person who is volunteer emergency services
personnel, is engaged in providing emergency services and carrying a handgun that the person is
licensed to carry, from civil action arising from the discharge of their firearm and the application of the offense of unlawful carrying of a weapon and the
offense of possessing or going with a prohibited weapon in a place where weapons are
prohibited.Read More
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HB 865 |
85(R) - 2017 |
HB 865 would amend the Government Code to require the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to establish a veterans services coordinator to coordinate responses to the needs of veterans. A voluntary reentry dorm program would be established for defendants confined in state jail felony facilities who are veterans and suffer from a brain injury, a mental illness or disorder, or substance abuse that occurred during or as a result of military service.Read More
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HB 2911 |
85(R) - 2017 |
HB 2911 would amend the Code of Criminal Procedure to allow certain veteran defendants placed on deferred adjudication community supervision for or convicted of a misdemeanor offense to participate in a veterans reemployment program developed and implemented by the Texas Workforce Commission. The program would include workforce development education and training courses and a participant would successfully complete the program if the course...Read More
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HB 2492 |
85(R) - 2017 |
HB 2492 would amend the Insurance Code to allow a property and casualty insurance company that has capital and surplus totaling at least $15 million to apply to the Department of Insurance to be designated as a domestic surplus lines insurer. A domestic surplus lines insurer would only be permitted to insure a risk in the state if the insurance is procured as eligible surplus lines insurance and the insurance is a type of insurance the insurer...Read More
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HB 3370 |
85(R) - 2017 |
CSHB 3370 would require that unless a change is made pursuant to a previously implemented cost of insurance schedule, if an insurer increases a non-guaranteed element in or decreases the credited interest rate for a policy after the policy’s issuance, the insurer must provide a written notice to the policy owner. The insurer would also be required to give notice to the Department of Insurance in certain cases.Read More
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HB 4180 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Originally HB 4180 was designed to allow Angelina County and Brazos County to establish a health care provider participation program with all the attendant provisions that always accompany these county health care provider participation program bills. It has been greatly amended with the text of numerous other standalone bills tacked on as amendments. This bill would also establish that a county judge, in a meeting conducted by video...Read More
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HB 3727 |
85(R) - 2017 |
HB 3727 would amend the Local Government Code to add that if a member of the governing body of a Type A General Law Municipality changes the member’s place of residence to a location outside the corporate boundaries of the municipality, the member is disqualified from holding office and the office is considered vacant. Also, a member of the governing body would be ineligible to vote to fill a vacancy on the governing body by special...Read More
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HB 4029 |
85(R) - 2017 |
HB 4029 would allow certain municipalities to use hotel occupancy tax revenue to pay for "expenses directly related to the construction, improvement, equipping, repairing, operation, and maintenance of coastal sports facilities owned by the municipality, including boat docks, boat ramps, and fishing piers used by hotel guests" under some circumstances. Read More
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HB 3252 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Under current law, contracts related to public and private facilities and infrastructure projects does not apply to transportation authorities created to oversee: metro authorities, regional transportation authorities, municipal transit department, coordinated county transportation authority.HB 3252 would amend current Government Code by adding a subsection that would include transportation authorities with a principal municipality with...Read More
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HB 2962 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would require a facility that performs abortions to submit a quarterly report to the Department of State Health Services on abortion complication diagnoses and treatment at that facility. The department would be required to post on their website an annual report that aggregates on a statewide basis each abortion complication required to be reported under the section. A violation of the section would result in a civil penalty of...Read More
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HB 2908 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Under the provisions of the bill, certain offenses committed against peace officers would be
enhanced to the punishment prescribed for the next higher category offense if a bias is proven in court. The bill would also increase the punishment for
certain offenses if those offense are committed against a peace judge.Read More
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