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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the provision of Medicaid benefits to certain children formerly in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services."
+description: "Relating to the provision of Medicaid benefits to certain children formerly in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "HB 72"
+citation: "Texas HB 72 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Family--Parent & Child (I0355)", "Human Services--Medical Assistance (I0905)", "Minors--Health & Safety (I0533)", "ADOPTION (S0101)", "FOSTER CARE (S0064)", "MEDICAID (S4885)", "FAMILY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0461)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Howard", "Meza", "Paxton", "White", "Wu"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 57
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2018-11-12"
+last_action: "2019-06-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f81e97a8-5cff-4333-a76b-d02325d8976a"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB 72.xml"
+source_hash: "486cf6c951a4d8994cd1861ab0ecc9b1eaa43e9c8c37a0d613aa32d78c4770d6"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
+---
+
+# Texas HB 72 (86) — Relating to the provision of Medicaid benefits to certain children formerly in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB00072I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **142–0** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **140–2** (pass) · lower
+- other — **142–0** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Howard — primary (person)
+- Meza — primary (person)
+- Paxton — primary (person)
+- White — primary (person)
+- Wu — primary (person)
+- Bernal — cosponsor (person)
+- Ortega — cosponsor (person)
+- Ramos — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-11-12** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-02-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-02-12** Referred to Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-26** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-02-26** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-02-26** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2019-02-26** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-04-02** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-02** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-04-02** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-08** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-04-08** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-04-09** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-04-11** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-04-25** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-04-29** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2019-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-01** Passed to engrossment
+- **2019-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-02** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-02** Record vote
+- **2019-05-02** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-02** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-05-02** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2019-05-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-05-03** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-14** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-05-14** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-14** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2019-05-14** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-05-15** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-17** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-17** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-17** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-05-20** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-05-20** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2019-05-20** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-20** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **2019-05-20** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-20** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-05-20** Record vote
+- **2019-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-20** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-20** Record vote
+- **2019-05-20** Senate passage as amended reported
+- **2019-05-21** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2019-05-21** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
+- **2019-05-23** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
+- **2019-05-23** Record vote
+- **2019-05-23** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
+- **2019-05-23** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
+- **2019-05-25** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-26** Signed in the House
+- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-06-14** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f81e97a8-5cff-4333-a76b-d02325d8976a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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