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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to telemedicine and telehealth services."
+description: "Relating to telemedicine and telehealth services."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "SB 670"
+citation: "Texas SB 670 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Health Care Providers (I0387)", "Human Services--Medical Assistance (I0905)", "MANAGED CARE (S0454)", "MEDICAID (S4885)", "TELEMEDICINE (S0219)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ashby", "Buckingham", "González, Mary", "Guillen", "Price", "Sheffield"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 54
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-02-06"
+last_action: "2019-06-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/439ab370-b9de-434c-9b86-442159518801"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00600_SB00699/SB 670.xml"
+source_hash: "4899dfab51038a2144eca71c2cbfe4dbf33cda7167d82536e671634ebeaaf5bc"
+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 SB 670 (86) — Relating to telemedicine and telehealth 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/SB00670I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **138–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ashby — primary (person)
+- Buckingham — primary (person)
+- González, Mary — primary (person)
+- Guillen — primary (person)
+- Price — primary (person)
+- Sheffield — primary (person)
+- Allison — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-06** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
+- **2019-02-06** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-03-01** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-12** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-03-12** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-12** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2019-03-12** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-03-19** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-21** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-21** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-03-25** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-03-27** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2019-03-27** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
+- **2019-03-27** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-03-27** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-03-27** Record vote
+- **2019-03-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-03-27** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-03-27** Record vote
+- **2019-03-27** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-03-27** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2019-04-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-04-01** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-29** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2019-04-29** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-04-29** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-02** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-05-02** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-05-03** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-05-10** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-05-13** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2019-05-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-13** Postponed
+- **2019-05-13** Laid out as postponed business
+- **2019-05-13** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-05-13** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-05-13** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
+- **2019-05-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-14** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-14** Record vote
+- **2019-05-14** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-14** House passage as amended reported
+- **2019-05-21** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
+- **2019-05-21** Read
+- **2019-05-21** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
+- **2019-05-21** Record vote
+- **2019-05-21** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
+- **2019-05-21** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-23** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-05-25** Signed in the House
+- **2019-05-25** 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/439ab370-b9de-434c-9b86-442159518801`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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