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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to including certain licensed physician assistants in the definition of non-physician mental health professional for purposes of certain provisions applicable to non-physician mental health professionals."
+description: "Relating to including certain licensed physician assistants in the definition of non-physician mental health professional for purposes of certain provisions applicable to non-physician mental health professionals."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "HB 2093"
+citation: "Texas HB 2093 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Health Care Providers (I0387)", "Mental Health & Substance Abuse (I0019)", "Occupational Regulation--Health Occupations (I0540)", "PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS (S0081)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Blanco", "Cortez", "Oliverson"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 47
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-02-23"
+last_action: "2021-06-07"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2aa077ff-9dc7-409a-b16a-4798c4ce0fdf"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02000_HB02099/HB 2093.xml"
+source_hash: "b739de97bf071287316856e60d0ee63e884850b304714c87dc60cf8e8098c03d"
+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 2093 (87) — Relating to including certain licensed physician assistants in the definition of non-physician mental health professional for purposes of certain provisions applicable to non-physician mental health professionals.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02093I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02093E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02093H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02093S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02093F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **146–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Blanco — primary (person)
+- Cortez — primary (person)
+- Oliverson — primary (person)
+- Israel — cosponsor (person)
+- Lopez — cosponsor (person)
+- Ortega — cosponsor (person)
+- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-23** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-15** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-31** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-03-31** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2021-03-31** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-04-07** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-07** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2021-04-07** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-12** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-04-12** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-04-13** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-04-23** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-04-26** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2021-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-26** Passed to engrossment
+- **2021-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-27** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-27** Record vote
+- **2021-04-27** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-04-27** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2021-05-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-05-04** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-12** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-05-12** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-12** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2021-05-12** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-05-14** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-14** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-14** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-05-14** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-05-19** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-05-19** Laid before the Senate
+- **2021-05-19** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **2021-05-19** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-19** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-05-19** Record vote
+- **2021-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-19** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-19** Record vote
+- **2021-05-19** Senate passage reported
+- **2021-05-20** Reported enrolled
+- **2021-05-20** Signed in the House
+- **2021-05-22** Signed in the Senate
+- **2021-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-06-07** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-06-07** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2aa077ff-9dc7-409a-b16a-4798c4ce0fdf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+