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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the process for determining the Medicaid eligibility of certain former foster care youth."
+description: "Relating to the process for determining the Medicaid eligibility of certain former foster care youth."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "SB 1059"
+citation: "Texas SB 1059 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["FAMILY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0461)", "FOSTER CARE (S0064)", "Family--Child Protection (I0351)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "Human Services--Medical Assistance (I0905)", "MEDICAID (S4885)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Klick", "Paxton"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 45
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-03-05"
+last_action: "2021-06-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d715477d-8dfb-4a54-a876-3e4acc062e19"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01000_SB01099/SB 1059.xml"
+source_hash: "27c08e58a3ea1ad31714827279cf85de47a23342d4ef369fa10a34753d899fba"
+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 1059 (87) — Relating to the process for determining the Medicaid eligibility of certain former foster care youth.
+
+## 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/SB01059I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01059E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01059H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01059S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01059F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **137–10** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Klick — primary (person)
+- Paxton — primary (person)
+- Miles — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-05** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
+- **2021-03-05** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-18** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-14** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-04-14** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-14** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2021-04-14** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-04-19** Co-author authorized
+- **2021-05-05** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-10** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-10** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-05-12** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-05-13** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2021-05-13** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
+- **2021-05-13** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-13** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-05-13** Record vote
+- **2021-05-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-13** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-13** Record vote
+- **2021-05-13** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-05-13** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2021-05-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-05-17** Referred to Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-21** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2021-05-21** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2021-05-22** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-05-22** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-05-23** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-05-23** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-05-25** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2021-05-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-25** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2021-05-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-26** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-26** Record vote
+- **2021-05-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-27** House passage reported
+- **2021-05-27** Reported enrolled
+- **2021-05-29** Signed in the Senate
+- **2021-05-29** Signed in the House
+- **2021-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-06-08** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-06-08** 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/d715477d-8dfb-4a54-a876-3e4acc062e19`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+