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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to electronic verification of health benefits by health benefit plan issuers for certain physicians and health care providers."
+description: "Relating to electronic verification of health benefits by health benefit plan issuers for certain physicians and health care providers."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "88"
+identifier: "HB 4500"
+citation: "Texas HB 4500 (88)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "Health Care Providers (I0387)", "Health--Emergency Services & Personnel (I0384)", "INTERNET (S0130)", "Insurance--Health & Accident (I0422)", "PHYSICIANS (S1282)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Harris, Caroline", "Hughes"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 58
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2023-03-09"
+last_action: "2023-06-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/407696fa-30bf-4dc7-888e-69e12a733361"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB04500_HB04599/HB 4500.xml"
+source_hash: "1577b8e6442d22bb6d2cc40b4a0dd202f1debea0673de5ca1446a23ba11c1c42"
+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 4500 (88) — Relating to electronic verification of health benefits by health benefit plan issuers for certain physicians and health care providers.
+
+## 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/88R/billtext/html/HB04500I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB04500E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB04500H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB04500S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB04500F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **137–1** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **137–1** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **140–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Harris, Caroline — primary (person)
+- Hughes — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-09** Filed `filing`
+- **2023-03-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-03-21** Referred to Insurance `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-18** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-04-18** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
+- **2023-04-18** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2023-04-18** Left pending in committee
+- **2023-04-25** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-04-25** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
+- **2023-04-25** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-25** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-03** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2023-05-03** Committee report distributed
+- **2023-05-04** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
+- **2023-05-06** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
+- **2023-05-09** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
+- **2023-05-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-09** Passed to engrossment
+- **2023-05-09** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-09** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-09** Record vote
+- **2023-05-09** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-09** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-09** Reported engrossed
+- **2023-05-10** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2023-05-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-05-11** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-16** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2023-05-16** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-05-16** Left pending in committee
+- **2023-05-17** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-05-17** Vote taken in committee
+- **2023-05-21** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-21** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-05-21** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2023-05-23** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-05-24** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
+- **2023-05-24** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-24** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-24** Three day rule suspended
+- **2023-05-24** Record vote
+- **2023-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-24** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-24** Record vote
+- **2023-05-25** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-05-25** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2023-05-25** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
+- **2023-05-26** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
+- **2023-05-26** Record vote
+- **2023-05-26** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
+- **2023-05-26** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
+- **2023-05-28** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-05-29** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2023-05-29** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2023-05-30** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-13** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-06-13** Effective on 1/1/24 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/407696fa-30bf-4dc7-888e-69e12a733361`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+