---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the creation and operations of health care provider participation programs in certain counties."
description: "Relating to the creation and operations of health care provider participation programs in certain counties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 1142"
citation: "Texas HB 1142 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County Government--Finance (I0097)", "Health Care Providers (I0387)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Hospital (I0750)", "Taxation--General (I0815)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buckingham", "Lambert"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 60
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-28"
last_action: "2019-05-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1dcc4705-3c48-42c3-a601-fc22ad729408"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01100_HB01199/HB 1142.xml"
source_hash: "7e9de5d08f3f9521699c23edd4a3d1b171536d6f7389b0b99975773334be4d47"
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 1142 (86) — Relating to the creation and operations of health care provider participation programs in certain counties.

## 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/HB01142I.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **125–16** (fail) · upper
- passage — **125–16** (pass) · lower
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **122–13** (pass) · lower
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Buckingham — primary (person)
- Lambert — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-01-28** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-26** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-26** Referred to County Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-14** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-14** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-26** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-03-26** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-02** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-02** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-03** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-04-08** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-04-08** Transferred to Calendars Committee
- **2019-04-09** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-11** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-15** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-15** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-15** Record vote
- **2019-04-15** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-16** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-16** Record vote
- **2019-04-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-16** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-16** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-17** Referred to Intergovernmental Relations `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-06** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-06** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-06** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-08** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-10** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-09** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-09** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-09** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-09** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-09** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2019-05-09** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-09** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-09** Record vote
- **2019-05-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-09** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-09** Record vote
- **2019-05-09** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-10** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-10** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-14** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2019-05-14** Record vote
- **2019-05-14** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2019-05-15** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-15** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-16** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-16** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-16** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-31** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-31** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1dcc4705-3c48-42c3-a601-fc22ad729408`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).