--- type: "Bill" title: "Relating to the delivery of certain transportation services under Medicaid and certain other health and human services programs." description: "Relating to the delivery of certain transportation services under Medicaid and certain other health and human services programs." jurisdiction: "us/states/tx" legislature: "Texas Legislature" session: "86" identifier: "HB 1576" citation: "Texas HB 1576 (86)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Health--Emergency Services & Personnel (I0384)", "Human Services--Medical Assistance (I0905)", "Transportation--Miscellaneous (I0824)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Equipment (I0855)", "MANAGED CARE (S0454)", "MEDICAID (S4885)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Buckingham", "González, Mary", "Paddie", "Phelan", "Rose", "Springer"] version_count: 1 action_count: 67 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2019-02-11" last_action: "2019-06-14" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/266599fe-9cc0-4859-b2af-3a19c85eee1b" source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01500_HB01599/HB 1576.xml" source_hash: "28d17742074b2c4959837453c09a1e14d3abb7924051bd551fd95176d3412caf" 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 1576 (86) — Relating to the delivery of certain transportation services under Medicaid and certain other health and human services programs. ## 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/HB01576I.HTM) ## Votes - other — **0–0** (fail) · upper - other — **141–0** (fail) · upper - passage — **141–0** (pass) · lower - other — **0–0** (fail) · upper - passage — **133–2** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Buckingham — primary (person) - González, Mary — primary (person) - Paddie — primary (person) - Phelan — primary (person) - Rose — primary (person) - Springer — primary (person) - Allison — cosponsor (person) - Alvarado — cosponsor (person) - Anchia — cosponsor (person) - Ashby — cosponsor (person) - Bailes — cosponsor (person) - Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person) - Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person) - Bernal — cosponsor (person) - Biedermann — cosponsor (person) - Blanco — cosponsor (person) - Bohac — cosponsor (person) - Bonnen, Greg — cosponsor (person) - Bowers — cosponsor (person) - Buckley — cosponsor (person) - Bucy — cosponsor (person) - Burns — cosponsor (person) - Burrows — cosponsor (person) - Button — cosponsor (person) - Cain — cosponsor (person) - Calanni — cosponsor (person) - Campbell — cosponsor (person) - Canales — cosponsor (person) - Capriglione — cosponsor (person) - Clardy — cosponsor (person) - Cole — cosponsor (person) - Collier — cosponsor (person) - Cortez — cosponsor (person) - Cyrier — cosponsor (person) - Darby — cosponsor (person) - Dean — cosponsor (person) - Deshotel — cosponsor (person) - Dominguez — cosponsor (person) - Dutton — cosponsor (person) - Farrar — cosponsor (person) - Flynn — cosponsor (person) - Frullo — cosponsor (person) - Geren — cosponsor (person) - Gervin-Hawkins — cosponsor (person) - Goldman — cosponsor (person) - González, Jessica — cosponsor (person) - Goodwin — cosponsor (person) - Guerra — cosponsor (person) - Guillen — cosponsor (person) - Gutierrez — cosponsor (person) - Harless — cosponsor (person) - Harris — cosponsor (person) - Hefner — cosponsor (person) - Hernandez — cosponsor (person) - Herrero — cosponsor (person) - Hinojosa — cosponsor (person) - Holland — cosponsor (person) - Howard — cosponsor (person) - Huberty — cosponsor (person) - Huffman — cosponsor (person) - Hunter — cosponsor (person) - Israel — cosponsor (person) - Johnson, Julie — cosponsor (person) - Kacal — cosponsor (person) - King, Ken — cosponsor (person) - Klick — cosponsor (person) - Krause — cosponsor (person) - Kuempel — cosponsor (person) - Lambert — cosponsor (person) - Landgraf — cosponsor (person) - Lang — cosponsor (person) - Larson — cosponsor (person) - Leach — cosponsor (person) - Leman — cosponsor (person) - Longoria — cosponsor (person) - Lozano — cosponsor (person) - Martinez — cosponsor (person) - Martinez Fischer — cosponsor (person) - Metcalf — cosponsor (person) - Meyer — cosponsor (person) - Meza — cosponsor (person) - Middleton — cosponsor (person) - Miller — cosponsor (person) - Minjarez — cosponsor (person) - Moody — cosponsor (person) - Murphy — cosponsor (person) - Murr — cosponsor (person) - Muñoz, Jr. — cosponsor (person) - Neave — cosponsor (person) - Nevárez — cosponsor (person) - Noble — cosponsor (person) - Oliverson — cosponsor (person) - Ortega — cosponsor (person) - Pacheco — cosponsor (person) - Parker — cosponsor (person) - Patterson — cosponsor (person) - Paul — cosponsor (person) - Perez — cosponsor (person) - Powell — cosponsor (person) - Price — cosponsor (person) - Raney — cosponsor (person) - Raymond — cosponsor (person) - Reynolds — cosponsor (person) - Rodriguez — cosponsor (person) - Romero, Jr. — cosponsor (person) - Rosenthal — cosponsor (person) - Sanford — cosponsor (person) - Schaefer — cosponsor (person) - Schwertner — cosponsor (person) - Shaheen — cosponsor (person) - Sheffield — cosponsor (person) - Sherman, Sr. — cosponsor (person) - Shine — cosponsor (person) - Smithee — cosponsor (person) - Stephenson — cosponsor (person) - Stickland — cosponsor (person) - Stucky — cosponsor (person) - Swanson — cosponsor (person) - Talarico — cosponsor (person) - Thierry — cosponsor (person) - Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person) - Thompson, Senfronia — cosponsor (person) - Tinderholt — cosponsor (person) - Toth — cosponsor (person) - Turner, Chris — cosponsor (person) - White — cosponsor (person) - Wilson — cosponsor (person) - Wray — cosponsor (person) - Wu — cosponsor (person) - Zedler — cosponsor (person) - Zwiener — cosponsor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2019-02-11** Filed `filing` - **2019-03-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1` - **2019-03-04** Referred to Human Services `referral-committee` - **2019-03-19** Considered in public hearing - **2019-03-19** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee - **2019-03-19** Left pending in committee - **2019-04-02** Considered in public hearing - **2019-04-02** Committee substitute considered in committee - **2019-04-02** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable` - **2019-04-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator - **2019-04-11** Committee report distributed - **2019-04-12** Committee report sent to Calendars - **2019-04-18** Considered in Calendars - **2019-04-24** Placed on General State Calendar - **2019-04-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2019-04-24** Amended `amendment-passage` - **2019-04-24** Amended `amendment-passage` - **2019-04-24** Record vote - **2019-04-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal - **2019-04-24** Passed to engrossment as amended - **2019-04-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2019-04-25** Passed `passage` - **2019-04-25** Record vote - **2019-04-25** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal - **2019-04-26** Reported engrossed - **2019-04-26** Received from the House `introduction` - **2019-04-29** Read first time `introduction, reading-1` - **2019-04-29** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee` - **2019-05-03** Co-sponsor authorized - **2019-05-06** Co-sponsor authorized - **2019-05-07** Scheduled for public hearing on . . . - **2019-05-07** Considered in public hearing - **2019-05-07** Testimony taken in committee - **2019-05-07** Left pending in committee - **2019-05-17** Considered in public hearing - **2019-05-19** Co-sponsor authorized - **2019-05-19** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable` - **2019-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed - **2019-05-21** Co-sponsor authorized - **2019-05-21** Placed on intent calendar - **2019-05-22** Co-sponsor authorized - **2019-05-22** Not again placed on intent calendar - **2019-05-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business - **2019-05-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2019-05-22** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction` - **2019-05-22** Amended `amendment-passage` - **2019-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal - **2019-05-22** Passed to 3rd reading as amended - **2019-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal - **2019-05-22** Three day rule suspended - **2019-05-22** Record vote - **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2019-05-22** Passed `passage` - **2019-05-22** Record vote - **2019-05-23** Senate passage as amended reported - **2019-05-23** Senate Amendments distributed - **2019-05-23** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed - **2019-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s) - **2019-05-24** Record vote - **2019-05-24** Text of Senate Amendment(s) - **2019-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported - **2019-05-26** Reported enrolled - **2019-05-27** Signed in the House - **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate - **2019-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt` - **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature` - **2019-06-14** Effective immediately ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/266599fe-9cc0-4859-b2af-3a19c85eee1b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).