---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to controlled substance prescriptions and reimbursement for treatment for certain substance use disorders; authorizing a fee."
description: "Relating to controlled substance prescriptions and reimbursement for treatment for certain substance use disorders; authorizing a fee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 2174"
citation: "Texas HB 2174 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes--Drugs (I0185)", "Health Care Providers (I0387)", "Occupational Regulation--Health Occupations (I0540)", "MEDICINE & PRESCRIPTION DRUGS (S7338)", "PHARMACIES & PHARMACISTS (S1192)", "PHARMACY", "TEXAS STATE BOARD OF (V0022)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Capriglione", "Dean", "Kolkhorst", "Zerwas"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 58
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-02-21"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a237c0f-ca7c-4133-91a5-02a982aca539"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02100_HB02199/HB 2174.xml"
source_hash: "37d6391ea816fc158390d228a32d145c01e9275403c713c85ab5f3a75d726893"
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 2174 (86) — Relating to controlled substance prescriptions and reimbursement for treatment for certain substance use disorders; authorizing a fee.

## 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/HB02174I.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **129–4** (pass) · lower
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **131–9** (pass) · lower
- other — **131–9** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Capriglione — primary (person)
- Dean — primary (person)
- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
- Zerwas — primary (person)
- Button — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-21** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-06** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-20** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-20** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-08** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-08** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-08** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-16** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-16** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-17** 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** 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`
- **2019-05-16** Posting rule suspended
- **2019-05-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-17** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-19** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-19** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-20** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-21** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-21** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-21** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-21** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-21** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-21** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2019-05-21** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-21** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-21** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-21** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-21** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-22** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-22** 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
- **2019-05-25** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-26** 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 on 9/1/19 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9a237c0f-ca7c-4133-91a5-02a982aca539`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).