---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the informal dispute resolution process for certain disputes between the Health and Human Services Commission and long-term care facilities."
description: "Relating to the informal dispute resolution process for certain disputes between the Health and Human Services Commission and long-term care facilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 2205"
citation: "Texas HB 2205 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Aging (I0015)", "Health--General (I0385)", "Nursing Homes (I0539)", "LONG-TERM CARE (S0417)", "MEDIATION", "DISPUTE RESOLUTION", "& ARBITRATION (S8683)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buckingham", "Clardy"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 48
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-21"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/30de0d15-9601-4af6-9b33-e1f17bd6c9cd"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02200_HB02299/HB 2205.xml"
source_hash: "f0c2dda3a86a2027e4cbe8a82b630bd1074d010a761b945d9d4b7515505ba729"
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 2205 (86) — Relating to the informal dispute resolution process for certain disputes between the Health and Human Services Commission and long-term care facilities.

## 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/HB02205I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **140–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Buckingham — primary (person)
- Clardy — primary (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 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
- **2019-04-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-09** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-09** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-15** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-16** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-16** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-06** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-08** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-09** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-05-09** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-10** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-10** Record vote
- **2019-05-10** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-13** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-14** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **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** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-19** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-21** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-22** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-22** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-22** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **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 reported
- **2019-05-23** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-24** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/30de0d15-9601-4af6-9b33-e1f17bd6c9cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).