---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the operation and administration of Medicaid, including the Medicaid managed care program and the medically dependent children (MDCP) waiver program."
description: "Relating to the operation and administration of Medicaid, including the Medicaid managed care program and the medically dependent children (MDCP) waiver program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 1207"
citation: "Texas SB 1207 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health--Other Diseases & Medical Conditions (I0383)", "Human Services--Child Services (I0895)", "Human Services--Medical Assistance (I0905)", "Insurance--Health & Accident (I0422)", "Minors--Health & Safety (I0533)", "MANAGED CARE (S0454)", "MEDICAID (S4885)", "MEDICINE & PRESCRIPTION DRUGS (S7338)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Davis, Sarah", "Krause", "Leach", "Parker", "Perry"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 84
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-27"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/43b2ba25-6cf0-4458-a32b-955fdcfdbf30"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01200_SB01299/SB 1207.xml"
source_hash: "4884ec5e93aab96ceeb441fd652430dc02c15329250ee3a6f896daf49c14ac3d"
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 SB 1207 (86) — Relating to the operation and administration of Medicaid, including the Medicaid managed care program and the medically dependent children (MDCP) waiver program.

## 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/SB01207I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **144–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **139–0** (pass) · lower
- other — **145–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Davis, Sarah — primary (person)
- Krause — primary (person)
- Leach — primary (person)
- Parker — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
- Lucio — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-27** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-02-27** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-07** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-02** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-02** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-04-02** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-11** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-11** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-16** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-17** Co-author authorized
- **2019-04-17** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-04-17** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-17** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-17** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-17** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-17** Record vote
- **2019-04-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-17** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-17** Record vote
- **2019-04-17** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-18** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-23** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-23** Referred to Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** Correction in referral
- **2019-05-01** Referred to Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-07** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-05-07** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-05-07** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-13** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-14** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-14** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-15** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-17** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-17** Postponed
- **2019-05-17** Laid out as postponed business
- **2019-05-17** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-17** Statement of Leg. Intent Recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-17** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2019-05-17** Record vote
- **2019-05-17** Constitutional three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-17** Record vote
- **2019-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-17** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-17** Record vote
- **2019-05-17** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-20** Vote reconsidered
- **2019-05-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-20** Passed as amended `passage`
- **2019-05-20** Record vote
- **2019-05-20** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-20** House passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-23** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-23** Read
- **2019-05-23** Senate refuses to concur
- **2019-05-23** Senate requests conference committee
- **2019-05-23** Senate appoints conferees
- **2019-05-23** Senate refuses to concur-reported
- **2019-05-23** Senate requests conference committee-reported
- **2019-05-23** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2019-05-23** House grants request for conference committee
- **2019-05-23** House appoints conferees
- **2019-05-23** House grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2019-05-23** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2019-05-25** Conference committee report filed
- **2019-05-25** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2019-05-26** Senate adopts resolution to go outside bounds
- **2019-05-26** Senate adopts conference committee report
- **2019-05-26** Record vote
- **2019-05-26** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2019-05-26** House adopts resolution to go outside bounds
- **2019-05-26** House adopts conference committee report
- **2019-05-26** Record vote
- **2019-05-26** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2019-05-26** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10** 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/43b2ba25-6cf0-4458-a32b-955fdcfdbf30`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).