---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the medical authorization required to release protected health information in a health care liability claim."
description: "Relating to the medical authorization required to release protected health information in a health care liability claim."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 1565"
citation: "Texas SB 1565 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "Health Care Providers (I0387)", "Health--Privacy/Use of Information (I0389)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fallon", "Smith"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 43
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-05"
last_action: "2019-05-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/50cd9841-06b5-46de-ad97-08f9fbe14554"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01500_SB01599/SB 1565.xml"
source_hash: "b4e882f669fc23bc79d17b1725ab7f819ce2d38cf7af91af83beeffc1a91446d"
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 1565 (86) — Relating to the medical authorization required to release protected health information in a health care liability claim.

## 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/SB01565I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Fallon — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-05** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-03-05** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-14** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-10** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-16** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-16** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-16** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-23** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-24** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-04-24** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-24** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-24** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-24** Record vote
- **2019-04-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-24** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-24** Record vote
- **2019-04-24** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-25** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-29** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-29** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-02** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-05-02** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-02** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-05** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-05** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-06** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-05-10** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2019-05-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-10** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-10** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-10** Record vote
- **2019-05-13** House passage reported
- **2019-05-13** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-14** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-14** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-22** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-22** 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/50cd9841-06b5-46de-ad97-08f9fbe14554`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).