---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to reimbursement of rural hospitals under Medicaid."
description: "Relating to reimbursement of rural hospitals under Medicaid."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 170"
citation: "Texas SB 170 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health--Rural (I0381)", "Hospitals (I0400)", "Human Services--Medical Assistance (I0905)", "MANAGED CARE (S0454)", "MEDICAID (S4885)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Perry", "Price", "Springer"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 55
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-11-13"
last_action: "2019-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/044e226d-4046-451c-a4f7-5ba8128aa40b"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00100_SB00199/SB 170.xml"
source_hash: "7c9b9c878da59f8259095863a95ae5130a3c3dec2d1aa7b3d55efac9b9369f70"
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 170 (86) — Relating to reimbursement of rural hospitals under Medicaid.

## 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/SB00170I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Perry — primary (person)
- Price — primary (person)
- Springer — primary (person)
- Buckingham — cosponsor (person)
- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- Flores — cosponsor (person)
- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
- Lucio — cosponsor (person)
- Seliger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-13** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2018-11-13** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-01** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-12** Co-author authorized
- **2019-02-20** Co-author authorized
- **2019-02-27** Co-author authorized
- **2019-03-04** Co-author authorized
- **2019-03-05** Co-author authorized
- **2019-03-19** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-03-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-19** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-03-19** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-02** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-08** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-08** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-11** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-17** Co-author authorized
- **2019-04-17** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **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
- **2019-04-17** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-24** Referred to Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-30** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-30** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-02** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-05-02** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-03** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-04** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-06** 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** Passed to 3rd reading
- **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
- **2019-05-19** House passage reported
- **2019-05-19** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-20** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-21** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-04** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-04** 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/044e226d-4046-451c-a4f7-5ba8128aa40b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).