---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the reporting of health care-associated infections and preventable adverse events at health care facilities."
description: "Relating to the reporting of health care-associated infections and preventable adverse events at health care facilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 384"
citation: "Texas SB 384 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care Providers (I0387)", "Health--Other Diseases & Medical Conditions (I0383)", "MEDICARE (S6016)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "STATE HEALTH SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0463)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nelson", "Sheffield"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 44
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-18"
last_action: "2019-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/92dca063-519c-41ac-805e-972fd779dc3a"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00300_SB00399/SB 384.xml"
source_hash: "09171d6f473990ac832339c1600d1ecd8aa5ba75102e8e4a4f8a679891b29044"
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 384 (86) — Relating to the reporting of health care-associated infections and preventable adverse events at health 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/SB00384I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **138–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nelson — primary (person)
- Sheffield — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-18** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-01-18** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-14** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-03-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-12** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-03-12** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-02** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-04** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-09** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-10** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-04-10** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-10** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-10** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-10** Record vote
- **2019-04-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-10** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-10** Record vote
- **2019-04-10** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-11** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-16** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08** Meeting cancelled
- **2019-05-13** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-05-13** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-15** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-15** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-16** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-19** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-21** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-21** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** House passage reported
- **2019-05-22** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-24** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-07** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-07** 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/92dca063-519c-41ac-805e-972fd779dc3a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).