---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the availability of antipsychotic prescription drugs under the vendor drug program and Medicaid managed care."
description: "Relating to the availability of antipsychotic prescription drugs under the vendor drug program and Medicaid managed care."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 2822"
citation: "Texas HB 2822 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "Human Services--General (I0920)", "Human Services--Medical Assistance (I0905)", "MANAGED CARE (S0454)", "MEDICAID (S4885)", "MEDICINE & PRESCRIPTION DRUGS (S7338)", "Mental Health & Substance Abuse (I0019)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buckingham", "Guillen", "Hull", "Oliverson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 52
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-04"
last_action: "2021-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/580cbfd9-8df5-4ba4-af86-47952d67078b"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02800_HB02899/HB 2822.xml"
source_hash: "ddfc63020d40c641a1ec7633a5062b0a9069114af2e9d0c704e01ac220376271"
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 2822 (87) — Relating to the availability of antipsychotic prescription drugs under the vendor drug program and Medicaid managed care.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02822I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02822E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02822H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02822S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02822F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **112–32** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Buckingham — primary (person)
- Guillen — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- Oliverson — primary (person)
- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
- Morales Shaw — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-04** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-18** Referred to Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-06** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-04-06** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-16** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-04-16** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-16** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-23** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-24** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-26** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-05** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-07** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-10** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-05-10** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-11** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-11** Record vote
- **2021-05-11** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-11** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-12** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-13** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-19** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-19** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-05-19** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-20** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-20** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-20** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-22** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-22** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-24** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-24** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-24** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-24** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-24** Record vote
- **2021-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-24** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-24** Record vote
- **2021-05-24** Senate passage reported
- **2021-05-24** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-25** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-26** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-07** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-07** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/580cbfd9-8df5-4ba4-af86-47952d67078b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).