--- type: "Bill" title: "Relating to health benefit plan cost-sharing requirements for prescription insulin." description: "Relating to health benefit plan cost-sharing requirements for prescription insulin." jurisdiction: "us/states/tx" legislature: "Texas Legislature" session: "87" identifier: "SB 827" citation: "Texas SB 827 (87)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["DIABETES (S0486)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "Health--Other Diseases & Medical Conditions (I0383)", "Insurance--Health & Accident (I0422)", "MEDICINE & PRESCRIPTION DRUGS (S7338)"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Alvarado", "Bettencourt", "Blanco", "Campbell", "Eckhardt", "Hinojosa", "Huffman", "Hughes", "Kolkhorst", "Lucio", "Lucio III", "Menéndez", "Miles", "Paxton", "Talarico", "West", "Zaffirini"] version_count: 5 action_count: 58 vote_count: 1 first_action: "2021-02-26" last_action: "2021-06-14" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb263511-a221-4d72-ad34-4148271d524d" source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00800_SB00899/SB 827.xml" source_hash: "467fa9d816f0f5ae86fdbf5b26c8d03955a145e02ea175b400eb0f37ce785e3c" 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 827 (87) — Relating to health benefit plan cost-sharing requirements for prescription insulin. ## 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/SB00827I.HTM) 2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00827E.HTM) 3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00827H.HTM) 4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00827S.HTM) 5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00827F.HTM) ## Votes - other — **0–0** (fail) · upper ## Sponsors - Alvarado — primary (person) - Bettencourt — primary (person) - Blanco — primary (person) - Campbell — primary (person) - Eckhardt — primary (person) - Hinojosa — primary (person) - Huffman — primary (person) - Hughes — primary (person) - Kolkhorst — primary (person) - Lucio — primary (person) - Lucio III — primary (person) - Menéndez — primary (person) - Miles — primary (person) - Paxton — primary (person) - Talarico — primary (person) - West — primary (person) - Zaffirini — primary (person) - Anchia — cosponsor (person) - Anderson — cosponsor (person) - Ashby — cosponsor (person) - Bailes — cosponsor (person) - Beckley — cosponsor (person) - Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person) - Bernal — cosponsor (person) - Buckley — cosponsor (person) - Bucy — cosponsor (person) - Burns — cosponsor (person) - Campos — cosponsor (person) - Canales — cosponsor (person) - Capriglione — cosponsor (person) - Cole — cosponsor (person) - Collier — cosponsor (person) - Cook — cosponsor (person) - Cortez — cosponsor (person) - Creighton — cosponsor (person) - Crockett — cosponsor (person) - Cyrier — cosponsor (person) - Darby — cosponsor (person) - Davis — cosponsor (person) - Deshotel — cosponsor (person) - Dominguez — cosponsor (person) - Fierro — cosponsor (person) - Frank — cosponsor (person) - Geren — cosponsor (person) - Gervin-Hawkins — cosponsor (person) - González, Jessica — cosponsor (person) - González, Mary — cosponsor (person) - Goodwin — cosponsor (person) - Guerra — cosponsor (person) - Guillen — cosponsor (person) - Gutierrez — cosponsor (person) - Harless — cosponsor (person) - Harris — cosponsor (person) - Hernandez — cosponsor (person) - Herrero — cosponsor (person) - Hinojosa — cosponsor (person) - Holland — cosponsor (person) - Howard — cosponsor (person) - Hunter — cosponsor (person) - Israel — cosponsor (person) - Johnson, Ann — cosponsor (person) - Johnson, Jarvis — cosponsor (person) - Kacal — cosponsor (person) - King, Ken — cosponsor (person) - King, Phil — cosponsor (person) - King, Tracy O. — cosponsor (person) - Klick — cosponsor (person) - Krause — cosponsor (person) - Landgraf — cosponsor (person) - Larson — cosponsor (person) - Leach — cosponsor (person) - Leman — cosponsor (person) - Longoria — cosponsor (person) - Lopez — cosponsor (person) - Lozano — cosponsor (person) - Martinez Fischer — cosponsor (person) - Meyer — cosponsor (person) - Minjarez — cosponsor (person) - Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person) - Morrison — cosponsor (person) - Muñoz, Jr. — cosponsor (person) - Oliverson — cosponsor (person) - Ordaz Perez — cosponsor (person) - Ortega — cosponsor (person) - Pacheco — cosponsor (person) - Paddie — cosponsor (person) - Parker — cosponsor (person) - Patterson — cosponsor (person) - Perez — cosponsor (person) - Price — cosponsor (person) - Ramos — cosponsor (person) - Raymond — cosponsor (person) - Reynolds — cosponsor (person) - Rodriguez — cosponsor (person) - Rogers — cosponsor (person) - Romero, Jr. — cosponsor (person) - Rose — cosponsor (person) - Rosenthal — cosponsor (person) - Sherman, Sr. — cosponsor (person) - Shine — cosponsor (person) - Smith — cosponsor (person) - Smithee — cosponsor (person) - Stucky — cosponsor (person) - Thierry — cosponsor (person) - Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person) - Thompson, Senfronia — cosponsor (person) - Turner, Chris — cosponsor (person) - Turner, John — cosponsor (person) - VanDeaver — cosponsor (person) - Vo — cosponsor (person) - Wu — cosponsor (person) - Zwiener — cosponsor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2021-02-26** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing` - **2021-02-26** Filed `filing` - **2021-03-09** Co-author authorized - **2021-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1` - **2021-03-11** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee` - **2021-03-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . . - **2021-03-17** Considered in public hearing - **2021-03-17** Testimony taken in committee - **2021-03-22** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable` - **2021-03-22** Committee report printed and distributed - **2021-03-23** Co-author authorized - **2021-03-23** Placed on intent calendar - **2021-03-25** Rules suspended-Regular order of business - **2021-03-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2021-03-25** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction` - **2021-03-25** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal` - **2021-03-25** Passed to engrossment - **2021-03-25** Vote recorded in Journal - **2021-03-25** Three day rule suspended - **2021-03-25** Record vote - **2021-03-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2021-03-25** Passed `passage` - **2021-03-25** Record vote - **2021-03-25** Reported engrossed - **2021-03-29** Received from the Senate `introduction` - **2021-04-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1` - **2021-04-06** Referred to Insurance `referral-committee` - **2021-04-20** Considered in public hearing - **2021-04-20** Committee substitute considered in committee - **2021-04-20** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee - **2021-04-20** Left pending in committee - **2021-04-27** Considered in public hearing - **2021-04-27** Committee substitute considered in committee - **2021-04-27** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable` - **2021-05-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator - **2021-05-11** Committee report distributed - **2021-05-11** Committee report sent to Calendars - **2021-05-20** Considered in Calendars - **2021-05-22** Placed on General State Calendar - **2021-05-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2021-05-23** Passed to 3rd reading - **2021-05-23** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal - **2021-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2021-05-24** Passed `passage` - **2021-05-24** Record vote - **2021-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal - **2021-05-24** House passage as amended reported - **2021-05-27** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate - **2021-05-27** Read - **2021-05-27** Senate concurs in House amendment(s) - **2021-05-27** Record vote - **2021-05-27** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported - **2021-05-28** Reported enrolled - **2021-05-30** Signed in the Senate - **2021-05-31** Signed in the House - **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt` - **2021-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature` - **2021-06-14** 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/cb263511-a221-4d72-ad34-4148271d524d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).