---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the use of community health workers in Medicaid managed care."
description: "Relating to the use of community health workers in Medicaid managed care."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 113"
citation: "Texas HB 113 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "Human Services--Medical Assistance (I0905)", "MANAGED CARE (S0454)", "MEDICAID (S4885)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allison", "Blanco", "King, Tracy O.", "Klick", "Ortega"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 52
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-11-14"
last_action: "2023-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c4a3cea-70f7-44e3-8e5d-1820e565bba2"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00100_HB00199/HB 113.xml"
source_hash: "de9ffeac0011b871e7eb757e66a840b1b8a4253fed1a13a1f67d25797a1f21aa"
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 113 (88) — Relating to the use of community health workers in 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/88R/billtext/html/HB00113I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00113E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00113H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00113S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00113F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **130–18** (pass) · lower
- passage — **110–34** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allison — primary (person)
- Blanco — primary (person)
- King, Tracy O. — primary (person)
- Klick — primary (person)
- Ortega — primary (person)
- Flores — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Turner — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-11-14** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-23** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-23** Referred to Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-07** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-03-07** Left pending in committee
- **2023-03-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-14** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-23** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-03-23** Committee report distributed
- **2023-03-23** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-04-10** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-04-13** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-04-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-13** Passed to engrossment
- **2023-04-13** Record vote
- **2023-04-13** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-14** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-14** Record vote
- **2023-04-14** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-14** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-17** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-04-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-18** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-17** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-05-17** Left pending in committee
- **2023-05-18** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2023-05-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-19** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-21** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-21** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-21** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-23** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-24** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-24** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-05-24** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-24** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-24** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-24** Record vote
- **2023-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-24** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-24** Record vote
- **2023-05-25** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-26** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-26** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-28** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-13** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-13** Effective immediately `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0c4a3cea-70f7-44e3-8e5d-1820e565bba2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).