---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the Medicaid application form and communication with Medicaid recipients."
description: "Relating to the Medicaid application form and communication with Medicaid recipients."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 2802"
citation: "Texas HB 2802 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EMAIL & ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS (S0321)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "Human Services--Medical Assistance (I0905)", "MANAGED CARE (S0454)", "MEDICAID (S4885)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blanco", "Jones, Jolanda", "Plesa", "Rose"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 50
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-24"
last_action: "2023-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f6c522d-c814-4237-a58c-a8ca5fa2b3ae"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02800_HB02899/HB 2802.xml"
source_hash: "87967c9fccb244abd4617a7895c8b3142a8ec700a3ef8e151655d8bc8d3ff576"
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 2802 (88) — Relating to the Medicaid application form and communication with Medicaid recipients.

## 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/HB02802I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02802E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02802H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02802S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02802F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **120–27** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blanco — primary (person)
- Jones, Jolanda — primary (person)
- Plesa — primary (person)
- Rose — primary (person)
- Eckhardt — cosponsor (person)
- Flores — cosponsor (person)
- LaMantia — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-24** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-14** Referred to Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-28** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-28** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-03-28** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-04** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-11** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-12** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-04-14** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-04-18** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-04-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-18** Passed to engrossment
- **2023-04-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-19** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-19** Record vote
- **2023-04-19** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-19** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-19** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-04-20** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-20** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-08** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2023-05-10** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-10** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-05-10** Left pending in committee
- **2023-05-11** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-11** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-11** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-11** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-11** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-15** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2023-05-17** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-17** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-05-17** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-17** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-17** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-17** Record vote
- **2023-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-17** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-17** Record vote
- **2023-05-17** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-18** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-19** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-21** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-11** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-11** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8f6c522d-c814-4237-a58c-a8ca5fa2b3ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).