---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to programs established and operated by federally qualified health centers to provide primary care access to certain employees."
description: "Relating to programs established and operated by federally qualified health centers to provide primary care access to certain employees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 2193"
citation: "Texas SB 2193 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Commerce--Small Business & Minority Business (I0051)", "FEDERAL RELATIONS (S0862)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "Health Care Providers (I0387)", "Human Services--Medical Assistance (I0905)", "INSURANCE", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V0006)", "Insurance--Health & Accident (I0422)", "Labor--Health & Safety (I0490)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frank", "Garcia", "LaMantia", "Price", "Rose", "Shaheen"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 48
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-03-09"
last_action: "2023-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0a9c94f8-4124-46c5-8f89-f231c0e020ff"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02100_SB02199/SB 2193.xml"
source_hash: "2d98b58695150c048c705a415c8e7d908cd002b87df70ebca30cd261fa4b00b5"
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 2193 (88) — Relating to programs established and operated by federally qualified health centers to provide primary care access to certain employees.

## 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/SB02193I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02193E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02193H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02193S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02193F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **144–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Frank — primary (person)
- Garcia — primary (person)
- LaMantia — primary (person)
- Price — primary (person)
- Rose — primary (person)
- Shaheen — primary (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
- Miles — cosponsor (person)
- Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-09** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-03-09** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-22** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-22** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-12** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-04-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-12** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-04-12** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-17** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-04-20** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-20** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-20** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-04-25** Co-author authorized
- **2023-04-25** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-04-26** Co-author authorized
- **2023-04-27** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-27** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-04-27** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2023-04-27** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-27** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-04-27** Record vote
- **2023-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-27** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-27** Record vote
- **2023-04-27** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-27** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-04-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-28** Referred to Health Care Reform, Select `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-02** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-05-02** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-03** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-03** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-04** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-05-04** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2023-05-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-04** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2023-05-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-05** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-05** Record vote
- **2023-05-05** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-08** House passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-08** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-09** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-09** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-09** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-19** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-19** 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/0a9c94f8-4124-46c5-8f89-f231c0e020ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).