---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to prescription drug formularies applicable to the Medicaid managed care program."
description: "Relating to prescription drug formularies applicable to the Medicaid managed care program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 1283"
citation: "Texas HB 1283 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care Providers (I0387)", "Human Services--Medical Assistance (I0905)", "MEDICAID (S4885)", "MEDICINE & PRESCRIPTION DRUGS (S7338)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Garcia", "Harless", "Hughes", "Jetton", "Oliverson", "Raymond"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 46
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8847c2e7-7b06-4e37-8480-221c1ae7656f"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01200_HB01299/HB 1283.xml"
source_hash: "fdf3c4a0683327de62765ff95c21e5bc1834ffdfaddab22464add29f469e8e27"
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 1283 (88) — Relating to prescription drug formularies applicable to the Medicaid managed care program.

## 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/HB01283I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01283E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01283H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01283S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01283F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **146–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Garcia — primary (person)
- Harless — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)
- Jetton — primary (person)
- Oliverson — primary (person)
- Raymond — primary (person)
- Howard — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-03** Referred to Health Care Reform, Select `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-06** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-06** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-04-06** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-13** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-18** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-18** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-18** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-04-28** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-05-02** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-02** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-02** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-03** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-03** Record vote
- **2023-05-03** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-03** Reported engrossed
- **2023-05-04** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-05-05** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-05** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-17** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-18** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-18** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-21** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-22** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-21** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-05-21** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-21** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-21** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-21** Record vote
- **2023-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-21** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-21** Record vote
- **2023-05-22** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-22** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-23** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-24** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-10** 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/8847c2e7-7b06-4e37-8480-221c1ae7656f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).