---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to direct payment for certain health care provided by a hospital."
description: "Relating to direct payment for certain health care provided by a hospital."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 1612"
citation: "Texas HB 1612 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care Providers (I0387)", "Hospitals (I0400)", "Insurance--Health & Accident (I0422)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frank", "Kolkhorst"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 56
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-12-13"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05b1b0cd-364b-49c5-9fe7-88aaf9e7b5fc"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01600_HB01699/HB 1612.xml"
source_hash: "77457f6e9b41e48afdc1c9de5605e7a3c3bcda1bee3abb72fffb51a49fb4063f"
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 1612 (89R) — Relating to direct payment for certain health care provided by a hospital.

## 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/89R/billtext/html/HB01612I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB01612E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB01612H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB01612S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB01612F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **139–5** (pass) · lower
- passage — **132–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Frank — primary (person)
- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-13** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-12** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-07** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-04-07** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-04-07** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-14** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-04-14** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-23** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-04-23** Committee report distributed
- **2025-04-25** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-04-28** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-04-30** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-04-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-30** Postponed
- **2025-04-30** Laid out as postponed business
- **2025-04-30** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-30** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-30** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-30** Record vote
- **2025-04-30** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-01** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-01** Record vote
- **2025-05-01** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-01** Reported engrossed
- **2025-05-05** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-05-05** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-05** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-13** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-13** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-14** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2025-05-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-14** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-15** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-15** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-15** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-25** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-25** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-05-25** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-25** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-25** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-25** Record vote
- **2025-05-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-25** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-25** Record vote
- **2025-05-25** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-26** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-27** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-27** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/05b1b0cd-364b-49c5-9fe7-88aaf9e7b5fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).