---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the continuation of a health care provider participation program by the Tarrant County Hospital District."
description: "Relating to the continuation of a health care provider participation program by the Tarrant County Hospital District."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 2324"
citation: "Texas HB 2324 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["TARRANT COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT (D0418)", "Health Care Providers (I0387)", "Hospitals (I0400)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Hospital (I0750)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Geren", "Hancock"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 45
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-25"
last_action: "2019-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3cadddd1-b4ca-4d7a-98c9-91a1cd3a9b76"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02300_HB02399/HB 2324.xml"
source_hash: "5cae7a9fbfd66fe74768d3b2c8a9d3d055daac3a7aebca6f82c50644c40cc9ed"
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 2324 (86) — Relating to the continuation of a health care provider participation program by the Tarrant County Hospital District.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB02324I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Geren — primary (person)
- Hancock — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-25** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-06** Referred to County Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Posting rule suspended
- **2019-03-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-14** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-14** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-26** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-03-26** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-02** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-02** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-03** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-04-08** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-04-12** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-04-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-12** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-12** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-12** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-12** Record vote
- **2019-04-12** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-12** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-15** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-16** Referred to Intergovernmental Relations `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-06** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-06** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-07** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-08** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-08** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-08** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-08** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-08** Record vote
- **2019-05-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-08** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-08** Record vote
- **2019-05-08** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-09** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-10** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-10** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-10** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-21** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-21** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3cadddd1-b4ca-4d7a-98c9-91a1cd3a9b76`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).