---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the creation and operations of a health care provider participation program by the Harris County Hospital District."
description: "Relating to the creation and operations of a health care provider participation program by the Harris County Hospital District."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 3459"
citation: "Texas HB 3459 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HARRIS COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT (D0010)", "Health Care Providers (I0387)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Hospital (I0750)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coleman", "Huberty", "Miles", "Rosenthal", "Walle", "Zerwas"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 53
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-03-06"
last_action: "2019-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de20db72-e837-4a6e-bcdd-851522abf0dd"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03400_HB03499/HB 3459.xml"
source_hash: "7904c4034bbec35e9e5de0120f02fe798a0d5e6b62241885a0e0d7b4600699a7"
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 3459 (86) — Relating to the creation and operations of a health care provider participation program by the Harris 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/HB03459I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **122–17** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Coleman — primary (person)
- Huberty — primary (person)
- Miles — primary (person)
- Rosenthal — primary (person)
- Walle — primary (person)
- Zerwas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-06** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-18** Referred to County Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** Posting rule suspended
- **2019-03-21** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-21** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-21** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-26** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-03-26** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-26** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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
- **2019-04-08** Transferred to Calendars Committee
- **2019-04-09** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-11** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-12** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-16** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-16** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-17** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-17** Record vote
- **2019-04-17** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-17** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-23** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-25** Referred to Administration `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-03** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-03** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-03** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-09** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-10** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-10** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-10** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-10** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-10** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-10** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-10** Record vote
- **2019-05-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-10** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-10** Record vote
- **2019-05-10** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-10** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-13** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-14** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-24** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-24** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/de20db72-e837-4a6e-bcdd-851522abf0dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).