---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the creation and operations of a health care provider participation program by the Bexar County Hospital District."
description: "Relating to the creation and operations of a health care provider participation program by the Bexar County Hospital District."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 1545"
citation: "Texas SB 1545 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BEXAR COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT (D0139)", "Health Care Providers (I0387)", "Hospitals (I0400)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Hospital (I0750)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Martinez Fischer", "Menéndez"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 54
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-05"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fff131de-54f1-4e5e-9a19-5fa2a4721e8d"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01500_SB01599/SB 1545.xml"
source_hash: "e13b6338886bd3e91c26244e0f5055a2c68e524d87ebb68a1289d811e873ea37"
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 1545 (86) — Relating to the creation and operations of a health care provider participation program by the Bexar 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/SB01545I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Martinez Fischer — primary (person)
- Menéndez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-05** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-03-05** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-14** Referred to Intergovernmental Relations `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-25** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-03-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-25** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-03-25** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-01** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-03** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-03** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-11** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-11** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-04-11** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-11** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-11** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-11** Record vote
- **2019-04-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-11** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-11** Record vote
- **2019-04-11** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-11** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-12** Referred to County Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-02** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-02** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-05-02** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-02** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-06** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-06** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-07** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-05-10** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-05-14** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-05-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-14** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-14** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-14** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-14** Record vote
- **2019-05-14** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-15** House passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-21** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-21** Read
- **2019-05-21** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2019-05-21** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-21** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-23** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fff131de-54f1-4e5e-9a19-5fa2a4721e8d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).