---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to including certain licensed physician assistants in the definition of non-physician mental health professional for purposes of certain provisions applicable to non-physician mental health professionals."
description: "Relating to including certain licensed physician assistants in the definition of non-physician mental health professional for purposes of certain provisions applicable to non-physician mental health professionals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 2093"
citation: "Texas HB 2093 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care Providers (I0387)", "Mental Health & Substance Abuse (I0019)", "Occupational Regulation--Health Occupations (I0540)", "PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS (S0081)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blanco", "Cortez", "Oliverson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 47
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-23"
last_action: "2021-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2aa077ff-9dc7-409a-b16a-4798c4ce0fdf"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02000_HB02099/HB 2093.xml"
source_hash: "b739de97bf071287316856e60d0ee63e884850b304714c87dc60cf8e8098c03d"
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 2093 (87) — Relating to including certain licensed physician assistants in the definition of non-physician mental health professional for purposes of certain provisions applicable to non-physician mental health professionals.

## 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/87R/billtext/html/HB02093I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02093E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02093H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02093S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02093F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **146–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blanco — primary (person)
- Cortez — primary (person)
- Oliverson — primary (person)
- Israel — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Ortega — cosponsor (person)
- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-23** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-15** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-31** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-31** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-07** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-07** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-12** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-13** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-04-23** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-04-26** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-26** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-27** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-27** Record vote
- **2021-04-27** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-27** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-04** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-12** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-12** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-05-12** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-14** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-14** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-14** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-19** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-19** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-19** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-19** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-19** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-19** Record vote
- **2021-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-19** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-19** Record vote
- **2021-05-19** Senate passage reported
- **2021-05-20** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-20** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-22** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-07** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-07** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2aa077ff-9dc7-409a-b16a-4798c4ce0fdf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).