---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to Medicaid coverage and reimbursement for non-opioid treatments."
description: "Relating to Medicaid coverage and reimbursement for non-opioid treatments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 4888"
citation: "Texas HB 4888 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "Health--Other Diseases & Medical Conditions (I0383)", "Hospitals (I0400)", "MEDICAID (S4885)", "MEDICINE & PRESCRIPTION DRUGS (S7338)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hefner", "Perry"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 69
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-10"
last_action: "2023-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d859d1a0-c046-454f-b0a2-c883d5fad198"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB04800_HB04899/HB 4888.xml"
source_hash: "628591d94b2240cd3dcd99a3b73e411cfd0f94f7b99d2c7220ec9bd7ff81ad96"
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 4888 (88) — Relating to Medicaid coverage and reimbursement for non-opioid treatments.

## 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/88R/billtext/html/HB04888I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB04888E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB04888H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB04888S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB04888F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **131–6** (pass) · upper
- passage — **131–6** (pass) · lower
- passage — **133–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hefner — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-10** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-23** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-23** Referred to Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-18** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-04-18** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-25** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-25** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-02** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-02** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-02** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-05-06** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2023-05-09** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2023-05-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-09** Passed to engrossment
- **2023-05-09** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-09** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-09** Record vote
- **2023-05-09** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-09** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-09** Reported engrossed
- **2023-05-10** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-05-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-11** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-16** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-16** Left pending in committee
- **2023-05-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-17** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-19** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-23** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-24** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-05-24** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-24** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-24** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-24** Record vote
- **2023-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-24** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-24** Record vote
- **2023-05-25** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-25** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2023-05-25** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2023-05-26** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments
- **2023-05-26** House requests conference committee
- **2023-05-26** House appoints conferees
- **2023-05-26** House refuses to concur-reported
- **2023-05-26** House requests conference committee-reported
- **2023-05-26** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2023-05-26** Senate grants request for conference comm.
- **2023-05-26** Senate appoints conferees
- **2023-05-26** Senate grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2023-05-26** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2023-05-28** House discharges conferees
- **2023-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2023-05-28** Record vote
- **2023-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-28** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2023-05-28** House discharges conferees-reported
- **2023-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2023-05-28** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-29** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-29** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-30** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-13** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-13** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d859d1a0-c046-454f-b0a2-c883d5fad198`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).