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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to access to a county jail prisoner's health benefits coverage information for mental health service providers."
description: "Relating to access to a county jail prisoner's health benefits coverage information for mental health service providers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 4559"
citation: "Texas HB 4559 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corrections--Jails & Prisons (I0092)", "Insurance--Health & Accident (I0422)", "Mental Health & Substance Abuse (I0019)", "JAIL STANDARDS", "COMMISSION ON (V9946)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fierro", "Rodríguez"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 50
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-08"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e06c7a84-0a49-41fa-80b7-b9a99d22b43c"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB04500_HB04599/HB 4559.xml"
source_hash: "96116c70d31af01b0035a5a8aa2fa692ac6ecfba72ad8779ecb8990f88a79fac"
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 4559 (86) — Relating to access to a county jail prisoner's health benefits coverage information for mental health service providers.
## 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/HB04559I.HTM)
## Sponsors
- Fierro — primary (person)
- Rodríguez — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-03-08** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-26** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-26** Referred to County Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** Posting rule suspended
- **2019-04-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-12** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-12** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-23** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-23** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-23** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-28** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-28** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-29** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-04-30** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-05-03** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-05-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-03** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-05-03** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-03** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-03** Record vote
- **2019-05-03** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-03** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-04** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-06** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-06** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-16** Posting rule suspended
- **2019-05-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-17** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-17** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-17** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-22** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-22** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-22** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-23** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-25** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-26** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-14** 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/e06c7a84-0a49-41fa-80b7-b9a99d22b43c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).