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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to telemedicine and telehealth services."
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description: "Relating to telemedicine and telehealth services."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "86"
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identifier: "SB 670"
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citation: "Texas SB 670 (86)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Health Care Providers (I0387)", "Human Services--Medical Assistance (I0905)", "MANAGED CARE (S0454)", "MEDICAID (S4885)", "TELEMEDICINE (S0219)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ashby", "Buckingham", "González, Mary", "Guillen", "Price", "Sheffield"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 54
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2019-02-06"
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last_action: "2019-06-14"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/439ab370-b9de-434c-9b86-442159518801"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00600_SB00699/SB 670.xml"
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source_hash: "4899dfab51038a2144eca71c2cbfe4dbf33cda7167d82536e671634ebeaaf5bc"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
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---
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# Texas SB 670 (86) — Relating to telemedicine and telehealth services.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/SB00670I.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **138–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Ashby — primary (person)
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- Buckingham — primary (person)
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- González, Mary — primary (person)
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- Guillen — primary (person)
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- Price — primary (person)
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- Sheffield — primary (person)
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- Allison — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-06** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
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- **2019-02-06** Filed `filing`
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- **2019-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2019-03-01** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-12** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2019-03-12** Considered in public hearing
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- **2019-03-12** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2019-03-12** Left pending in committee
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- **2019-03-19** Considered in public hearing
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- **2019-03-21** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-21** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2019-03-25** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2019-03-27** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2019-03-27** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
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- **2019-03-27** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2019-03-27** Three day rule suspended
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- **2019-03-27** Record vote
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- **2019-03-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-27** Passed `passage`
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- **2019-03-27** Record vote
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- **2019-03-27** Reported engrossed
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- **2019-03-27** Received from the Senate `introduction`
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- **2019-04-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2019-04-01** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
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- **2019-04-29** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2019-04-29** Committee substitute considered in committee
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- **2019-04-29** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-05-02** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
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- **2019-05-02** Committee report distributed
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- **2019-05-03** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2019-05-10** Considered in Calendars
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- **2019-05-13** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2019-05-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2019-05-13** Postponed
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- **2019-05-13** Laid out as postponed business
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- **2019-05-13** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2019-05-13** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2019-05-13** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
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- **2019-05-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2019-05-14** Passed `passage`
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- **2019-05-14** Record vote
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- **2019-05-14** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2019-05-14** House passage as amended reported
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- **2019-05-21** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
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- **2019-05-21** Read
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- **2019-05-21** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
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- **2019-05-21** Record vote
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- **2019-05-21** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
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- **2019-05-21** Reported enrolled
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- **2019-05-23** Signed in the Senate
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- **2019-05-25** Signed in the House
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- **2019-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2019-06-14** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/439ab370-b9de-434c-9b86-442159518801`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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