republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/87/hb-2595.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to a parity complaint portal and educational materials and parity law training regarding benefits for mental health conditions and substance use disorders to be made available through the portal and otherwise; designating October as mental health condition and substance use disorder parity awareness month."
description: "Relating to a parity complaint portal and educational materials and parity law training regarding benefits for mental health conditions and substance use disorders to be made available through the portal and otherwise; designating October as mental health condition and substance use disorder parity awareness month."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 2595"
citation: "Texas HB 2595 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholism & Drug Abuse (I0030)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "Holidays (I0395)", "INSURANCE", "COMMISSIONER OF (V0396)", "Insurance--Health & Accident (I0422)", "MENTAL HEALTH CONDITION & SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER PARITY AWARENESS MONTH (HV07S)", "Mental Health & Substance Abuse (I0019)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allison", "Meza", "Nelson", "Price", "Rose", "Smith"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 48
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-02"
last_action: "2021-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0dae8b50-98a6-48a8-9b65-f92d408071f5"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02500_HB02599/HB 2595.xml"
source_hash: "76d041c506e160982a6c58c00c98e59d181bc870af81af63fa5b5977a7ee5e87"
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 2595 (87) — Relating to a parity complaint portal and educational materials and parity law training regarding benefits for mental health conditions and substance use disorders to be made available through the portal and otherwise; designating October as mental health condition and substance use disorder parity awareness month.

## 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/HB02595I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02595E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02595H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02595S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02595F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **122–24** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allison — primary (person)
- Meza — primary (person)
- Nelson — primary (person)
- Price — primary (person)
- Rose — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-02** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-17** Referred to Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-13** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-04-13** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-16** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-04-16** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-16** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-21** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-22** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-22** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-03** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-05** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-05** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-05-05** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-06** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-06** Record vote
- **2021-05-06** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-06** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-10** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-12** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-18** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-18** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-20** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-20** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-21** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-26** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-27** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-27** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-27** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-27** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-27** Record vote
- **2021-05-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-27** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-27** Record vote
- **2021-05-27** Senate passage reported
- **2021-05-30** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-30** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-31** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-15** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-15** 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/0dae8b50-98a6-48a8-9b65-f92d408071f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).