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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to providing access to local public health entities and certain health service regional offices under Medicaid."
description: "Relating to providing access to local public health entities and certain health service regional offices under Medicaid."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 73"
citation: "Texas SB 73 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "Health Care Providers (I0387)", "Human Services--Medical Assistance (I0905)", "MEDICAID (S4885)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Klick", "Miles", "Thierry"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 59
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-11-09"
last_action: "2021-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9fdbf371-a619-4a3c-bdb2-076be2b9bf1d"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 73.xml"
source_hash: "9518d777c13bb3bab50e44e0d4b548731d9e6ee0385a4811b3435fde69c0c5fd"
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 SB 73 (87) — Relating to providing access to local public health entities and certain health service regional offices under Medicaid.
## 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/SB00073I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00073E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00073H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00073S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00073F.HTM)
## Votes
- passage — **10936** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Klick — primary (person)
- Miles — primary (person)
- Thierry — primary (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-11-09** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2020-11-09** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-03** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-03-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-17** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-03-17** Left pending in committee
- **2021-03-25** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-03-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-29** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-06** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-06** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-08** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-12** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-12** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-04-12** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-12** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-12** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-12** Record vote
- **2021-04-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-12** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Record vote
- **2021-04-12** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-13** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-14** Referred to Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-04** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-05-04** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-13** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-05-13** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-18** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-18** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-19** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-19** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-21** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-23** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-23** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-23** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2021-05-23** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-24** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-24** Record vote
- **2021-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-24** House passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-27** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-27** Read
- **2021-05-27** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2021-05-27** Record vote
- **2021-05-27** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-27** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-29** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-29** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-14** 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/9fdbf371-a619-4a3c-bdb2-076be2b9bf1d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).