republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/87/sb-827.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to health benefit plan cost-sharing requirements for prescription insulin."
description: "Relating to health benefit plan cost-sharing requirements for prescription insulin."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 827"
citation: "Texas SB 827 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DIABETES (S0486)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "Health--Other Diseases & Medical Conditions (I0383)", "Insurance--Health & Accident (I0422)", "MEDICINE & PRESCRIPTION DRUGS (S7338)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alvarado", "Bettencourt", "Blanco", "Campbell", "Eckhardt", "Hinojosa", "Huffman", "Hughes", "Kolkhorst", "Lucio", "Lucio III", "Menéndez", "Miles", "Paxton", "Talarico", "West", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 58
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-26"
last_action: "2021-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb263511-a221-4d72-ad34-4148271d524d"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00800_SB00899/SB 827.xml"
source_hash: "467fa9d816f0f5ae86fdbf5b26c8d03955a145e02ea175b400eb0f37ce785e3c"
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 827 (87) — Relating to health benefit plan cost-sharing requirements for prescription insulin.

## 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/SB00827I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00827E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00827H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00827S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00827F.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alvarado — primary (person)
- Bettencourt — primary (person)
- Blanco — primary (person)
- Campbell — primary (person)
- Eckhardt — primary (person)
- Hinojosa — primary (person)
- Huffman — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)
- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
- Lucio — primary (person)
- Lucio III — primary (person)
- Menéndez — primary (person)
- Miles — primary (person)
- Paxton — primary (person)
- Talarico — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)
- Anchia — cosponsor (person)
- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
- Bailes — cosponsor (person)
- Beckley — cosponsor (person)
- Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person)
- Bernal — cosponsor (person)
- Buckley — cosponsor (person)
- Bucy — cosponsor (person)
- Burns — cosponsor (person)
- Campos — cosponsor (person)
- Canales — cosponsor (person)
- Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
- Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Collier — cosponsor (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Cortez — cosponsor (person)
- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
- Crockett — cosponsor (person)
- Cyrier — cosponsor (person)
- Darby — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Deshotel — cosponsor (person)
- Dominguez — cosponsor (person)
- Fierro — cosponsor (person)
- Frank — cosponsor (person)
- Geren — cosponsor (person)
- Gervin-Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
- González, Jessica — cosponsor (person)
- González, Mary — cosponsor (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Guerra — cosponsor (person)
- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
- Gutierrez — cosponsor (person)
- Harless — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Herrero — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
- Holland — cosponsor (person)
- Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Israel — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Ann — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Jarvis — cosponsor (person)
- Kacal — cosponsor (person)
- King, Ken — cosponsor (person)
- King, Phil — cosponsor (person)
- King, Tracy O. — cosponsor (person)
- Klick — cosponsor (person)
- Krause — cosponsor (person)
- Landgraf — cosponsor (person)
- Larson — cosponsor (person)
- Leach — cosponsor (person)
- Leman — cosponsor (person)
- Longoria — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Lozano — cosponsor (person)
- Martinez Fischer — cosponsor (person)
- Meyer — cosponsor (person)
- Minjarez — cosponsor (person)
- Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person)
- Morrison — cosponsor (person)
- Muñoz, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Oliverson — cosponsor (person)
- Ordaz Perez — cosponsor (person)
- Ortega — cosponsor (person)
- Pacheco — cosponsor (person)
- Paddie — cosponsor (person)
- Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Perez — cosponsor (person)
- Price — cosponsor (person)
- Ramos — cosponsor (person)
- Raymond — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
- Rodriguez — cosponsor (person)
- Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Romero, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Rose — cosponsor (person)
- Rosenthal — cosponsor (person)
- Sherman, Sr. — cosponsor (person)
- Shine — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Smithee — cosponsor (person)
- Stucky — cosponsor (person)
- Thierry — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson, Senfronia — cosponsor (person)
- Turner, Chris — cosponsor (person)
- Turner, John — cosponsor (person)
- VanDeaver — cosponsor (person)
- Vo — cosponsor (person)
- Wu — cosponsor (person)
- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-26** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-02-26** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-09** Co-author authorized
- **2021-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-11** 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
- **2021-03-22** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-22** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-03-23** Co-author authorized
- **2021-03-23** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-03-25** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-03-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-25** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-25** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-03-25** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-03-25** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-03-25** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-03-25** Record vote
- **2021-03-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-25** Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-25** Record vote
- **2021-03-25** Reported engrossed
- **2021-03-29** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-06** Referred to Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-20** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-20** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-04-20** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-27** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-27** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-27** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-11** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-11** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-20** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-22** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-23** Passed to 3rd reading
- **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
- **2021-05-28** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-30** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
- **2021-06-01** 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/cb263511-a221-4d72-ad34-4148271d524d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).