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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to direct payment for certain health care provided by a hospital."
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description: "Relating to direct payment for certain health care provided by a hospital."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "89R"
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identifier: "HB 1612"
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citation: "Texas HB 1612 (89R)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Health Care Providers (I0387)", "Hospitals (I0400)", "Insurance--Health & Accident (I0422)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Frank", "Kolkhorst"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 56
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-12-13"
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last_action: "2025-06-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05b1b0cd-364b-49c5-9fe7-88aaf9e7b5fc"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01600_HB01699/HB 1612.xml"
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source_hash: "77457f6e9b41e48afdc1c9de5605e7a3c3bcda1bee3abb72fffb51a49fb4063f"
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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 HB 1612 (89R) — Relating to direct payment for certain health care provided by a hospital.
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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://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB01612I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB01612E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB01612H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB01612S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB01612F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **139–5** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **132–7** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Frank — primary (person)
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- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
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- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-12-13** Filed `filing`
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- **2025-03-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-03-12** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-07** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-04-07** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
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- **2025-04-07** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2025-04-07** Left pending in committee
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- **2025-04-14** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-04-14** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
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- **2025-04-14** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-23** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2025-04-23** Committee report distributed
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- **2025-04-25** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2025-04-28** Considered in Calendars
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- **2025-04-30** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2025-04-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-30** Postponed
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- **2025-04-30** Laid out as postponed business
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- **2025-04-30** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-04-30** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-04-30** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-04-30** Record vote
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- **2025-04-30** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-05-01** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-05-01** Record vote
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- **2025-05-01** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-01** Reported engrossed
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- **2025-05-05** Received from the House `introduction`
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- **2025-05-05** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-05-05** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-13** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2025-05-13** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-05-13** Left pending in committee
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- **2025-05-14** Co-sponsor authorized
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- **2025-05-14** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-05-14** Vote taken in committee
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- **2025-05-15** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-15** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2025-05-15** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2025-05-25** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
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- **2025-05-25** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
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- **2025-05-25** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
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- **2025-05-25** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-25** Three day rule suspended
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- **2025-05-25** Record vote
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- **2025-05-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-05-25** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-05-25** Record vote
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- **2025-05-25** Senate passage reported `passage`
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- **2025-05-26** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-05-27** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2025-05-27** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2025-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-06-20** Effective on 9/1/25 `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/05b1b0cd-364b-49c5-9fe7-88aaf9e7b5fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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