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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to the authority of certain medical consenters to assume financial responsibility for certain out-of-network medical care provided to children in foster care."
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description: "Relating to the authority of certain medical consenters to assume financial responsibility for certain out-of-network medical care provided to children in foster care."
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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: "SB 855"
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citation: "Texas SB 855 (89R)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["FAMILY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0461)", "FOSTER CARE (S0064)", "Health Care Providers (I0387)", "Health--Children's Insurance (I0388)", "Human Services--Child Services (I0895)", "MANAGED CARE (S0454)", "MEDICAID (S4885)", "Minors--Health & Safety (I0533)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Frank", "Sparks"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 48
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-01-22"
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last_action: "2025-05-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9f32d85-be05-40fd-b849-7682dee6ece6"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00800_SB00899/SB 855.xml"
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source_hash: "13f67e22141df790abb9b9cd01da702b6c3c3e531ea82efa3d93311a8b6dd2f3"
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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 855 (89R) — Relating to the authority of certain medical consenters to assume financial responsibility for certain out-of-network medical care provided to children in foster care.
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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/SB00855I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00855E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00855H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00855S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00855F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **145–0** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **141–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Frank — primary (person)
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- Sparks — primary (person)
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- Perry — cosponsor (person)
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- Shofner — cosponsor (person)
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- West — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-22** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-01-22** Filed `filing`
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- **2025-01-29** Co-author authorized
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- **2025-02-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-02-13** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-26** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2025-03-26** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-03-26** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2025-03-26** Left pending in committee
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- **2025-04-03** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-04-03** Vote taken in committee
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- **2025-04-07** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-07** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2025-04-07** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2025-04-16** Co-author authorized
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- **2025-04-16** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
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- **2025-04-16** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
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- **2025-04-16** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-16** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-04-16** Three day rule suspended
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- **2025-04-16** Record vote
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- **2025-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-16** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-04-16** Record vote
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- **2025-04-16** Reported engrossed
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- **2025-04-17** Received from the Senate `introduction`
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- **2025-04-22** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-04-22** Referred to Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-25** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2025-04-25** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-29** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2025-04-29** Committee report distributed
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- **2025-04-29** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2025-05-07** Laid out in lieu of companion
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- **2025-05-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-05-07** Passed to 3rd reading
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- **2025-05-07** Record vote
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- **2025-05-07** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-05-08** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-05-08** Record vote
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- **2025-05-08** House passage reported `passage`
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- **2025-05-08** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-05-09** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2025-05-09** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2025-05-09** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-21** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-21** 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/c9f32d85-be05-40fd-b849-7682dee6ece6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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