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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to a pilot project to provide emergency telemedicine medical services and telehealth services in rural areas."
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description: "Relating to a pilot project to provide emergency telemedicine medical services and telehealth services in rural areas."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "88"
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identifier: "HB 617"
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citation: "Texas HB 617 (88)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS", "COMMISSION ON STATE (V0617)", "Health--Emergency Services & Personnel (I0384)", "Health--General (I0385)", "Health--Rural (I0381)", "TELEMEDICINE (S0219)", "TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER (U1503)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Alvarado", "Clardy", "Darby", "Guerra", "Lalani", "Morales, Eddie"]
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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: "2022-11-14"
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last_action: "2023-06-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53f44b12-5a93-436b-8706-a343988a722b"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00600_HB00699/HB 617.xml"
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source_hash: "c3ea9dbb201e605de8b12c42fc994b2c6738246ce63528d96edded09435c9498"
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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 617 (88) — Relating to a pilot project to provide emergency telemedicine medical services and telehealth services in rural areas.
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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/88R/billtext/html/HB00617I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00617E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00617H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00617S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00617F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 617 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **30–1** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **142–2** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Alvarado — primary (person)
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- Clardy — primary (person)
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- Darby — primary (person)
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- Guerra — primary (person)
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- Lalani — primary (person)
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- Morales, Eddie — primary (person)
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- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
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- Sparks — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-11-14** Filed `filing`
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- **2023-02-23** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-02-23** Referred to Health Care Reform, Select `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-16** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-03-16** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2023-03-16** Left pending in committee
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- **2023-03-21** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2023-03-21** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-27** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2023-03-27** Committee report distributed
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- **2023-03-28** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2023-03-29** Considered in Calendars
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- **2023-04-03** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2023-04-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-04-03** Passed to engrossment
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- **2023-04-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-04** Passed `passage`
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- **2023-04-04** Record vote
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- **2023-04-04** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-04-04** Reported engrossed
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- **2023-04-05** Received from the House `introduction`
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- **2023-05-02** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-05-02** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-18** Posting rule suspended
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- **2023-05-19** Co-sponsor authorized
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- **2023-05-19** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2023-05-19** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-05-19** Vote taken in committee
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- **2023-05-21** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-21** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2023-05-22** Co-sponsor authorized
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- **2023-05-22** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2023-05-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2023-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
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- **2023-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-05-22** Three day rule suspended
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- **2023-05-22** Record vote
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- **2023-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-05-22** Passed `passage`
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- **2023-05-22** Record vote
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- **2023-05-22** Senate passage reported `passage`
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- **2023-05-23** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2023-05-25** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2023-05-26** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2023-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-06-12** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-06-12** Effective on 9/1/23 `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/53f44b12-5a93-436b-8706-a343988a722b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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