Legislative Session begins: Tuesday, January 10, 2023
60-day Filing Deadline: Friday, March 10, 2023
Legislative Session Ends: Monday, May 29, 2023
SB75 – Johnson
Relating to eligibility for supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits.
SB195 – Johnson | Blanco
Relating to the development and implementation of the Live Well Texas program and the expansion of Medicaid eligibility to provide health benefit coverage to certain individuals; imposing penalties.
SB273 – Blanco
Relating to annually adjusting for inflation the maximum amount of a motor vehicle excluded in determining eligibility for the supplemental nutrition assistance program.
SB332 – Kolkhorst
Relating to the terminology used in statute to refer to intellectual disability and certain references to abolished health and human services agencies.
SB384 – Kolkhorst
Relating to the sale of clear aligners.
SB518 – Kolkhorst
Relating to requiring the consideration of standardized test scores as a factor in nonautomatic admissions decisions at certain public institutions of higher education. (medical and dental graduate schools are included in the bill language)
SB557 – West
Relating to the eligibility of certain students enrolled in a postsecondary educational institution for the supplemental nutrition assistance program.
HB56 – Ortega
Relating to the Medicaid eligibility of certain women following a pregnancy.
HB446 – Craddick
Relating to the terminology used in statute to refer to intellectual disability and certain references to abolished health and human services agencies.
HB592 – Shaheen
Relating to the provision of telehealth and telemedicine medical services by certain health professionals located outside of this state; requiring registration to engage in an occupation; authorizing fees.
HB652 – Johnson, Julie
Relating to the development and implementation of the Live Well Texas program and the expansion of Medicaid eligibility to provide health benefit coverage to certain individuals; imposing penalties.
HB1099 – Hernandez
Relating to annually adjusting for inflation the maximum amount of a motor vehicle excluded in determining eligibility for the supplemental nutrition assistance program.
HB1287 – Guillen | et al.
Relating to annually adjusting for inflation the maximum amount of a motor vehicle excluded in determining eligibility for the supplemental nutrition assistance program.
HB1377 – Walle
Relating to the Medicaid eligibility of certain women following a pregnancy.
HB1378 – Ortega
Relating to a report regarding Medicaid reimbursement rates, supplemental payment amounts, and access to care.
HB1501 – Walle
Relating to the eligibility of certain students enrolled in a postsecondary educational institution for the supplemental nutrition assistance program.
HB1527 – Oliverson
Relating to the relationship between dentists and certain employee benefit plans and health insurers.
HB1571 – Lozano
Relating to the reimbursement under Medicaid of local educational agencies for the provision of health care services to students.
HB1771 – Price
Relating to certain records of a health professional providing a telemedicine medical service, teledentistry dental service, or telehealth service.
This tool for state maternal and child health legislation covers fourteen different MCH categories includng, maternal mental health, children’s mental health, children’s nutrition, and infant/maternal mortality
Rulemaking actions will be posted in the Texas Register which is a weekly publication that serves as the journal for state agency rulemaking for Texas. Once published the public has 30 days in which to respond. http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/index.shtml/
Board Meetings are held in the William P. Hobby Jr., Building, Tower 2, Suite 225.
Texas Occupations Code – Dental Practice Act and Related Statutes (PDF version – large file >61 MB)
Texas Occupations Code – See Title 3 Health Professions, Subtitle D – Dentistry
Texas Administrative Code, Title 22, Examining Board, Part 5 State Board of Dental Examiners Rules and Regulations (PDF version)
Texas Administrative Code, Title 22, Part 5 State Board of Dental Examiners Rules
* Inclusion of bills on this list does not denote support from the Texas Oral Health Coalition.