HB 955 (2020) -  Physician Referrals

General Bill by Shoaf (CO-SPONSORS) Bush; Sabatini
Physician Referrals: Authorizes health care provider to refer patient to licensed hospital owned or leased & operated by entity in which provider has investment interest; requires health care practitioner to notify patient in writing upon referring patient to certain providers; provides requirements for such notice.
Effective Date: January 1, 2021
Last Event: 03/14/20 S Died in Rules on Saturday, March 14, 2020 12:00 AM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

House Referrals

Senate Referrals

  • Rules

Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: SB 1884 Subject: Duty to Notify Patients Relationship: Compare

Bill Text

Staff Analysis

Chamber Committee
Chamber: House Committee: Health & Human Services Committee 2/12/2020 5:53:23 PM
Chamber: House Committee: Health & Human Services Committee 2/11/2020 7:55:50 PM
Chamber: House Committee: Criminal Justice Subcommittee 2/4/2020 12:05:49 PM
Chamber: House Committee: Criminal Justice Subcommittee 2/1/2020 5:37:13 PM
Chamber: House Committee: Health Quality Subcommittee 1/15/2020 12:58:21 PM
Chamber: House Committee: Health Quality Subcommittee 1/14/2020 10:43:13 AM

Vote History

Chamber Date Yeas Nays Action Action 2 Vote Detail Barcode
Chamber: House Date: 03/04/2020 11:59 AM   Yeas: 88 Nays: 25 Action: Action 2: Passage Vote Detail: Vote [Seq# 529] Barcode:

Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: S Died in Rules Time: 03/14/2020 - 12:00 AM Member: Committee: Rules Version: __
Event: S Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration Time: 03/14/2020 - 12:00 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Received -SJ 472 Time: 03/05/2020 - 6:51 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Referred to Rules -SJ 472 Time: 03/05/2020 - 9:57 AM Member: Committee: Rules Version: __
Event: S In Messages Time: 03/04/2020 - 1:04 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: H Message sent to senate Time: 03/04/2020 - 12:48 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: H Passed; YEAS 88, NAYS 25 Time: 03/04/2020 - 11:59 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: H Read 3rd time Time: 03/04/2020 - 11:57 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: H Added to Third Reading Calendar Time: 03/03/2020 - 6:28 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: H Placed on 3rd reading Time: 03/03/2020 - 2:12 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: H Read 2nd time Time: 03/03/2020 - 2:07 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: H Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/3/2020) Time: 02/27/2020 - 8:47 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: H Added to Second Reading Calendar Time: 02/12/2020 - 5:54 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: H Bill released to House Calendar Time: 02/12/2020 - 5:54 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: H Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee Time: 02/12/2020 - 5:54 PM Member: Committee: Health & Human Services Committee Version: __
Event: H Favorable by Health & Human Services Committee Time: 02/12/2020 - 1:17 PM Member: Committee: Health & Human Services Committee Version: __
Event: H Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda Time: 02/10/2020 - 4:06 PM Member: Committee: Health & Human Services Committee Version: __
Event: H Now in Health & Human Services Committee Time: 02/04/2020 - 12:08 PM Member: Committee: Health & Human Services Committee Version: __
Event: H Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee Time: 02/04/2020 - 12:08 PM Member: Committee: Criminal Justice Subcommittee Version: __
Event: H Favorable by Criminal Justice Subcommittee Time: 02/03/2020 - 9:11 PM Member: Committee: Criminal Justice Subcommittee Version: __
Event: H Added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda Time: 01/30/2020 - 4:11 PM Member: Committee: Criminal Justice Subcommittee Version: __
Event: H Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee Time: 01/15/2020 - 1:02 PM Member: Committee: Criminal Justice Subcommittee Version: __
Event: H Reported out of Health Quality Subcommittee Time: 01/15/2020 - 1:02 PM Member: Committee: Health Quality Subcommittee Version: __
Event: H Favorable by Health Quality Subcommittee Time: 01/15/2020 - 10:58 AM Member: Committee: Health Quality Subcommittee Version: __
Event: H 1st Reading Time: 01/14/2020 - 11:19 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: H Added to Health Quality Subcommittee agenda Time: 01/13/2020 - 4:15 PM Member: Committee: Health Quality Subcommittee Version: __
Event: H Now in Health Quality Subcommittee Time: 01/03/2020 - 1:08 PM Member: Committee: Health Quality Subcommittee Version: __
Event: H Referred to Health & Human Services Committee Time: 01/03/2020 - 1:08 PM Member: Committee: Health & Human Services Committee Version: __
Event: H Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee Time: 01/03/2020 - 1:08 PM Member: Committee: Criminal Justice Subcommittee Version: __
Event: H Referred to Health Quality Subcommittee Time: 01/03/2020 - 1:08 PM Member: Committee: Health Quality Subcommittee Version: __
Event: H Filed Time: 12/16/2019 - 8:15 AM Member: Shoaf Committee: Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
456.053 CS/CS/HB 607*, CS/CS/CS/HB 713, CS/CS/SB 1676, CS/CS/HB 7053
456.0575 SB 1884

(*) Not the latest version