Monitoring the SessionHB 607
Died in committee
Initial review · graded Oct 20, 2026 · Headline, summary and grade are analysis of the bill text, not a finding about any person · How we grade
relating to prohibited discrimination by health care providers based on an individual's age, race, disability, immigration status, sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression.
Caption from analyzed text · version I.
Refuse a patient solely over race, age, immigration status or gender identity? No Medicaid or CHIP money.
The bill bars health care providers from refusing to treat or contract with a patient solely because of the patient's age, race, disability, immigration status, sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression. It covers health care providers and their patients, and it defines gender identity or expression broadly. A provider that breaks the rule loses eligibility for state money for patient services, including Medicaid and CHIP payments, starting September 1, 2025, unless an agency delays the change while it waits on a federal waiver.
Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R HB 4884 (Died in committee) and this bill (Died in committee). Checked against 88R only.DO-OVER. Reworked text of a bill filed before that died: 88R HB 4884 (Died in committee). Filed in 2 sessions, counting this one. Checked against 88R only.TRY NO. 2. Filed in 2 sessions: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Nov 12, 2024 and referred to the House Public Health committee. No public hearing. The bill died.
89R-HB607 · 2024-11-12
+ 4 coauthors
relating to prohibited discrimination by health care providers based on an individual's age, race, disability, immigration status, sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression.
Refuse a patient solely over race, age, immigration status or gender identity? No Medicaid or CHIP money.
The bill bars health care providers from refusing to treat or contract with a patient solely because of the patient's age, race, disability, immigration status, sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression. It covers health care providers and their patients, and it defines gender identity or expression broadly. A provider that breaks the rule loses eligibility for state money for patient services, including Medicaid and CHIP payments, starting September 1, 2025, unless an agency delays the change while it waits on a federal waiver.
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No fiscal note in the loaded record.
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CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY
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The author's campaign account only. Own money and internal transfers are separate on the member page.
Derived itemized flow · Aug 5, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
$22,500.00
Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Sep 20, 2024 to Jun 22, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.
Derived itemized flow · Sep 20, 2024 to Jun 22, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
Report IDs: 100985004, 101007867, 101059825.
Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.
$22,500.00
Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Sep 20, 2024 to Jun 22, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.
Derived itemized flow · Sep 20, 2024 to Jun 22, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
Report IDs: 100985004, 101007867, 101059825.
No floor vote loaded for this bill.
No fiscal note in the loaded record.
Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.
Filed 2 times: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.
by Rep. Flores, same lead author · Died in committee · reworked
Introduced textLast action, Mar 23, 2023: Referred to Public Health
Relating to prohibited discrimination by health care providers based on an individual's age, race, disability, immigration status, sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression.
Caption, 88R bill history
Texas House · Filed Nov 12, 2024
03/04/2025 H Referred to Public Health: Mar 4 2025 3:37PM
Texas Legislature Online · Introduced
Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:19 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.
House committee · Public Health · Final status: Died in committee
Health Care Providers
Health--General
Human Relations
Human Services--Medical Assistance
Occupational Regulation--Health Occupations
DISCRIMINATION
The text as introduced · 305 words
89R2523 SCF-D By: Flores H.B. No. 607 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to prohibited discrimination by health care providers based on an individual's age, race, disability, immigration status, sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 545, Government Code, as effective April 1, 2025, is amended by adding Section 545.0206 to read as follows: Sec. 545.0206. DISCRIMINATION BY HEALTH CARE PROVIDER BASED ON GENDER IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION PROHIBITED. (a) In this section: (1) "Disability" has the meaning assigned by Section 21.002, Labor Code. (2) "Gender identity or expression" means having or being perceived as having a gender-related identity, appearance, expression, or behavior, regardless of whether that identity, appearance, expression, or behavior is different from that commonly associated with the individual's actual or perceived sex. (b) A health care provider may not refuse to provide health care services to a patient or enter into a contract for the provision of health care services to a patient solely because of a patient's age, race, disability, immigration status, sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression. (c) A health care provider that violates this section is not eligible to receive money from this state for services provided to patients, including through the medical assistance program under Chapter 32, Human Resources Code, or through the child health plan program under Chapter 62, Health and Safety Code. SECTION 2. If before implementing any provision of this Act a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision, the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the waiver or authorization is granted. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
