Monitoring the Session

HB 633

bill to make sure med students get physicals too

Filed

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review
Rep. Joe MoodyDHouse 78

Initial review · graded Nov 9, 2026 · How we grade

Caption

relating to requiring an opportunity for an annual physical examination for certain students, interns, residents, and fellows enrolled in or receiving residency training or clinical education from public and private medical schools and graduate medical education programs.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

Programs must schedule exam time, starting the 2027-2028 academic year.

The bill orders the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to write rules requiring medical schools and graduate medical education programs to set aside time each academic year for students, interns, residents and fellows to get a physical exam. It touches public and private medical schools, residency programs, and the trainees in them. Starting with the 2027-2028 academic year, those programs must schedule exam time and tell trainees an annual physical is available and important.

Labels

Labels: BACK FROM THE DEAD. Same text as a bill filed before that died: 89R HB 3820 (Died in committee). Filed in 2 sessions, counting this one. Checked against 88R and 89R only.TRY NO. 2. Filed in 2 sessions: 89R and 90R. Checked against 88R and 89R only.

Receipt

The receipt

90R-HB633 · 2026-11-09

SOLD BY

ITEM

relating to requiring an opportunity for an annual physical examination for certain students, interns, residents, and fellows enrolled in or receiving residency training or clinical education from public and private medical schools and graduate medical education programs.

WHAT IT DOES

Programs must schedule exam time, starting the 2027-2028 academic year.

The bill orders the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to write rules requiring medical schools and graduate medical education programs to set aside time each academic year for students, interns, residents and fellows to get a physical exam. It touches public and private medical schools, residency programs, and the trainees in them. Starting with the 2027-2028 academic year, those programs must schedule exam time and tell trainees an annual physical is available and important.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

HISTORY

  1. Filed
FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

No flags

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CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Donors

Not tied to this bill.

Sources

The author's campaign account only. Own money and internal transfers are separate on the member page.

Derived itemized flow · Jul 9, 2024 to Jun 29, 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.

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$85,000.00

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$85,000.00

Cash
$85,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$85,000.00

Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Oct 8, 2024 to Jun 17, 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: 100979067, 101003930, 101054759.

Texans for Truth and Liberty PAC$25,000.00

Texans for Truth and Liberty PAC

$25,000.00

Cash
$25,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$25,000.00

Also funds 44 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jun 24, 2025 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Jun 24, 2025. 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: 101003930.

Texas Sands PAC$14,000.00

Texas Sands PAC

$14,000.00

Cash
$14,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$14,000.00

Also funds 121 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 3, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Oct 1, 2024 to May 18, 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: 100979067, 101024872, 101054759.

Money

Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.

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Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$85,000.00

Cash
$85,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$85,000.00

Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Oct 8, 2024 to Jun 17, 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: 100979067, 101003930, 101054759.

×

Texans for Truth and Liberty PAC

$25,000.00

Cash
$25,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$25,000.00

Also funds 44 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jun 24, 2025 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Jun 24, 2025. 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: 101003930.

×

Texas Sands PAC

$14,000.00

Cash
$14,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$14,000.00

Also funds 121 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 3, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Oct 1, 2024 to May 18, 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: 100979067, 101024872, 101054759.

Votes

No floor vote loaded for this bill.

Fiscal

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

How this was graded

Analysis of text version I by a super-expensive superintelligence, Nov 9, 2026, against the published rubric.

FILED BEFORE

Filed 2 times: 89R and now. Checked against 88R and 89R only.

89R HB 3820

by Rep. Moody, same lead author · Died in committee · same text

Introduced text

Last action, Mar 26, 2025: Referred to Higher Education

Relating to requiring an opportunity for an annual physical examination for certain students, interns, residents, and fellows enrolled in or receiving residency training or clinical education from public and private medical schools and graduate medical education programs.

Caption, 89R bill history

Sources

Texas House · Filed Nov 9, 2026

11/09/2026 H Filed

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced

Data snapshot Nov 10, 2026 at 2:35 AM CST. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

Subjects

Education--Higher--Health Institutions

Education--Higher--Institutions & Programs

Hospitals

Text

The text as introduced · 262 words

90R4155 MM-D

By: Moody
H.B. No. 633

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to requiring an opportunity for an annual physical

examination for certain students, interns, residents, and fellows

enrolled in or receiving residency training or clinical education

from public and private medical schools and graduate medical

education programs.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is

amended by adding Section 51.9521 to read as follows:

Sec. 51.9521. PHYSICAL EXAMINATION FOR MEDICAL SCHOOL AND

GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION STUDENTS. (a) In this section:

(1) "Coordinating board" means the Texas Higher

Education Coordinating Board.

(2) "Graduate medical education program" has the

meaning assigned by Section 58A.001.

(3) "Medical school" has the meaning assigned by

Section 61.501.

(b) The coordinating board by rule shall require medical

schools and graduate medical education programs to, for each

student, intern, resident, and fellow, as applicable, enrolled in

the medical school or receiving residency training or clinical

education under the graduate medical education program, as

applicable:

(1) designate a time during each academic year to

receive a physical examination; and

(2) provide notification of the availability and

importance of receiving an annual physical examination.

SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2027-2028

academic year.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives

a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as

provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this

Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this

Act takes effect September 1, 2027.