Author:
Zerwas | Ratliff | Taylor, Van
Last Action:
04/29/2013 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to voluntary donations to the Glenda Dawson Donate Life-Texas Registry.
Author:
Zerwas | Davis, Sarah | Thompson, Senfronia | Bonnen, Greg
Last Action:
02/13/2013 H Referred to Public Health
Caption:
Relating to the prescription and pharmaceutical substitution of biological products.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
04/17/2013 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to a prohibition on the use of a tanning facility by a minor.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
02/18/2013 H Referred to Public Health
Caption:
Relating to the dispensing of pharmaceuticals with an aesthetic purpose by physicians and therapeutic optometrists.
Author:
Zerwas
Sponsor:
Schwertner
Last Action:
06/14/2013 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the practice of psychology; authorizing a fee.
Author:
Zerwas
Sponsor:
Deuell
Last Action:
06/14/2013 E Effective on 9/1/13
Caption:
Relating to the authority of a psychologist to delegate the provision of certain care to a person under the psychologist's supervision, including a person training to become a psychologist.
Author:
Zerwas | Naishtat | Márquez | Menéndez
Last Action:
04/17/2013 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption:
Relating to the monitoring of certain medications provided to foster children.
Author:
Zerwas | Geren | Isaac
Sponsor:
Hinojosa
Last Action:
06/14/2013 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation in secondary education curriculum.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
03/27/2013 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the powers and duties of the Willow Point Municipal Utility District of Fort Bend and Waller Counties; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
04/26/2013 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the creation of a standard request form for prior authorization of prescription drug benefits.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
02/19/2013 H Referred to Public Health
Caption:
Relating to a review process for managed care organizations participating in the STAR + PLUS Medicaid managed care program.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
05/07/2013 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption:
Relating to family cost share provisions in the early childhood intervention program.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
02/25/2013 H Referred to Public Health
Caption:
Relating to a policy on vaccine-preventable diseases for licensed child-care facilities.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
02/20/2013 H Referred to Human Services
Caption:
Relating to service plans and placements for children under the care of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
02/20/2013 H Referred to Human Services
Caption:
Relating to investigations of child abuse or neglect, including the placement of children removed from their homes as a result of an investigation.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
02/20/2013 H Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Caption:
Relating to parent education and family stabilization courses in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
02/25/2013 H Referred to Human Services
Caption:
Relating to investigations of and procedures for reports of child abuse and neglect.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
02/26/2013 H Referred to Public Health
Caption:
Relating to clinical initiatives to improve the quality of care and cost-effectiveness of the Medicaid program.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
04/17/2013 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Improvement District No. 24; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
02/25/2013 H Referred to Public Health
Caption:
Relating to license examination attempt limits for certain physicians.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
02/25/2013 H Referred to Public Health
Caption:
Relating to the minimum standards for birthing centers and certain health professionals.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
02/25/2013 H Referred to Public Health
Caption:
Relating to the regulation of medical radiologic technology; providing penalties; imposing fees.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
05/02/2013 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to the power of the North Fort Bend Water Authority to impose a charge on certain wells or classes of wells.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
03/13/2013 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the use by a medical examiner of certain medical waste and autopsy records.
Author:
Zerwas | Sheffield, J. D.
Last Action:
04/10/2013 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the designation of ST segment elevation myocardial infarction facilities.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
04/09/2013 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to information about private health care insurance coverage and the health insurance exchange for individuals applying for certain Department of State Health Services programs and services.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
05/07/2013 H Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 208; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
05/07/2013 H Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 209; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
05/07/2013 H Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 210; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
05/07/2013 H Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 211; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
05/07/2013 H Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 212; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
05/07/2013 H Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 213; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
04/18/2013 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the exemption from sales and use taxes of certain health care supplies.
Author:
Zerwas | Callegari | Menéndez | Márquez | Anderson
Last Action:
03/11/2013 H Referred to Public Health
Caption:
Relating to the powers and duties of the Texas Medical Board and the regulation of certain persons licensed by the board.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
05/01/2013 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to a jail-based restoration of competency pilot program.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
03/11/2013 H Referred to Public Health
Caption:
Relating to the licensure of anesthesiologist assistants; providing penalties.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
03/12/2013 H Referred to Ways & Means
Caption:
Relating to imposing a fee on the sale of cigarettes and cigarette tobacco products manufactured by certain companies; providing penalties.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
05/08/2013 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to coverage for and access to hemophilia medical treatment.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
03/18/2013 H Referred to Higher Education
Caption:
Relating to limiting the authority of certain foreign private postsecondary educational institutions to grant or award professional degrees or offer courses toward those degrees.
Author:
Zerwas | Bonnen, Greg
Last Action:
04/24/2013 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the operation of certain managed care plans with respect to health care providers.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
04/30/2013 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the interoperability of and standards for information systems of the Health and Human Services Commission and health and human services agencies for sending and receiving protected health information.
Author:
Zerwas | Johnson | Rose
Last Action:
05/13/2013 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption:
Relating to Medicaid managed care pilot programs for contracts with provider-directed managed care organizations, including organizations that delegate to health care collaboratives, and to the establishment of those collaboratives.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
03/19/2013 H Referred to Human Services
Caption:
Relating to the assessment of the long-term care needs of certain persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities and a resource allocation system for certain Medicaid program services provided to those persons.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
04/03/2013 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the confidentiality of birth and death records.
Author:
Zerwas
Sponsor:
Nelson
Last Action:
06/14/2013 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the notation of death on a birth certificate and the release of birth certificate information for certain purposes.
Author:
Zerwas | Sheffield, J. D. | Howard | Coleman
Last Action:
05/01/2013 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to a "Texas solution" to reforming and addressing issues related to the Medicaid program, including the creation of an alternative program designed to ensure health benefit plan coverage to certain low-income individuals through the private marketplace; authorizing a fee.
Author:
Zerwas | Reynolds | Miller, Rick | Stephenson
Last Action:
05/10/2013 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to the Fort Bend Subsidence District.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
05/10/2013 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to the composition of the board of directors of the Fort Bend Subsidence District.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
05/13/2013 H Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the power and duties of the Fulshear Municipal Utility District No. 1 of Fort Bend County.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
05/13/2013 H Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the powers and duties of Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 194.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
04/17/2013 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the creation of the Fulshear Municipal Utility District No. 2; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, or taxes.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
04/17/2013 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the powers of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 188, including powers related to the construction, operation, and financing of roads; providing authority to issue bonds and impose a tax.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
04/25/2013 H Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the administration, powers, and duties of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 134.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
04/24/2013 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the creation of Fulshear Parkway Improvement District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, or taxes.
Author:
Zerwas | Miller, Rick | Stephenson | Reynolds
Last Action:
04/24/2013 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the creation of the West Fort Bend Water Authority; providing authority to issue bonds; granting the power of eminent domain; providing an administrative penalty; providing authority to impose fees or taxes.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
04/24/2013 H Referred to Special Purpose Districts
Caption:
Relating to the creation of Fort Bend County Municipal Management District No. 1; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, or taxes.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
04/23/2013 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Urging the United States Congress to modify the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to allow cost-sharing payments and premium tax credits to be made available to the Texas political subdivision health care benefit pools on the same basis as those for health plans participating in the new federal exchange.
Author:
Zerwas
Sponsor:
Nelson
Last Action:
05/10/2013 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
Designating May 2013 as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Awareness Month in Texas.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
05/17/2013 S Received from the House
Caption:
Designating September 23, 2013, as Restless Legs Syndrome--Willis-Ekbom Disease Awareness Day in Texas.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
02/06/2013 H Reported enrolled: Feb 6 2013 6:05PM
Caption:
Commending the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network and its volunteers for their work in fighting cancer.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
02/12/2013 H Reported enrolled: Feb 12 2013 5:15PM
Caption:
Recognizing February 12, 2013, as Texas Anesthesiologists Day at the State Capitol.
Author:
Zerwas | Price
Last Action:
02/28/2013 H Reported enrolled: Feb 28 2013 9:53AM
Caption:
Recognizing March 2013 as Brain Injury Awareness Month in Texas.
Author:
Zerwas | Stephenson
Last Action:
03/21/2013 H Reported enrolled: Mar 21 2013 5:14PM
Caption:
Congratulating the East Bernard High School football team on winning the 2012 UIL 2A Division 2 state championship.
Author:
Zerwas | Callegari
Last Action:
04/04/2013 H Reported enrolled: Apr 4 2013 6:40PM
Caption:
Recognizing April 4, 2013, as Katy Day at the State Capitol.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
05/06/2013 H Reported enrolled: May 6 2013 10:22AM
Caption:
Congratulating the boys' basketball team of Fort Bend Travis High School in Richmond on winning the UIL 5A state championship.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
05/13/2013 H Reported enrolled: May 13 2013 5:36PM
Caption:
Recognizing May 2013 as Brain Tumor Awareness Month and commending Dr. Ronald A. DePinho, Dr. Charles A. Conrad, Dr. Jeffrey S. Weinberg, Dr. Susan McGovern, and the entire staff of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
05/21/2013 H Reported enrolled: May 21 2013 10:21PM
Caption:
Congratulating Jim Short on his many achievements in the cutting horse arena.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
05/21/2013 H Reported enrolled: May 21 2013 8:26PM
Caption:
Congratulating Meghan and Steven Weller on the birth of their daughter, Emily Suzanne Weller.
Author:
Kolkhorst | Coleman | Zerwas | Geren | Cortez
Sponsor:
Nelson
Last Action:
06/14/2013 E Effective on 9/1/13
Caption:
Relating to level of care designations for hospitals that provide neonatal and maternal services.
Author:
Fletcher | Zerwas | Fallon | Leach | Moody
Last Action:
02/26/2013 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the exclusion of certain witnesses during a criminal proceeding.
Author:
Alvarado | Zerwas | King, Susan | Lucio III | Cortez
Sponsor:
Uresti
Last Action:
06/14/2013 E Vetoed by the Governor
Caption:
Relating to the types of beverages that may be sold to students on public school campuses.
Author:
Callegari | Turner, Scott | Gooden | Carter | Zerwas
Last Action:
04/24/2013 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to requiring the use of an ignition interlock device on conviction of certain intoxication offenses as a condition of community supervision; imposing a fee.
Author:
Strama | Price | Zerwas | Gonzalez, Naomi | Wu
Sponsor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
06/14/2013 E Effective on 9/1/13
Caption:
Relating to the regulation of child-care providers by the Texas Workforce Commission and local workforce development boards.
Author:
Crownover | Pitts | Darby | Alvarado | Zerwas
Last Action:
03/19/2013 H Referred to Public Health
Caption:
Relating to the elimination of smoking in certain workplaces and public places; providing penalties.
Author:
Howard | Zerwas | Callegari | Sheffield, J. D. | Bonnen, Greg
Last Action:
05/07/2013 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption:
Relating to the immunization data included in and excluded from the immunization registry.
Author:
Allen | Burnam | Zerwas | Naishtat
Last Action:
04/16/2013 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the eligibility of certain persons for the supplemental nutrition assistance program.
Author:
Parker | Raymond | Zerwas | Fallon | Naishtat
Sponsor:
Carona
Last Action:
06/14/2013 E Effective on 9/1/13
Caption:
Relating to the offense of failure to report abuse or neglect of a child.
Author:
Dukes | Thompson, Senfronia | Raymond | Harless | Zerwas
Sponsor:
Davis
Last Action:
06/14/2013 E Effective on 9/1/13
Caption:
Relating to consideration by the court of sexual abuse and conduct that constitutes sexual assault in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
Author:
Rose | Zerwas | Sheffield, J. D.
Last Action:
05/10/2013 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption:
Relating to consent to the immunization of certain children.
Author:
Eiland | Zerwas
Last Action:
04/11/2013 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to funding for emergency medical air transportation provided to patients enrolled in the state Medicaid program; imposing a surcharge.
Author:
Darby | King, Susan | Zerwas
Last Action:
04/23/2013 H Left pending in subcommittee
Caption:
Relating to self-directed and semi-independent status of certain health care regulatory agencies; making an appropriation; authorizing fees.
Author:
McClendon | Naishtat | Coleman | Davis, John | Zerwas
Last Action:
05/03/2013 H Failed to pass to engrossment
Caption:
Relating to disease control pilot programs to reduce the risk of certain communicable diseases; authorizing a fee.
Author:
Otto | Turner, Sylvester | Howard | Zerwas
Sponsor:
Hinojosa
Last Action:
06/14/2013 E Effective on 9/1/13
Caption:
Relating to imposing a fee on the sale of cigarettes and cigarette tobacco products manufactured by certain companies; providing penalties.
Author:
Guerra | Lucio III | Sheffield, J. D. | Raymond | Zerwas
Last Action:
04/10/2013 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to districts in certain counties located on the Texas-Mexico border and amending Chapter 288 of the Health and Safety Code.
Author:
Callegari | Zerwas
Last Action:
03/27/2013 H Reported enrolled: Mar 27 2013 10:27AM
Caption:
Congratulating Katy High School head football coach Gary Joseph on being named the 2012 National Coach of the Year by American Football Monthly.
Author:
Callegari | Zerwas
Last Action:
03/27/2013 H Reported enrolled: Mar 27 2013 10:25AM
Caption:
Congratulating the Katy High School football team on winning the 2012 UIL 5A Division 2 state championship.