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HB136 • 2025

Relating to Medicaid coverage and reimbursement for lactation consultation services.

Relating to Medicaid coverage and reimbursement for lactation consultation services.

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Hull | Swanson | Rose | Richardson | Noble
Last action
2025-05-24
Official status
05/24/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Effective date
2025-05-24

Plain English Breakdown

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Relating to Medicaid coverage and reimbursement for lactation consultation services.

Relating to Medicaid coverage and reimbursement for lactation consultation services.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to Medicaid coverage and reimbursement for lactation consultation services.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2025-05-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2025-05-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Effective on 9/1/25

  3. 2025-05-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Sent to the Governor

  4. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the House

  5. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the Senate

  6. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported enrolled

  7. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Co-sponsor authorized

  8. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on intent calendar

  9. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Rules suspended-Intent Calendar

  10. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  11. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  12. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading

  13. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  14. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Three day rule suspended

  15. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  16. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  17. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  18. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  19. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate passage reported

  20. 2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Co-sponsor authorized

  21. 2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

  22. 2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report printed and distributed

  23. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  24. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote taken in committee

  25. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  26. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  27. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken in committee

  28. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  29. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  30. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Health & Human Services

  31. 2025-04-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  32. 2025-04-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  33. 2025-04-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#380

  34. 2025-04-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported engrossed

  35. 2025-04-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Received from the House

  36. 2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on General State Calendar

  37. 2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time

  38. 2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed to engrossment

  39. 2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#325

  40. 2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  41. 2025-04-17 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Calendars

  42. 2025-04-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  43. 2025-04-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  44. 2025-04-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  45. 2025-04-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  46. 2025-04-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee substitute considered in committee

  47. 2025-04-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably as substituted

  48. 2025-03-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  49. 2025-03-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  50. 2025-03-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  51. 2025-03-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  52. 2025-03-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  53. 2025-03-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Human Services

  54. 2025-03-11 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to Medicaid coverage and reimbursement for lactation consultation services.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) HB 136 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

H.B. No. 136

AN ACT

relating to Medicaid coverage and reimbursement for lactation

consultation services.

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

SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 32, Human Resources Code,

is amended by adding Section 32.02482 to read as follows:

Sec.

32.02482.

MEDICAL ASSISTANCE REIMBURSEMENT FOR

LACTATION CONSULTATION SERVICES. (a) In this section:

(1)

"Lactation consultant" means an individual

certified by an international or national certification program

approved by the commission to provide lactation consultation

services.

(2)

"Recipient" means a medical assistance program

recipient.

(b)

The commission shall ensure medical assistance

reimbursement is provided to a lactation consultant for providing

lactation consultation services to a recipient.

(c)

The executive commissioner shall establish a separate

provider type for lactation consultants for purposes of enrollment

as a provider for and reimbursement under the medical assistance

program.

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.

______________________________

______________________________

President of the Senate

Speaker of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 136 was passed by the House on April

23, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 130, Nays 16, 3 present, not

voting.

______________________________

Chief Clerk of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 136 was passed by the Senate on May 8,

2025, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 3.

______________________________

Secretary of the Senate

APPROVED: _____________________

Date

_____________________

Governor