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HB4838 • 2025

Relating to conducting an assessment of language accessibility with respect to certain health and human services programs and 2-1-1 services provided by the Texas Information and Referral Network.

Relating to conducting an assessment of language accessibility with respect to certain health and human services programs and 2-1-1 services provided by the Texas Information and Referral Network.

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Morales Shaw | Lalani | McLaughlin | Flores | Lopez, Janie
Last action
2025-05-12
Official status
05/12/2025 S Received from the House
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Relating to conducting an assessment of language accessibility with respect to certain health and human services programs and 2-1-1 services provided by the Texas Information and Referral Network.

Relating to conducting an assessment of language accessibility with respect to certain health and human services programs and 2-1-1 services provided by the Texas Information and Referral Network.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to conducting an assessment of language accessibility with respect to certain health and human services programs and 2-1-1 services provided by the Texas Information and Referral Network.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Laid out as postponed business

  2. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  3. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#2160

  4. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  5. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported engrossed

  6. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Received from the House

  7. 2025-05-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  8. 2025-05-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Postponed. 5/12/25 10:00 AM

  9. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time

  10. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed to engrossment

  11. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#1948

  12. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  13. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on General State Calendar

  14. 2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Calendars

  15. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  16. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  17. 2025-05-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  18. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  19. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm.

  20. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote reconsidered in committee

  21. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

  22. 2025-04-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  23. 2025-04-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  24. 2025-04-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  25. 2025-04-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  26. 2025-04-03 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  27. 2025-04-03 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Human Services

  28. 2025-03-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to conducting an assessment of language accessibility with respect to certain health and human services programs and 2-1-1 services provided by the Texas Information and Referral Network.

Current Bill Text

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89(R) HB 4838 - Engrossed version - Bill Text

89R15287 AND-F

By: Morales Shaw, Lalani, McLaughlin, Flores,

H.B. No. 4838

Lopez of Cameron, et al.

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to conducting an assessment of language accessibility with

respect to certain health and human services programs and 2-1-1

services provided by the Texas Information and Referral Network.

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

SECTION 1. (a) In this section:

(1) "Commission" means the Health and Human Services

Commission.

(2) "Executive commissioner" means the executive

commissioner of the commission.

(b) As soon as practicable after the effective date of this

Act, the commission shall employ a language access coordinator to

conduct an assessment of and identify gaps in non-English speakers'

access to the health and human services programs administered by

the commission and 2-1-1 services provided by the Texas Information

and Referral Network.

(c) Not later than the first anniversary of the date the

commission employs a language access coordinator under Subsection

(b) of this section, the coordinator shall conduct the assessment

described by that subsection and submit to the executive

commissioner a written report that:

(1) summarizes the findings of the assessment; and

(2) provides recommendations for increasing

non-English speakers' access to health and human services programs

and 2-1-1 services provided by the Texas Information and Referral

Network throughout this state.

SECTION 2. This Act expires June 1, 2027.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.