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SB1677 • 2025

Relating to a study on prevention and reduction of diabetes-related amputation.

Relating to a study on prevention and reduction of diabetes-related amputation.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Menéndez
Last action
2025-06-20
Official status
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Effective date
2025-06-20

Plain English Breakdown

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Relating to a study on prevention and reduction of diabetes-related amputation.

Relating to a study on prevention and reduction of diabetes-related amputation.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to a study on prevention and reduction of diabetes-related amputation.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2025-06-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed without the Governor's signature

  2. 2025-06-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Effective on 9/1/25

  3. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the House

  4. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Sent to the Governor

  5. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported enrolled

  6. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the Senate

  7. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    House passage reported

  8. 2025-05-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Rules suspended

  9. 2025-05-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Additional sponsor(s) authorized

  10. 2025-05-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  11. 2025-05-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  12. 2025-05-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#3460

  13. 2025-05-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  14. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Rules suspended

  15. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Additional sponsor(s) authorized

  16. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time

  17. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed to 3rd reading

  18. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#3399

  19. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  20. 2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on General State Calendar

  21. 2025-05-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  22. 2025-05-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Calendars

  23. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  24. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  25. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in formal meeting

  26. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

  27. 2025-05-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  28. 2025-05-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  29. 2025-05-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  30. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  31. 2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  32. 2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Public Health

  33. 2025-04-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Received from the Senate

  34. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  35. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  36. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

  37. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  38. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Three day rule suspended

  39. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  40. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  41. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  42. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  43. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported engrossed

  44. 2025-04-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on intent calendar

  45. 2025-04-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably as substituted

  46. 2025-04-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report printed and distributed

  47. 2025-04-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  48. 2025-04-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote taken in committee

  49. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  50. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  51. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken in committee

  52. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  53. 2025-03-11 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  54. 2025-03-11 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Health & Human Services

  55. 2025-02-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

  56. 2025-02-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to a study on prevention and reduction of diabetes-related amputation.

Current Bill Text

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89(R) SB 1677 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

S.B. No. 1677

AN ACT

relating to a study on prevention and reduction of diabetes-related

amputation.

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

SECTION 1. (a) In this Act:

(1) "Department" means the Department of State Health

Services.

(2) "Institution of higher education" has the meaning

assigned by Section 61.003, Education Code.

(b) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall

designate an institution of higher education to conduct a study on

the prevention and reduction of diabetes-related amputation, using

existing institutional resources. The institution must have a

Research Activity Designation: Research 1: Very High Research

Spending and Doctorate Production under the 2025 Carnegie

Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.

(c) In conducting the study, the institution of higher

education designated under Subsection (b) of this section shall:

(1) collaborate with the department;

(2) identify and examine information on amputations

resulting from diabetes; and

(3) develop recommendations regarding:

(A) amputation prevention related to diabetic

foot ulcers and peripheral artery disease;

(B) methods for increasing public awareness of

diabetes-related amputation;

(C) best practices for reducing the number of

amputations performed; and

(D) policy solutions for ensuring access to

treatments to assist with preventing amputation, including:

(i) insurance coverage for therapies

designed to treat diabetic foot ulcers, including topical oxygen

therapy;

(ii) timely and equitable access to

evidence-supported medical tools, technologies, and services to

assist with the prevention of avoidable amputations;

(iii) methods to improve and incentivize

quality care to avoid amputations when possible; and

(iv) methods to promote collaboration and

cooperation among interested persons.

(d) In conducting the study, the institution of higher

education designated under Subsection (b) of this section shall

consult with the following individuals:

(1) the commissioner of state health services;

(2) a physician licensed in this state who specializes

in endocrinology;

(3) a nurse licensed in this state with expertise in

diabetes education;

(4) a vascular surgeon with expertise in amputation

prevention;

(5) a physician, physician assistant, or advanced

practice registered nurse with expertise in amputation prevention;

(6) a podiatrist with expertise in treating diabetic

foot ulcers;

(7) a podiatrist or vascular surgeon affiliated with

the United States Department of Veterans Affairs;

(8) a representative of a public health provider;

(9) at least three individuals diagnosed with diabetes

or who have experienced diabetes-related amputation;

(10) a representative of the American Diabetes

Association; and

(11) other individuals as the institution determines

necessary.

(e) Not later than September 1, 2026, the institution of

higher education designated under Subsection (b) of this section

shall prepare and submit to the department a report summarizing the

results of the study and containing recommendations for legislative

or other action. The department shall post the report on the

department's Internet website. The post must include:

(1) the information on which the institution's

determinations and recommendations are based; and

(2) the methodologies the institution used to conduct

the study.

SECTION 2. This Act expires September 1, 2027.

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

______________________________

______________________________

President of the Senate

Speaker of the House

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1677 passed the Senate on

April 10, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 24, Nays 6.

______________________________

Secretary of the Senate

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1677 passed the House on

May 24, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 78, Nays 57, three

present not voting.

______________________________

Chief Clerk of the House

Approved:

______________________________

Date

______________________________

Governor