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Committee unanimously advances package including 988 campaign, fatherhood guidance, instructional certificates and reverse-mortgage counseling
Summary
The House Appropriations Committee unanimously re-reported four bills — House Bill 564, House Bill 1212, House Bill 1407 and House Bill 1466 — to the House floor after the chair said there were no negative Republican votes.
The House Appropriations Committee unanimously re-reported a package of four bills to the House floor during its meeting after the chair said there were no negative votes by Republicans and that Democrats would vote in the affirmative.
A committee staff member summarized the four bills for the record. House Bill 564 (described in the transcript as amending the Health and Safety Code, Title 35) would require the Department of Human Services to implement a public-awareness campaign to increase public understanding of and engagement with the 988 crisis hotline. House Bill 1212 would require the Department of Health to conduct a public-awareness campaign and to provide guidance to health-care providers on the importance of fatherhood engagement to improve health outcomes during pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period. House Bill 1407 establishes new grade spans and age levels for instructional certificates. House Bill 1466 requires face-to-face counseling by an improved financial counselor before an applicant can begin a reverse-mortgage process, according to the committee overview.
The committee chair stated there were no negative Republican votes on this package and that Democrats would vote in the affirmative; the chair then declared the bills re-reported to the floor with a unanimous vote. The transcript does not provide individual vote totals, fiscal notes, sponsor statements, or text amendments included in the bills.
Why it matters: HB 564 would direct a state department to run public outreach about the national 988 crisis hotline; HB 1212 would create formal guidance for health-care providers on fatherhood engagement around pregnancy and postpartum care; HB 1407 changes instructional-certificate grade spans and age levels, which could affect educator certification and training; HB 1466 requires a face-to-face counseling step before reverse-mortgage applicants may begin the process. The transcript does not specify funding sources, reporting requirements, or enforcement mechanisms for these provisions.
Next steps: all four bills were re-reported to the House floor by the committee. The transcript contains no further committee debate or public comment on these bills in this session.
