Gary VanDeaver, Texas State Representative of 1st district | Facebook
Gary VanDeaver, Texas State Representative of 1st district | Facebook
More specifically, the official text was summarized by the state legislature as ’’Relating to the provision of prosthetic devices to certain Medicaid recipients’’.
The following is our breakdown, based on the actual bill text, and may include interpretation to clarify its provisions.
The bill mandates that the Texas commission must provide prosthetic devices to Medicaid recipients who need them due to congenital absence, surgical revision, or traumatic amputation of an extremity, hip, or shoulder, irrespective of their age. It requires state agencies to seek any necessary federal waivers or authorizations before implementation and allows for the postponement of provisions until such waivers or authorizations are granted. The act is set to take effect on Sept. 1, 2025.
Gary VanDeaver, chair of the House Committee on Public Health and member of the House Committee on Higher Education, proposed another 12 bills during the 89(R) legislative session.
VanDeaver graduated from Texas A&M University-Commerce.
Gary VanDeaver is currently serving in the Texas State House, representing the state's 1st House district. He replaced previous state representative George Lavender in 2015.
Bills in Texas go through a multi-step legislative process, including committee review, debates, and votes in both chambers before reaching a final decision. Each session, there are typically thousands of bills introduced, but only a portion successfully navigate the process to become law.
You can read more about the bills and other measures here.
| Bill Number | Date Introduced | Short Description |
|---|---|---|
| HB 2665 | 04/01/2025 | Relating to notification and disclosure of records and information concerning an investigation of a report of child abuse or neglect to county or district attorneys |
| HB 4058 | 03/27/2025 | Relating to self-settled asset protection trusts |
| HB 3485 | 03/24/2025 | Relating to the availability and instruction on the use of automated external defibrillators and a cardiac emergency response plan at public schools and certain private schools in this state |
| HB 3484 | 03/24/2025 | Relating to agreements between border municipalities |
| HB 2620 | 03/18/2025 | Relating to the inclusion of certain sources of water supply in regional water plans |
| HB 2195 | 03/14/2025 | Relating to a public school campus's election under a campus turnaround plan to operate as a community school |
| HB 1833 | 03/14/2025 | Relating to an honorably retired peace officer serving as an armed security officer at a public school |
| HB 1469 | 03/11/2025 | Relating to the County Court at Law of Bowie County |
| HB 1118 | 03/07/2025 | Relating to the creation of a Texas Commission on Assessment and Accountability |
| HB 1117 | 03/07/2025 | Relating to an exemption to the fishing license requirement for certain residents engaged in fishing in public waters |
| HB 1115 | 03/07/2025 | Relating to the employment of honorably retired peace officers as school district security personnel and the applicability to those officers of certain law governing private security |
| HB 1108 | 03/07/2025 | Relating to motorcycle profiling by peace officers |
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