Texas Hospital Association
Lobbying groupUS-TXverified
Identifiers
- website
- https://www.tha.org/
- org kind
- trade_association
What this organization says it wants
Texas Hospital Association is on record about 10 bills, through federal lobbying filings and testimony to state committees. None of them carries both a stated side and a bill we have placed on the scale, so there is nothing here to compare yet.
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The positions, and the documents they come from
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AgainstTX-89-sb128Relating to hospital reporting requirements regarding suspected child abuse, exploitation, or neglect; authorizing an administrative penalty.
“Hospitals opposed Senate Bill 128 by Sen. Bob Hall (R-Edgewood)”
Published by the organization2025Open the record
ForTX-89-sb31Relating to exceptions to otherwise prohibited abortions based on a physician's reasonable medical judgment.
“THA and the Texas Medical Association banded together to push for the passage of the Life of the Mother Act, Senate Bill 31”
Published by the organization2025Open the recordnot counted yet
ForTX-89-sb463Relating to the definition of facility for purposes of workplace violence prevention requirements.
“THA-supported Senate Bill 463 by Sen. Donna Campbell, M.D. (R-New Braunfels) passed”
Published by the organization2025Open the recordnot counted yet
AgainstTX-89-sb1038Relating to administrative remedies for certain fraud and abuse violations under Medicaid; providing administrative penalties.
“Despite THA's testimony against Senate Bill 1038 by Sen. Kevin Sparks (R-Midland)”
Published by the organization2025Open the recordnot counted yet
AgainstTX-89-hb139Relating to employer health benefit plans that do not include state-mandated health benefits.
“when it stopped House Bill 139 by Rep. Jay Dean (R-Longview)”
Published by the organization2025Open the recordnot counted yet
ForTX-89-hb3265Relating to discriminatory practices by a health benefit plan issuer, pharmacy benefit manager, and third-party payor and certain prescription drug manufacturers, distributors, and related persons with respect to certain entities participating in a federal drug discount program; providing a civil penalty.
“Rep. Drew Darby (R-San Angelo) put forth House Bill 3265, a THA priority bill”
Published by the organization2025Open the recordnot counted yet
AgainstTX-89-hb3708Relating to charity care provided by certain nonprofit hospitals and hospital systems and the calculation of net patient revenue for purposes of determining the charity care provided by those entities; authorizing an administrative penalty.
“THA still had to rally against House Bill 3708 by Rep. Oliverson.”
Published by the organization2025Open the recordnot counted yet
AgainstTX-89-hb4012Relating to health care and insurance fraud; creating a criminal offense; authorizing a civil penalty.
“HB 4012 would have given health insurers an alarming amount of leverage in legitimate payment disputes.”
Published by the organization2025Open the recordnot counted yet
AgainstTX-89-hb4408Relating to required reporting of information on the ownership and control of certain health care entities; providing a civil penalty; authorizing a fee.
“Opposed by THA, HB 4408 was heard in committee but advanced no further.”
Published by the organization2025Open the recordnot counted yet
AgainstTX-89-sb1608Relating to physical examination requirements for patients admitted to an inpatient mental health facility.
“THA opposed this bill, warning that some psychiatric facilities wouldn't be able to accept direct admissions or transfers from emergency departments”
Published by the organization2025Open the recordnot counted yet
Marked positions are on record but not yet counted: we have not placed those bills on our scale, so they do not move any number on this page.
What it says on the issues
Statements that name no bill. Each was placed on one of our lines by reading the quote, and kept only where our quiz questions on that line, answered from the same quote, lean the same way. Each counts like one answer to a quiz question.
Healthmore policy activity in Health
“Maintain funding for the state’s trauma care network”
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Healthmore policy activity in Health
“Support efforts to increase the number of Texans with comprehensive health insurance.”
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Healthmore policy activity in Health
“Texas hospitals support the Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act”
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Healthmore policy activity in Health
“Support Medicaid coverage for adult behavioral health inpatient care beyond 15 days”
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Educationmore policy activity in Education
“Increased state funding for physician, nurse, behavioral health and allied health professional education”
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Health: Insurancemore policy activity in Health: Insurance
“Support efforts to increase the number of Texans with comprehensive health insurance.”
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Health: Medical Facilitiesmore policy activity in Health: Medical Facilities
“Maintain funding for the state’s trauma care network”
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Health: Medical Facilitiesmore policy activity in Health: Medical Facilities
“THA is advocating for a full repeal of three years’ worth of planned cuts in the Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital”
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Health: Insurance Providersless policy activity in Health: Insurance Providers
“Support measures that remove overly burdensome utilization review policies”
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Health: Manpowermore policy activity in Health: Manpower
“Increased state funding for physician, nurse, behavioral health and allied health professional education”
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Labor: Worker Safetymore policy activity in Labor: Worker Safety
“Texas hospitals support the Safety from Violence for Healthcare Employees (SAVE) Act”
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Government Operations: Intergovernmental Relationsless policy activity in Government Operations: Intergovernmental Relations
“Texas hospitals oppose efforts to limit states’ ability to draw down critical federal Medicaid payments”
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Medicaid fundingprotect it
“Support stability and maintenance of supplemental Medicaid payments”
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Medicaid fundingprotect it
“Ensure state funding of hospitals in Medicaid is closer to the cost of care”
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Medicaid fundingprotect it
“Support Medicaid coverage for adult behavioral health inpatient care beyond 15 days”
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Medicaid fundingprotect it
“Texas hospitals oppose all payment cuts resulting from new site-neutral policies”
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Medicaid fundingprotect it
“THA is advocating for a full repeal of three years’ worth of planned cuts in the Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital”
Published by the organizationOpen the record
Medicaid fundingprotect it
“Texas hospitals oppose efforts to limit states’ ability to draw down critical federal Medicaid payments”
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Medicaid fundingprotect it
“Oppose decreases in hospital reimbursements, including through the use of site-neutral payments”
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ACA subsidiesextend them
“Texas hospitals support maintaining these credits”
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15 more readings were held back because the quiz questions on that line did not agree with them, or could not be answered from the quote.
What we don't have on this organization
No politicians linked
We have no contribution from this organization to any candidate on file yet. The contribution walk is still running, so this may be a gap in our ingestion rather than in its giving.
No committee totals
This committee’s own receipts and disbursements — its totals as filed — are not ingested. What we hold about its money is the contributions we have matched to named candidates.