House Public Health held an interim hearing on artificial intelligence use in health care
The Texas House Committee on Public Health met on August 20th, 2026 on a charge about clinical artificial intelligence. It directs the committee to study the use of artificial intelligence in the health care system to improve access and quality and efficiency of care. The same charge tells the committee to evaluate potential risks to patient safety and privacy and access to care for Texans. A second charge on the same agenda covers what social media platforms and artificial intelligence technologies do to the mental health and the cognitive development of minors. This is the committee that would write any statute governing clinical AI in the next session. Clinical AI is already running in Texas hospitals.
How to take part
The hearing has been held. The committee clerk is named on the Legislature's committee meetings page with a phone number and a room. That page is where the hearing notice, the minutes, the witness list and the handouts are posted as they are filed.
Where
Statewide. This decision applies across Texas rather than to a named county.
Timeline
- hearing
Committee meeting at 9:00 AM, as listed on the Legislature's own committee meetings page
- Today
How this decision moved
One dated line per check, oldest first. A line that says nothing changed means somebody looked and it had not.
- 2026-08-21
Admitted. The Legislature's own committee page carries the August 20th meeting and the charge on artificial intelligence use in health care is on the record in full.
- 2026-08-25
Checked and unchanged. Still pending, with no dated movement.
- 2026-08-28
Checked and unchanged. House Public Health has published no interim report from the August 20th hearing on clinical artificial intelligence, so nothing the committee heard has turned into a recommendation yet.
- 2026-09-01
The House Public Health record still shows its artificial-intelligence hearing without a later committee action.
- 2026-09-02
Checked and unchanged. Still pending, with no dated movement.
- 2026-09-05
House Public Health has held its hearing on AI in health care and has published no recommendation from it.
- 2026-09-08
House Public Health has held its hearing on artificial intelligence in health care, and no committee product has followed it.
- 2026-09-09
House Public Health has held its interim hearing on artificial intelligence in health care and has published nothing since.
- 2026-09-12
Checked and unchanged. Still pending, with no dated movement.
- 2026-09-13
Checked and unchanged. Still pending, with no dated movement.
- 2026-09-16
House Public Health has held its interim hearing on artificial intelligence in health care and has published nothing since. The charge is still open.
- 2026-09-19
No report has followed the hearing on artificial intelligence in health care. What the posted notice for that week said about the charge is unconfirmed.
- 2026-09-23
The health hearing has been held and no recommendation has followed.
- 2026-09-26
The Public Health hearing on artificial intelligence in health care has been held, and no recommendation has followed.
- 2026-09-29
House Public Health has not followed its hearing on artificial intelligence in health care with a written recommendation.
- 2026-10-02
The House Public Health hearing on artificial intelligence stands as the committee's own pages list it, with no recommendation published.
- 2026-10-05
House Public Health still lists its hearing on artificial intelligence in health care, with no report from it published.
- 2026-10-08
The Legislature's committee page still lists the hearing on AI in health care, and no report from it has been published.
- 2026-10-14
The committee's own meeting archive still lists the August 20th sitting first in its list, under the same clerk and room. The charge wording on the Legislative Reference Library page and any report index weren't re-read, since that host is off limits to this project.
- 2026-10-17
The committee's own meeting archive still lists the August 20th sitting on AI in health care, with no later sitting posted. The charge wording on the Legislative Reference Library page is unconfirmed, since that host is off limits to this project.
- 2026-10-20
House Public Health still lists the August 20th sitting on AI in health care as its latest, with nothing later posted. The charge wording stays unconfirmed.
The evidence
Every fact above rests on one of these. The words are the source's own.
House Committee on Public Health (C410) Clerk: Scott Crownover Phone: (512) 463-0806 Room: EXT E2.172 Date and Time Hearing Notice Minutes Witness List Handouts Comments August 20, 2026 9:00 AMTexas Legislature Online, House Committee Meetings, C410 Primary source, official · capitol.texas.gov
Charge: Artificial Intelligence Use in Health Care: Study the use of artificial intelligence in the health care system to improve access, quality, and efficiency of care, while evaluating potential risks to patient safety, privacy, and access to care for Texans.Legislative Reference Library of Texas, Interim Hearings, Week of August 17th, 2026 Primary source, official · lrl.texas.gov
Charge: Social Media’s Impact on Youth Health and Well-Being: Study the impact of social media platforms and artificial intelligence technologies on the mental health, cognitive development, and behavioral well-being of minors in Texas.Legislative Reference Library of Texas, Interim Hearings, Week of August 17th, 2026 Primary source, official · lrl.texas.gov
Questions about this decision
Answered from the record itself. Every answer is assembled from stored fields, so an answer the record has no basis for is left out rather than guessed.
What is this decision?
The Texas House Committee on Public Health met on August 20th, 2026 on a charge about clinical artificial intelligence. It directs the committee to study the use of artificial intelligence in the health care system to improve access and quality and efficiency of care. The same charge tells the committee to evaluate potential risks to patient safety and privacy and access to care for Texans. A second charge on the same agenda covers what social media platforms and artificial intelligence technologies do to the mental health and the cognitive development of minors. This is the committee that would write any statute governing clinical AI in the next session. Clinical AI is already running in Texas hospitals.
Who decides it?
Texas House Committee on Public Health decides. The record names the deciding body for every entry it carries.
Can the public take part?
The hearing has been held. The committee clerk is named on the Legislature's committee meetings page with a phone number and a room. That page is where the hearing notice, the minutes, the witness list and the handouts are posted as they are filed. No dated public window is on the record. The deciding body is named and reachable.
Where in Texas does it apply?
It applies statewide.
Has it been decided?
It is pending. No final decision is on the record.
What happens next?
No future date is on the record. The last dated step on it was hearing on August 20th.
When did it start?
The earliest date on its record is August 20th, 2026.
What kind of decision is it?
It is filed under health and education.
What sources back it?
Two sources back it. Two of them are primary.
Is it on the ERCOT grid?
No. It sits outside the ERCOT interconnection.
When was it last checked?
Every fact on it was last verified against its source on October 20th, 2026.
Cite this
Texas AI Docket, House Public Health held an interim hearing on artificial intelligence use in health care. Tracked since August 20th, 2026. Last verified October 20th, 2026. https://texasaidocket.com/item/tx-2026-0079/. Reuse permitted under CC BY 4.0 with attribution. The same entry is in the docket JSON as item tx-2026-0079.
Beat
Filed under Health and education, with every other decision on that beat.