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Enrolled Bill Summary

Enrolled Bill Summary

Legislative Session: 85(R)

House Bill 1629

House Author:  Coleman

Effective:  6-15-17

Senate Sponsor:  Zaffirini et al.


            House Bill 1629 amends the Government Code to require the Health and Human Services Commission to develop and implement a quality-based outcome measure for the child health plan program (CHIP) and Medicaid to annually measure the percentage of CHIP enrollees or Medicaid recipients with HIV infection, regardless of age, whose most recent viral load test indicates a viral load of less than 200 copies per milliliter of blood.