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House Bill 2702 |
House Author: Truitt |
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Effective: See below |
Senate Sponsor: Shapiro |
House Bill 2702 amends the Education Code and the Family Code to clarify eligibility requirements for a college tuition exemption and for health benefits coverage subsidies for adopted students formerly in foster care or other residential care. The bill amends the Education Code to exempt a student from payment of tuition and fees if the student was adopted subject to an adoption assistance agreement that provided monthly payments and medical assistance benefits and that was not limited to the reimbursement only of nonrecurring expenses, including those directly related to the legal adoption.
The bill amends the Family Code to require the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services to pay a monthly $150 subsidy for health benefits coverage premiums for a legally adopted child if the child was in the department's conservatorship at the time of the adoptive placement, is not eligible for medical assistance after the adoption, and is younger than 18 years of age. The bill requires the Health and Human Services Commission's executive commissioner to adopt implementation rules that, among other provisions, limit eligibility for the subsidy to a child whose adoptive family income is less than 300 percent of the federal poverty level.
Except for the provisions amending the Family Code, which take effect September 1, 2007, this bill takes effect June 13, 2007.