HOUSE BILL 3122 |
HOUSE AUTHOR: Truitt |
EFFECTIVE: 9-1-03 |
SENATE SPONSOR: Lindsay |
House Bill 3122 amends the Government Code to require the commissioner of health and human services to establish a task force on local health initiatives. The bill authorizes the commissioner and the task force jointly to create two locally based demonstration projects that coordinate efforts between certain local governmental entities and small business employers to extend Medicaid coverage to certain low-income parents and offer health care coverage to certain low-income working parents.