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Enrolled Bill Summary

Enrolled Bill Summary

Legislative Session: 80(R)

House Bill 448

House Author:  Phillips

Effective:  9-1-07

Senate Sponsor:  Harris


            House Bill 448 amends the Family Code to require that a court, in calculating expenses for health insurance coverage for an obligor's child, if the obligor has other minor dependents insured under the same plan, to divide the total cost for the insurance by the total number of minor dependents covered.  The bill also increases the threshold amount of an obligor's monthly net resources that govern the application of child support guidelines from $6,000 to $7,500 and provides for this amount to be adjusted for inflation every six years, using a prescribed method to compute the adjusted amount.  The first adjustment is to take effect on September 1, 2013.