By Berlanga                                          H.C.R. No. 273

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                             HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

 1-1           WHEREAS, House Bill No. 3 has been adopted by the house of

 1-2     representatives and the senate and is being prepared for

 1-3     enrollment; and

 1-4           WHEREAS, The bill contains technical errors that should be

 1-5     corrected; now, therefore, be it

 1-6           RESOLVED by the 75th Legislature of the State of Texas, That

 1-7     the enrolling clerk of the house of representatives be instructed

 1-8     to correct House Bill No. 3 as follows:

 1-9           (1)  Strike Section 109.063(d), Health and Safety Code,  as

1-10     added by Senate Floor Amendment No. 2, and substitute the

1-11     following:

1-12           "(d)  The participation criteria for authorized insurers,

1-13     health service organizations, health maintenance organizations, and

1-14     other entities that provide coverage under the health benefit

1-15     program shall not allow an eligible coverage provider to establish

1-16     a school-based clinic for the provision of covered treatment

1-17     services, except for routine health screening and preventive

1-18     measures including, but not limited to, immunizations,

1-19     inoculations, or hearing and vision testing."

1-20           (2)  Strike Section 154.182(b), Family Code, as amended by

1-21     SECTION 2 of the bill and Senate Floor Amendment Nos. 3 and 4, and

1-22     substitute the following:

1-23           "(b)  Except as provided for by Subdivision (6), in [In]

1-24     determining the manner in which health insurance for the child is

 2-1     to be ordered, the  court shall render its order in accordance with

 2-2     the following priorities, unless a party shows good cause why a

 2-3     particular order would not be in the best interest of the child:

 2-4                 (1)  if health insurance is available for the child

 2-5     through the obligor's employment or membership in a union, trade

 2-6     association, or other organization, the court shall order the

 2-7     obligor to include the child in the obligor's health insurance;

 2-8                 (2)  if health insurance is not available for the child

 2-9     through the obligor's employment but is available for the child

2-10     through the obligee's employment or membership in a union, trade

2-11     association, or other organization, the court may order the obligee

2-12     to provide health insurance for the child, and, in such event,

2-13     shall order the obligor to pay additional child support to be

2-14     withheld from earnings under Chapter 158 to the obligee for the

2-15     actual cost of the health insurance for the child;  [or]

2-16                 (3)  if health insurance is not available for the child

2-17     under Subdivision (1) or (2), the court shall order the obligor to

2-18     provide health insurance for the child if the court finds that

2-19     health insurance is available for the child from another source and

2-20     that the obligor is financially able to provide it;

2-21                 (4)  if health insurance is not available for the child

2-22     under Subdivision (1), (2), or (3), the court shall order the

2-23     obligor to apply for coverage through the Texas Healthy Kids

2-24     Corporation established under Chapter 109, Health and Safety Code;

2-25                 (5)  if health coverage is not available for the child

2-26     under Subdivision (1), (2), (3), or (4), the court shall order the

2-27     obligor to pay the obligee, in addition to any amount ordered under

 3-1     the guidelines for child support, a reasonable amount each month as

 3-2     medical support for the child to be withheld from earnings under

 3-3     Chapter 158; or

 3-4                 (6)  notwithstanding Subdivisions (1) through (3),  an

 3-5     obligor whose employer, union, trade association, or other

 3-6     organization does not offer a child/children coverage option in

 3-7     lieu of a spouse/child/children option of health insurance coverage

 3-8     may elect to apply for coverage through the Texas Healthy Kids

 3-9     Corporation.  An obligor required to pay additional child support

3-10     to an obligee for health insurance coverage may elect to apply for

3-11     coverage through the Texas Healthy Kids Corporation if the

3-12     obligee's employer, union, trade association, or other organization

3-13     does not offer a child/children coverage option in lieu of a

3-14     spouse/child/children option of health insurance coverage."