Amend CSSB 445 as follows: (1) In Section 62.101(a)(3), as added by SECTION 1 of the bill (page 9, lines 19-22, house committee printing), strike ", except that this subdivision shall not apply if the cost to the child's family of the health benefits plan covering the child exceeds 10 percent of the family net income". (2) Strike Sections 62.154(b) and (c), as added by SECTION 1 of the bill, (page 15, line 8-25, house committee printing), and substitute the following: (b) A child is not subject to a waiting period adopted under Subsection (a) if: (1) the family lost coverage for the child as a result of: (A) termination of employment because of a layoff or business closing; (B) termination of continuation coverage under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (Pub. L. No. 99-272); (C) a change in marital status of a parent of the child; (D) termination of the child's Medicaid eligibility because: (i) the child's family's earnings or resources increased; or (ii) the child reached an age at which Medicaid coverage is not available; or (E) a similar circumstance resulting in the involuntary loss of coverage; (2) the family terminated health benefits plan coverage for the child because the cost to the child's family for the coverage exceeded 10 percent of the family's net income; or (3) the commission has determined that other grounds exist for a good cause exception. (c) A child described by Subsection (b) may enroll in the child health plan program at any time, without regard to any open enrollment period established under the enrollment procedures.