By Kitchen H.B. No. 835 77R3444 JAT-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the study of a buy-in option for the state child health 1-3 plan. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. (a) In this section, "commission" means the 1-6 Health and Human Services Commission. 1-7 (b) The commission shall conduct a study to determine the 1-8 feasibility of a buy-in option to allow families without access to 1-9 health benefits coverage to purchase health benefits coverage for 1-10 all family members under the state child health plan under Chapter 1-11 62, Health and Safety Code. 1-12 (c) To determine the feasibility of the buy-in option, the 1-13 commission shall examine: 1-14 (1) the fiscal impact on the state of a buy-in option; 1-15 (2) the fiscal impact on families that would choose to 1-16 participate in the program through a buy-in option; 1-17 (3) the cost of a comparable health benefits plan in 1-18 the current market; and 1-19 (4) the need for a buy-in option, by determining: 1-20 (A) the number of families that would likely 1-21 choose to participate in the program through a buy-in option; and 1-22 (B) whether families that are not covered by a 1-23 health benefits plan and that would participate in the program 1-24 through a buy-in option could be covered in the private market. 2-1 (d) Not later than November 1, 2002, the commission shall 2-2 submit to the governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker of the 2-3 house of representatives a written report containing the findings 2-4 of the study. 2-5 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 2-6 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 2-7 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this 2-8 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 2-9 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.