By:  Moncrief                                          S.B. No. 333
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the state child health plan for certain low-income
 1-3     children.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Section 6, Chapter 235, Acts of the 76th
 1-6     Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, is amended to read as follows:
 1-7           Sec. 6.  If, before implementing any provision of Chapter 62,
 1-8     Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act, or expanding coverage
 1-9     under the state child health plan to include adult family members
1-10     consistent with federal waiver authority, the Health and Human
1-11     Services Commission determines that a waiver or authorization from
1-12     a federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision
1-13     or coverage expansion, the commission shall request the waiver or
1-14     authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the
1-15     waiver or authorization is granted.  In the event of lapse in
1-16     coverage, the state child health plan or a health benefit plan
1-17     provider that provides health benefits coverage to a child enrolled
1-18     in the state child health plan shall be the secondary plan when
1-19     coordinating benefits with any form of group or individual private
1-20     health benefits coverage or private insurance covering the child.
1-21     Accordingly, any benefits paid for the child under the state child
1-22     health plan shall pay benefits only after private coverage benefits
1-23     have been exhausted.
1-24           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
1-25                          COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1
 2-1           Amend S.B. No. 333 (Senate Engrossment), in SECTION 1 of the
 2-2     bill, in amended Section 6, Chapter 235, Acts of the 76th
 2-3     Legislature, Regular Session, 1999 (page 1, lines 15-16), by
 2-4     striking "In the event of lapse in coverage, the" and substituting
 2-5     "The".
 2-6     77R14975 JAT-F                                               Capelo