78R7610 DLF-D
By: Uresti H.B. No. 2469
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to enrollment and related services under the state child
health plan.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 62.055(e), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(e) In contracting under this chapter, the [The] commission
shall:
(1) retain all policymaking authority over the state
child health plan;
[(2) procure all contracts with a third party
administrator or other entity through a competitive procurement
process in compliance with all applicable federal and state laws or
regulations;] and
(2) [(3)] ensure that all contracts with child health
plan providers under Section 62.155 are procured through a
competitive procurement process in compliance with all applicable
federal and state laws or regulations.
SECTION 2. The following laws are repealed:
(1) Section 62.053(b), Health and Safety Code; and
(2) Sections 62.055(a), (b), (c), and (d), Health and
Safety Code.
SECTION 3. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of
this section, not later than September 1, 2004, the Texas
Department of Human Services shall assume responsibility for
eligibility screening and enrollment under the state child health
plan in accordance with Section 62.053, Health and Safety Code.
(b) If before implementing any provision of this Act a state
agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a federal
agency is necessary, the state agency shall request the waiver or
authorization and may delay implementation of that provision until
the waiver or authorization is granted.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.