79S10261 UM-D
By: Edwards H.B. No. 77
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to financing children's health insurance.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. In addition to amounts previously appropriated
for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2007, $200 million
is appropriated out of the general revenue fund to the Health and
Human Services Commission for the two-year period beginning on
September 1, 2005, for the purpose of providing services related to
the Children's Health Insurance Program to all children eligible to
receive those services.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2005, if it
receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each
house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.
If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate
effect, this Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of
the legislative session.