Floor Packet Page No. 68                                                    

	
Amend CSSB 1 by adding on page II-     in the bill pattern of 
the Health and Human Services Commission a rider that reads as 
follows:
	Unborn Children Health Coverage under Title XXI (CHIP).  The 
Health and Human Services Executive Commissioner may provide unborn 
children health benefit coverage for mothers not otherwise eligible 
for Medicaid and include this population as a covered group in the 
Texas Title XXI State Plan. To be eligible, the pregnant mother of 
these children must live in Texas and have countable income at or 
below 200 percent of the federal poverty level. Those made eligible 
will receive the benefits included in the Title XXI State Plan. 
Title XXI benefits to unborn children will be financed solely by 
voluntary contributions using intergovernmental transfers from 
local government entities and federal matching funds under Title 
XXI.