79R7605 JTS-D

By:  Guillen                                                      H.B. No. 3466



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to home health care and hospice services under the state 
child health plan.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 62.151, Health and Safety Code, is 
amended by adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:
	(g)  The child health plan must provide as a covered benefit:           
		(1)  home health care services; and                                    
		(2)  hospice services.                                                 
	SECTION 2.  If before implementing any provision of this Act 
the Health and Human Services Commission or another state agency 
determines that a waiver or authorization from a federal agency is 
necessary for implementation of that provision, the agency affected 
by the provision shall request the waiver or authorization and may 
delay implementing that provision until the waiver or authorization 
is granted.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.