By:  Van de Putte                                                 S.B. No. 983
	(In the Senate - Filed March 4, 2005; March 14, 2005, read 
first time and referred to Committee on Health and Human Services; 
April 6, 2005, reported adversely, with favorable Committee 
Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 0; April 6, 2005, 
sent to printer.)


COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 983                                    By:  Zaffirini


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT


relating to 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 hospice services as a 
covered benefit.
	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.                           



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