Amend CSHB 109 as follows:
(1) On page 1, line 9, strike "child care expenses" and
substitute "expenses such as child care and work-related expenses".
(2) Strike SECTION 3 of the bill and substitute:
SECTION 3. Section 62.101(b), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) The commission shall establish income eligibility
levels consistent with Title XXI, Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
Section 1397aa et seq.), as amended, and any other applicable law or
regulations, and subject to the availability of appropriated money,
so that a child who is younger than 19 years of age and whose net
[gross] family income is at or below 200 percent of the federal
poverty level is eligible for health benefits coverage under the
program. [In addition, the commission may establish eligibility
standards regarding the amount and types of allowable assets for a
family whose gross family income is above 150 percent of the federal
poverty level.]
(3) Strike SECTION 4 of the bill and substitute:
SECTION 4: Subchapter C, Chapter 62, Health and Safety Code,
is amended by adding Section 62.1011 to read as follows:
SECTION 62.1011. The commission shall return to the income
verification rules that existed on January 1, 2003.