Amend HB 2702 (Senate committee printing) as follows:                        
	(1)  Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the 
bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
	SECTION __.  (a)  Section 162.304, Family Code, is amended by 
adding Subsections (b-1), (b-2), and (g) to read as follows:
	(b-1)  The department shall pay a $150 subsidy each month for 
the premiums for health benefits coverage for a child with respect 
to whom a court has entered a final order of adoption if the child:
		(1)  was in the conservatorship of the department at 
the time of the child's adoptive placement;
		(2)  after the adoption, is not eligible for medical 
assistance under Chapter 32, Human Resources Code; and
		(3)  is younger than 18 years of age.                                  
	(b-2)  The executive commissioner of the Health and Human 
Services Commission shall adopt rules necessary to implement 
Subsection (b-1), including rules that:
		(1)  limit eligibility for the subsidy under that 
subsection to a child whose adoptive family income is less than 300 
percent of the federal poverty level;
		(2)  provide for the manner in which the department 
shall pay the subsidy under that subsection; and
		(3)  specify any documentation required to be provided 
by an adoptive parent as proof that the subsidy is used to obtain 
and maintain health benefits coverage for the adopted child.
	(g)  A child for whom a subsidy is provided under Subsection 
(b-1) for premiums for health benefits coverage and who does not 
receive any other subsidy under this section is not considered to be 
the subject of an adoption assistance agreement for any other 
purpose, including for determining eligibility for the exemption 
from payment of tuition and fees for higher education under Section 
54.2111, Education Code.
	(b)  The change in law made by this section to Section 
162.304, Family Code, applies only to financial and medical 
assistance available under Section 162.304, Family Code, as amended 
by this section, for a child for whom a final order of adoption is 
entered on or after the effective date of this section.  Financial 
and medical assistance for a child for whom a final order of 
adoption is entered before the effective date of this section is 
governed by the law in effect on the date the order was entered, and 
the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
	(c)  This section takes effect September 1, 2007.                              
	(2)  In SECTION 3 of the bill (page 1, line 47), strike "This 
Act" and substitute "Except as otherwise provided by this Act, this 
Act".