80R5258 JTS-D

By: Davis of Harris H.B. No. 2448

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to distribution of information regarding the child health plan program to school children.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 62, Health and Safety Code, is amended by adding Section 62.060 to read as follows:

Sec. 62.060. NOTIFICATION TO FAMILIES OF SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN. (a) The executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission by rule shall develop a program to annually distribute information regarding the child health plan program to each child enrolled in a public or private primary or secondary school in the state.

(b) The program must require the school to distribute to each child enrolled in the school:

(1) information regarding the child health plan program, including the eligibility requirements for the program; and

(2) a form to be returned to the school that requires the child's parent or guardian to:

(A) acknowledge that the parent or guardian is aware of the child health plan program; and

(B) request or decline additional information about the program.

(c) The program must require each school to remit the completed forms to the commission. The commission shall provide to each person who requests the information on the form submitted to the school additional information about the child health plan program.

SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall adopt rules to implement Section 62.060, Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2007.