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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to insurance premium payment assistance for certain |
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persons who have hemophilia and are unable to pay the entire cost of |
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treatment. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 41.002, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows: |
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(d) Instead of providing financial assistance under |
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Subsection (c), the department may assist an eligible person in |
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obtaining insurance by providing premium payment assistance. In |
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providing the premium payment assistance, the department may |
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contract with a nonprofit entity that is exempt from federal |
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taxation to make an insurance purchase on behalf of an eligible |
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person. |
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(e) For purposes of Section 1506.153, Insurance Code, a |
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medically eligible person for whom a third party nonprofit entity |
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makes an insurance purchase in accordance with a contract entered |
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into under Subsection (d) is not, as a result of that purchase, an |
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individual whose premiums are paid for or reimbursed under a |
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government-sponsored program or by a government agency or health |
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care provider. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |