Amend HB 2 (senate committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill and cross-references to those SECTIONS accordingly:
SECTION ____. (a) Chapter 62, Health and Safety Code, is amended by adding Subchapter E to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER E. CHIP PERINATAL PROGRAM
Sec. 62.201. COVERAGE FOR CERTAIN SERVICES REQUIRED. (a) The covered services under the CHIP perinatal program must include for each woman who gives birth to a child who is enrolled in the CHIP perinatal program before birth at least six doctor visits relating to postpartum care during the six-month period after the date the woman gives birth to the child.
(b) The executive commissioner of the commission shall adopt any rules necessary to implement this section.
(b) If before implementing any provision of this section a 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.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, a state agency or other entity may not implement or enforce any provision of this Act other than this section until the date the coverage provided under the CHIP perinatal program includes the services required by Section 62.201, Health and Safety Code, as added by this section. The executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall publish notice in the Texas Register of the date that coverage will include the required services.