By: Sheffield, Alonzo (Senate Sponsor - Watson) H.B. No. 1038

(In the Senate - Received from the House April 23, 2015; May 4, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Health and Human Services; May 22, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 22, 2015, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to premium payment assistance for insurance coverage for hemophilia medical treatment.

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

SECTION 1. Section 41.002, Health and Safety Code, is amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:

(d) In addition to providing financial assistance under Subsection (c), the department may assist an eligible person in obtaining insurance by providing premium payment assistance.

SECTION 2. 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, 2015.

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