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| 1 | 1 | 81R10382 SJM-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Fletcher H.B. No. 2562 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to insurance premium payment assistance for certain | |
| 8 | 8 | persons who have hemophilia and are unable to pay the entire cost of | |
| 9 | 9 | treatment. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Section 41.002, Health and Safety Code, is | |
| 12 | 12 | amended by adding Subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | (d) Instead of providing financial assistance under | |
| 14 | 14 | Subsection (c), the department may assist an eligible person in | |
| 15 | 15 | obtaining insurance by providing premium payment assistance. In | |
| 16 | 16 | providing the premium payment assistance, the department may | |
| 17 | 17 | contract with a nonprofit entity that is exempt from federal | |
| 18 | 18 | taxation to make an insurance purchase on behalf of an eligible | |
| 19 | 19 | person. | |
| 20 | 20 | (e) For purposes of Section 1506.153, Insurance Code, a | |
| 21 | 21 | medically eligible person for whom a third party nonprofit entity | |
| 22 | 22 | makes an insurance purchase in accordance with a contract entered | |
| 23 | 23 | into under Subsection (d) is not, as a result of that purchase, an | |
| 24 | 24 | individual whose premiums are paid for or reimbursed under a | |
| 25 | 25 | government-sponsored program or by a government agency or health | |
| 26 | 26 | care provider. | |
| 27 | 27 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |