Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

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1	1	81R7194 KLA-D
2	2	By: Watson S.J.R. No. 21
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5	5	A JOINT RESOLUTION
6	6	proposing a constitutional amendment to ensure that this state
7	7	receives the maximum federal funding available under the child
8	8	health plan program.
9	9	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Section 51-a, Article III, Texas Constitution,
11	11	is amended by adding Subsections (e), (f), (g), (g-1), (h), (h-1),
12	12	and (i) to read as follows:
13	13	(e) Out of the first money coming into the treasury in each
14	14	state fiscal year that is not otherwise appropriated by this
15	15	constitution, the lesser of the following is appropriated for the
16	16	administration and operation of the child health plan program
17	17	authorized by federal law or a successor state-designed health plan
18	18	program specifically for children that qualifies for federal
19	19	matching money:
20	20	(1) the amount necessary to obtain the maximum federal
21	21	allotment for this state or other available federal matching money
22	22	under the program; or
23	23	(2) the amount necessary to establish an income
24	24	eligibility limit for the program at a net family income, as that
25	25	term is defined by the legislature, of 300 percent of the federal
26	26	poverty level.
27	27	(f) Subsection (e) of this section and this subsection
28	28	expire on the earlier of:
29	29	(1) the date both the child health plan program
30	30	authorized by federal law and any successor state-designed health
31	31	plan program specifically for children that qualifies for federal
32	32	matching money have terminated; or
33	33	(2) September 1, 2023.
34	34	(g) Notwithstanding the appropriation required by
35	35	Subsection (e) of this section, out of the first money coming into
36	36	the treasury in each of the state fiscal years beginning September
37	37	1, 2011, and September 1, 2012, that is not otherwise appropriated
38	38	by this constitution, the lesser of the following is appropriated
39	39	for the administration and operation of the child health plan
40	40	program authorized by federal law or a successor state-designed
41	41	health plan program specifically for children that qualifies for
42	42	federal matching money instead of the appropriation required by
43	43	Subsection (e) of this section:
44	44	(1) the amount necessary to obtain the maximum federal
45	45	allotment for this state or other available federal matching money
46	46	under the program; or
47	47	(2) the amount necessary to establish an income
48	48	eligibility limit for the program at a net family income, as that
49	49	term is defined by the legislature, of 250 percent of the federal
50	50	poverty level.
51	51	(g-1) Subsection (g) of this section and this subsection
52	52	expire on the earlier of:
53	53	(1) the date both the child health plan program
54	54	authorized by federal law and any successor state-designed health
55	55	plan program specifically for children that qualifies for federal
56	56	matching money have terminated; or
57	57	(2) September 1, 2013.
58	58	(h) Notwithstanding the appropriation required by
59	59	Subsection (e) of this section, out of the first money coming into
60	60	the treasury in the state fiscal year beginning September 1, 2010,
61	61	that is not otherwise appropriated by this constitution, the lesser
62	62	of the following is appropriated for the administration and
63	63	operation of the child health plan program authorized by federal
64	64	law or a successor state-designed health plan program specifically
65	65	for children that qualifies for federal matching money instead of
66	66	the appropriation required by Subsection (e) of this section:
67	67	(1) the amount necessary to obtain the maximum federal
68	68	allotment for this state or other available federal matching money
69	69	under the program; or
70	70	(2) the amount necessary to maintain an income
71	71	eligibility limit for the program at a net family income, as that
72	72	term is defined by the legislature, of 200 percent of the federal
73	73	poverty level.
74	74	(h-1) Subsection (h) of this section and this subsection
75	75	expire on the earlier of:
76	76	(1) the date both the child health plan program
77	77	authorized by federal law and any successor state-designed health
78	78	plan program specifically for children that qualifies for federal
79	79	matching money have terminated; or
80	80	(2) September 1, 2011.
81	81	(i) Subsections (e), (f), (g), and (h) of this section do
82	82	not affect the authority of the legislature to appropriate
83	83	additional money for the administration and operation of the child
84	84	health plan program authorized by federal law or a successor
85	85	state-designed health plan program specifically for children that
86	86	qualifies for federal matching money.
87	87	SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
88	88	submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 3, 2009.
89	89	The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the
90	90	proposition: "The constitutional amendment to ensure that this
91	91	state receives the maximum federal funding available under the
92	92	child health plan program (CHIP)."