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| 1 | 1 | 84R7089 LED-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Gutierrez H.B. No. 1339 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the required waiting period for coverage under the | |
| 8 | 8 | child health plan program. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 62.154(d), Health and Safety Code, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (d) The waiting period required by Subsection (a) must: | |
| 13 | 13 | (1) extend for a period of 30 [90] days after the last | |
| 14 | 14 | date on which the applicant was covered under a health benefits | |
| 15 | 15 | plan; and | |
| 16 | 16 | (2) apply to a child who was covered by a health | |
| 17 | 17 | benefits plan at any time during the 30 [90] days before the date of | |
| 18 | 18 | application for coverage under the child health plan. | |
| 19 | 19 | SECTION 2. If before implementing any provision of this Act | |
| 20 | 20 | a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a | |
| 21 | 21 | federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision, | |
| 22 | 22 | the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or | |
| 23 | 23 | authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the | |
| 24 | 24 | authorization is granted. | |
| 25 | 25 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |