Bill Text: TX HB1038 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to premium payment assistance for insurance coverage for hemophilia medical treatment.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-17 - Effective immediately [HB1038 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB1038-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 1038 | ||
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| 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. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 1038 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 22, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 128, Nays 14, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 1038 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 26, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 2. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
