Bill Text: TX SB30 | 2013 | 83rd Legislature 2nd Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to coverage for certain services under the CHIP perinatal program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-07-03 - Filed [SB30 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB30-Introduced.html
83S20169 EES-D | ||
By: Garcia, et al. | S.B. No. 30 |
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relating to coverage for certain services under the CHIP perinatal | ||
program. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 62, Health and Safety Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subchapter E to read as follows: | ||
SUBCHAPTER E. CHIP PERINATAL PROGRAM | ||
Sec. 62.201. COVERAGE FOR CERTAIN SERVICES REQUIRED. (a) | ||
The covered services under the CHIP perinatal program must include | ||
for each woman who gives birth to a child who is enrolled in the CHIP | ||
perinatal program before birth at least six doctor visits relating | ||
to postpartum care during the six-month period after the date the | ||
woman gives birth to the child. | ||
(b) The executive commissioner of the commission shall | ||
adopt any rules necessary to implement this section. | ||
SECTION 2. If before implementing any provision of this Act | ||
a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a | ||
federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision, | ||
the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or | ||
authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the | ||
waiver or authorization is granted. | ||
SECTION 3. 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 on the 91st day after the last day of the | ||
legislative session. |