Tex. Health & Safety Code Section 63.003
Health Benefits Plan Coverage for Certain Children

The executive commissioner shall develop and implement a program to provide health benefits plan coverage for a child who:

(1)

is a qualified alien, as that term is defined by 8 U.S.C. Section 1641(b);

(2)

is younger than 19 years of age;

(3)

entered the United States after August 22, 1996;

(4)

has resided in the United States for less than five years; and

(5)

meets the income eligibility requirement of, but is not eligible for assistance under:

(A)

the child health plan program under Chapter 62 (Child Health Plan for Certain Low-income Children); or

(B)

the medical assistance program under Chapter 32 (Medical Assistance Program), Human Resources Code.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 235, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0212, eff. April 2, 2015.

Source: Section 63.003 — Health Benefits Plan Coverage for Certain Children, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.­63.­htm#63.­003 (accessed May 4, 2024).

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