Tex.
Health & Safety Code Section 63.006
Cost-sharing Payments
(a)
Except as provided by Subsection (b), the executive commissioner may not require a child who is provided health benefits plan coverage under Section 63.003 (Health Benefits Plan Coverage for Certain Children) and who meets the income eligibility requirement of the medical assistance program under Chapter 32 (Medical Assistance Program), Human Resources Code, to pay a premium, deductible, coinsurance, or other cost-sharing payment as a condition of health benefits plan coverage under this chapter.(b)
The executive commissioner may require a child described by Subsection (a) to pay a copayment as a condition of health benefits plan coverage under this chapter that is equal to any copayment required under the child health plan program under Chapter 62 (Child Health Plan for Certain Low-income Children).(c)
The executive commissioner may require a child who is provided health benefits plan coverage under Section 63.003 (Health Benefits Plan Coverage for Certain Children) and who meets the income eligibility requirement of the child health plan program under Chapter 62 (Child Health Plan for Certain Low-income Children) to pay a premium, deductible, coinsurance, or other cost-sharing payment as a condition of health benefits plan coverage under this chapter. The payment must be equal to any premium, deductible, coinsurance, or other cost-sharing payment required under the child health plan program under Chapter 62 (Child Health Plan for Certain Low-income Children).
Source:
Section 63.006 — Cost-sharing Payments, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.63.htm#63.006 (accessed May 4, 2024).
