Sec. 63.006. COST-SHARING PAYMENTS  


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  • (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the commission may not require a child who is provided health benefits plan coverage under Section 63.003 and who meets the income eligibility requirement of the medical assistance program under Chapter 32, 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 commission 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.

    (c) The commission may require a child who is provided health benefits plan coverage under Section 63.003 and who meets the income eligibility requirement of the child health plan program under Chapter 62 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.

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 235, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1999.