Texas Health and Safety Code
§ 62.056 — COMMUNITY OUTREACH CAMPAIGN; TOLL-FREE HOTLINE
HS § 62.056Title 2. HEALTH · Part C. PROGRAMS PROVIDING HEALTH CARE BENEFITS AND SERVICES · Ch. 62. CHILD HEALTH PLAN FOR CERTAIN LOW-INCOME CHILDREN · Art. B. ADMINISTRATION OF CHILD HEALTH PLAN PROGRAM
Statute text
View on source(a)The commission shall conduct a community outreach and education campaign to provide information relating to the availability of health benefits for children under this chapter. The commission shall conduct the campaign in a manner that promotes enrollment in, and minimizes duplication of effort among, all state-administered child health programs.
(b)The community outreach campaign must include:
(1)outreach efforts that involve school-based health clinics;
(2)a toll-free telephone number through which families may obtain information about health benefits coverage for children; and
(3)information regarding the importance of each conservator of a child promptly informing the other conservator of the child about the child's health benefits coverage.
(c)The commission shall contract with community-based organizations or coalitions of community-based organizations to implement the community outreach campaign and shall also promote and encourage voluntary efforts to implement the community outreach campaign. The commission shall procure the contracts through a process designed by the commission to encourage broad participation of organizations, including organizations that target population groups with high levels of uninsured children.
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1353 (H.B. 109), Sec. 2, eff. June 15, 2007.