Texas § 62.051 DUTIES OF EXECUTIVE COMMISSIONER AND COMMISSION IN GENERAL.

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§ 62.051 — DUTIES OF EXECUTIVE COMMISSIONER AND COMMISSION IN GENERAL.

Texas § 62.051

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Tex. Health and Safety Code Code Ann. § 62.051 (2026).

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Sec. 62.051. DUTIES OF EXECUTIVE COMMISSIONER AND COMMISSION IN GENERAL.

(a)The executive commissioner shall administer a state-designed child health plan program to obtain health benefits coverage for children in low-income families. The executive commissioner shall ensure that the child health plan program is designed and administered in a manner that qualifies for federal funding under Title XXI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1397aa et seq.), as amended, and any other applicable law or regulations.

(b)The executive commissioner is responsible for making policy for the child health plan program, including policy related to covered benefits provided under the child health plan. The executive commissioner may not delegate this duty to another agency or entity.

(c)The exec

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Sec. 62.051. DUTIES OF EXECUTIVE COMMISSIONER AND COMMISSION IN GENERAL. (a) The executive commissioner shall administer a state-designed child health plan program to obtain health benefits coverage for children in low-income families. The executive commissioner shall ensure that the child health plan program is designed and administered in a manner that qualifies for federal funding under Title XXI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1397aa et seq.), as amended, and any other applicable law or regulations.
(b) The executive commissioner is responsible for making policy for the child health plan program, including policy related to covered benefits provided under the child health plan. The executive commissioner may not delegate this duty to another agency or entity.
(c) The executive commissioner shall oversee the implementation of the child health plan program and coordinate the activities of each agency necessary to the implementation of the program, including the Texas Department of Insurance.
(d) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to implement this chapter.
(e) The commission shall conduct a review of each entity that enters into a contract under Section 62.055 or 62.155 to ensure that the entity is available, prepared, and able to fulfill the entity's obligations under the contract in compliance with the contract, this chapter, and rules adopted under this chapter.
(f) The commission shall ensure that the amounts spent for administration of the child health plan program do not exceed any limit on those expenditures imposed by federal law.

Cecile Erwin Young, in Her Official Capacity as the Executive Commissioner of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission; Molina Healthcare of Texas, Inc.; And Aetna Better Health of Texas, Inc. v. Cook Children's Health Plan, Texas Children's Health Plan, Superior Health Plan, Inc., and Wellpoint Insurance Company

(Court of Appeals of Texas, 2025)

Albert Hawkins, Executive Commissioner of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission The Texas Health and Human Services Commission Anne Sapp, Acting Commissioner of the Texas Department of Human Services And the Texas Department of Human Services v. El Paso First Health Plans, Inc. and Community Health Choice, Inc.

(Court of Appeals of Texas, 2007)

Legislative History

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. 3.0192, eff. April 2, 2015.