HB 1599

To get more eligible children enrolled in CHIP or Medicaid, HB 1599 would have required HHSC to use data from other welfare programs to determine eligibility and required HHSC to enroll a child found to be eligible so long as their parent consents. In other words, HB 1599 removes the step of parents having to go out of their way to apply for their child to receive CHIP or Medicaid. The state automatically enrolling a child in CHIP or Medicaid further promotes the idea to parents that their child’s health insurance is something for which the government is responsible.YCT opposes any attempt to further socialize the delivery of healthcare and medicine.