Bill Text: TX HB12 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Relating to the duration of services provided under Medicaid to women following a pregnancy.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 49-24)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-18 - Effective immediately [HB12 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB12-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Relating to the duration of services provided under Medicaid to women following a pregnancy.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 49-24)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-18 - Effective immediately [HB12 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB12-Engrossed.html
By: Rose, Thompson of Harris, Walle, Thierry, | H.B. No. 12 | |
Howard, et al. |
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relating to the duration of services provided under Medicaid to | ||
women following a pregnancy. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 32.024(l-1), Human Resources Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(l-1) The commission shall continue to provide medical | ||
assistance to a woman who is eligible for medical assistance for | ||
pregnant women for a period of not less than: | ||
(1) six months following the date the woman delivers | ||
or experiences an involuntary miscarriage; and | ||
(2) 12 months that begins on the last day of the | ||
woman's pregnancy and ends on the last day of the month in which the | ||
12-month period ends in accordance with Section 1902(e)(16), Social | ||
Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1396a(e)(16)). | ||
SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human | ||
Services Commission shall, in accordance with Section 1902(e)(16), | ||
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1396a(e)(16)), seek from the | ||
appropriate federal agency an amendment to the state's Medicaid | ||
state plan to implement Section 32.024(l-1)(2), Human Resources | ||
Code, as added by this Act. The commission may delay implementing | ||
this Act until the state plan amendment is approved. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |