Bill Text: TX HB1641 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the provision of information to certain women enrolled in the Healthy Texas Women program.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-05-03 - Laid on the table subject to call [HB1641 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1641-Comm_Sub.html
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By: Button, Thompson of Harris, Morrison, | H.B. No. 1641 | |
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relating to the provision of information to certain women enrolled | ||
in the Healthy Texas Women program. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 531, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 531.0995 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 531.0995. INFORMATION FOR CERTAIN ENROLLEES IN THE | ||
HEALTHY TEXAS WOMEN PROGRAM. (a) In this section, "Healthy Texas | ||
Women program" means a program operated by the commission that is | ||
substantially similar to the demonstration project operated under | ||
former Section 32.0248, Human Resources Code, and that is intended | ||
to expand access to preventive health and family planning services | ||
for women in this state. | ||
(b) This section applies to a woman who is automatically | ||
enrolled in the Healthy Texas Women program following a pregnancy | ||
for which the woman received Medicaid, but who is no longer eligible | ||
to participate in Medicaid. | ||
(c) At the time a woman described by Subsection (b) is | ||
enrolled in the Healthy Texas Women program, the commission shall | ||
provide to the woman: | ||
(1) information about the Healthy Texas Women program, | ||
including the services provided under the program; and | ||
(2) a list of health care providers who participate in | ||
the Healthy Texas Women program and are located in the same | ||
geographical area in which the woman resides. | ||
SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human | ||
Services Commission shall adopt any rules necessary to implement | ||
Section 531.0995, Government Code, as added by this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 531.0995, Government Code, as added by | ||
this Act, applies only to a woman automatically enrolled in the | ||
Healthy Texas Women program on or after January 1, 2020. | ||
SECTION 4. 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, 2019. |