Bill Text: TX HB1879 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the automatic enrollment of certain women in Medicaid and the Healthy Texas Women program.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-05-06 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB1879 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1879-Comm_Sub.html
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By: Davis of Harris, Zerwas, Hinojosa, | H.B. No. 1879 | ||
Thompson of Harris, Miller | |||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1879: | |||
By: Thompson of Harris | C.S.H.B. No. 1879 |
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relating to the automatic enrollment of certain women in Medicaid | ||
and 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 Sections 531.0997 and 531.09971 to read as | ||
follows: | ||
Sec. 531.0997. AUTOMATIC ENROLLMENT OF CERTAIN WOMEN IN | ||
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) Subject to the eligibility requirements of the Healthy | ||
Texas Women program, the commission shall identify and | ||
automatically enroll in the program a woman who is a Medicaid | ||
recipient or enrollee in the child health plan program but who will | ||
lose eligibility for benefits under the applicable program because | ||
of the woman's age. The commission shall implement the automatic | ||
enrollment in a manner that: | ||
(1) ensures a seamless transition in the provision of | ||
services between Medicaid or the child health plan program, as | ||
applicable, and the Healthy Texas Women program; and | ||
(2) allows a woman to begin receiving services through | ||
the Healthy Texas Women program on the first day the woman is no | ||
longer eligible for Medicaid or the child health plan program, as | ||
applicable. | ||
(c) The commission shall, at the time a woman is | ||
automatically enrolled under Subsection (b) in the Healthy Texas | ||
Women program: | ||
(1) provide to the woman written notice that: | ||
(A) she has been automatically enrolled in the | ||
program but may disenroll; and | ||
(B) instructs the woman on how to disenroll from | ||
the program; and | ||
(2) provide to the woman information about the | ||
program, including the services provided under the program. | ||
(d) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary | ||
to implement this section. | ||
Sec. 531.09971. AUTOMATIC ENROLLMENT OF CERTAIN WOMEN IN | ||
MEDICAID. (a) In this section, "Healthy Texas Women program" has | ||
the meaning assigned by Section 531.0997. | ||
(b) The commission shall identify and automatically enroll | ||
in Medicaid a woman who: | ||
(1) becomes pregnant while receiving services through | ||
the Healthy Texas Women program; and | ||
(2) is eligible for Medicaid. | ||
(c) The commission shall implement the automatic enrollment | ||
in a manner that: | ||
(1) ensures a seamless transition in the provision of | ||
services between the Healthy Texas Women program and Medicaid; and | ||
(2) allows a woman to begin receiving services through | ||
Medicaid on the first day the woman is enrolled in the program. | ||
(d) The commission shall, at the time a woman is | ||
automatically enrolled under Subsection (b) in Medicaid: | ||
(1) provide to the woman written notice that: | ||
(A) she has been automatically enrolled in the | ||
program but may disenroll; and | ||
(B) instructs the woman on how to disenroll from | ||
the program; and | ||
(2) provide to the woman information about the | ||
program, including the services provided under the program. | ||
(e) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary | ||
to implement this section. | ||
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply to a | ||
woman who is a recipient of medical assistance under Chapter 32, | ||
Human Resources Code, benefits through the child health plan | ||
program under Chapter 62, Health and Safety Code, or services | ||
through the Healthy Texas Women program, on or after the effective | ||
date of this Act, regardless of the date on which eligibility for | ||
medical assistance, the child health plan program, or the Healthy | ||
Texas Women program was determined. | ||
SECTION 3. If before implementing any provision of this Act | ||
a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization, including | ||
a state plan amendment, from a federal agency is necessary for | ||
implementation of that provision, the agency affected by the | ||
provision shall request the waiver or authorization and may delay | ||
implementing that provision until the waiver or authorization is | ||
granted. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |