Bill Text: TX HB2070 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the period of continuous eligibility for the medical assistance program for certain persons.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-23 - No action taken in committee [HB2070 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB2070-Introduced.html
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By: Cortez | H.B. No. 2070 |
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relating to the period of continuous eligibility for the medical | ||
assistance program for certain persons. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 32.0261, Human Resources Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 32.0261. CONTINUOUS ELIGIBILITY: CHILDREN. The | ||
executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission | ||
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federal law, including 42 U.S.C. Section 1396a [ |
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child under 19 years of age who is determined to be eligible for | ||
medical assistance under this chapter. The rules shall provide | ||
that the child remains eligible for medical assistance, without | ||
additional review by the department and regardless of changes in | ||
the child's resources or income, until the earlier of: | ||
(1) the first anniversary of [ |
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determined or redetermined; or | ||
(2) the child's 19th birthday. | ||
SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 32, Human Resources Code, | ||
is amended by adding Section 32.02612 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 32.02612. CONTINUOUS ELIGIBILITY: SENIOR CITIZENS. | ||
The executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services | ||
Commission shall adopt rules in accordance with applicable federal | ||
law, including 42 U.S.C. Section 1396a, to provide for a period of | ||
continuous eligibility for a person 65 years of age or older who is | ||
determined to be eligible for medical assistance under this | ||
chapter. The rules must provide that the person remains eligible | ||
for medical assistance, without additional review by the department | ||
and regardless of changes in the person's resources or income, | ||
until the first anniversary of the date on which the person's | ||
eligibility was determined or redetermined. | ||
SECTION 3. If before implementing any provision of this Act | ||
a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization 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, 2013. |