Bill Text: TX HB2124 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the Medicaid eligibility of certain individuals who are lawfully present in the United States.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-09 - Referred to Health Care Reform, Select [HB2124 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB2124-Introduced.html
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By: González of Dallas | H.B. No. 2124 |
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relating to the Medicaid eligibility of certain individuals who are | ||
lawfully present in the United States. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 32, Human Resources Code, | ||
is amended by adding Section 32.02472 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 32.02472. ELIGIBILITY OF CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS LAWFULLY | ||
PRESENT IN THE UNITED STATES. (a) The commission shall provide | ||
medical assistance in accordance with 8 U.S.C. Section 1612(b) to | ||
an individual who: | ||
(1) is a qualified alien, as defined by 8 U.S.C. | ||
Sections 1641(b) and (c); | ||
(2) meets the eligibility requirements of the medical | ||
assistance program; | ||
(3) entered the United States on or after August 22, | ||
1996; and | ||
(4) has resided in the United States for a period of | ||
five years after the date the individual entered as a qualified | ||
alien. | ||
(b) To the extent allowed by federal law, the commission | ||
shall provide medical assistance for pregnant women to an | ||
individual who is pregnant and is lawfully present in the United | ||
States, or lawfully residing in the United States as defined by the | ||
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, including a battered | ||
alien under 8 U.S.C. Section 1641(c), regardless of the date the | ||
individual entered the United States. | ||
SECTION 2. 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 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |