Bill Text: TX HB254 | 2017 | 85th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the automatic enrollment of certain women in the Texas women's health program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-07-21 - Referred to Public Health [HB254 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB254-Introduced.html
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| By: Walle | H.B. No. 254 | |
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| relating to the automatic enrollment of certain women in the Texas | ||
| women's health program. | ||
| 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 32.02491 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 32.02491. AUTOMATIC ENROLLMENT OF CERTAIN WOMEN IN | ||
| TEXAS WOMEN'S HEALTH PROGRAM. (a) In this section, "Texas women's | ||
| health program" means a program operated by the commission that is | ||
| substantially similar to the demonstration project operated by the | ||
| Department of State Health Services under former Section 32.0248 | ||
| 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 Texas | ||
| women's health program, the commission shall automatically enroll a | ||
| woman in the program following a pregnancy for which the woman | ||
| received benefits through the medical assistance program if she is | ||
| no longer eligible to participate in the medical assistance | ||
| program. The commission shall implement the automatic enrollment | ||
| in a manner that: | ||
| (1) ensures a seamless transition in the provision of | ||
| services between the medical assistance program and the Texas | ||
| women's health program; and | ||
| (2) allows a woman to begin receiving services through | ||
| the Texas women's health program on the first day the woman is no | ||
| longer eligible for the medical assistance program. | ||
| (c) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary | ||
| to implement this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect December 1, 2017. | ||
