Bill Text: TX HB3321 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to rules respecting a person's eligibility for medical assistance.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-17 - Referred to Human Services [HB3321 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB3321-Introduced.html

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84R12031 ADM-D
By: Tinderholt H.B. No. 3321

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to rules respecting a person's eligibility for medical
assistance.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 32.026, Human Resources Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
(a-1) Rules adopted under Subsection (a) must require that:
(1) a person applying for medical assistance or having
the person's eligibility for medical assistance recertified
provide the department with proof of:
(A) at least one month's income from all sources
received; and
(B) residency in this state; and
(2) the department provide a recipient notice of the
requirements for continued eligibility at least 60 days before the
date the recipient's eligibility for medical assistance will expire
with a warning that if the recipient fails to fulfill the
requirements, the recipient's eligibility for medical assistance
will cease on the last day of the eligibility period.
SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date
of this Act but not later than December 31, 2015, the executive
commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall
adopt the rules required by Section 32.026, Human Resources Code,
as amended by this Act.
SECTION 3. Section 32.026, Human Resources Code, as amended
by this Act, applies to an initial determination or redetermination
of eligibility of a person for medical assistance under Chapter 32,
Human Resources Code, that is made on or after January 1, 2016.
SECTION 4. 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 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.