87R11619 KKR-D
	By: J. Johnson of Harris	H.B. No. 3672

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the eligibility for Medicaid of persons diagnosed with
	sickle cell disease.
	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 32.02474 to read as follows:
	Sec. 32.02474.  ELIGIBILITY OF PERSONS DIAGNOSED WITH SICKLE
	CELL DISEASE FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE. (a) Notwithstanding any
	other law, the commission shall provide medical assistance to all
	persons:
	(1)  who are diagnosed with sickle cell disease;
	(2)  who apply for the assistance; and
	(3)  for whom federal matching money is available.
	(b)  The executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary
	to implement this section.
	SECTION 2.  Section 32.02474, Human Resources Code, as added
	by this Act, applies only to an initial determination or
	recertification of eligibility of a person for medical assistance
	under Chapter 32, Human Resources Code, made on or after the date
	the section is implemented, regardless of the date the person
	applied for that assistance.
	SECTION 3.  As soon as possible after the effective date of
	this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human
	Services Commission shall take all necessary actions to expand
	eligibility for medical assistance under Chapter 32, Human
	Resources Code, in accordance with Section 32.02474, Human
	Resources Code, as added by this Act, including notifying
	appropriate federal agencies of that expanded eligibility.
	SECTION 4.  If before implementing any provision of this Act
	a state agency determines that any other 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, 2021.