Bill Text: TX HB3934 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to Medicaid eligibility for certain residents.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-24 - Referred to Appropriations [HB3934 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB3934-Introduced.html
By: Blanco | H.B. No. 3934 |
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ting to Medicaid eligibility for certain residents. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 32, Subchapter B, Human Resources Code, | ||
is amended by adding Section 32.0248 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 32.0248. ELIGIBILITY OF CERTAIN RESIDENTS. (a) The | ||
department shall provide medical assistance in accordance with 8 | ||
U.S.C. Section 1612(b), as amended, to a person who: | ||
(1) is a qualified alien, as defined by 8 U.S.C. | ||
Sections 1641(b) and (c), as amended; | ||
(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 person entered as a qualified alien. | ||
b) If authorized by federal law, the department shall | ||
provide pregnancy-related medical assistance to the maximum extent | ||
permitted by the federal law to a person who is pregnant and is a | ||
lawfully present alien as defined by 8 C.F.R. Section 103.12, as | ||
amended, including a battered alien under 8 U.S.C. Section 1641(c), | ||
as amended, regardless of the date on which the person entered the | ||
United States. The department shall comply with any prerequisite | ||
imposed under the federal law for providing medical assistance | ||
under this subsection. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |