Bill Text: TX HB4179 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to establishing a program to allow school districts to assist certain children attending public schools in maintaining their Medicaid and child health plan program eligibility.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-31 - Referred to Public Education [HB4179 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB4179-Introduced.html
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| By: Perez | H.B. No. 4179 | |
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| relating to establishing a program to allow school districts to | ||
| assist certain children attending public schools in maintaining | ||
| their Medicaid and child health plan program eligibility. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 531, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 531.02483 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 531.02483. SCHOOL DISTRICT ASSISTANCE IN ENSURING | ||
| CONTINUED HEALTH CARE COVERAGE FOR CERTAIN CHILDREN. (a) In this | ||
| section: | ||
| (1) "Parent" includes a person standing in parental | ||
| relation. | ||
| (2) "School district" means a public school district | ||
| created under the laws of this state. | ||
| (b) The commission shall establish a program under which a | ||
| school district may request information from the commission | ||
| regarding a child enrolled in the district who is a recipient under | ||
| Medicaid or an enrollee in the child health plan program and whose | ||
| eligibility for benefits under the applicable program will expire | ||
| during the school year so that the school district may alert the | ||
| child's parent of the need to timely reapply for continuation of the | ||
| benefits. | ||
| (c) To facilitate the program described by Subsection (b), | ||
| as part of a child's enrollment in school each school year, a school | ||
| district may request that a child's parent, on a voluntary basis, | ||
| indicate on the enrollment form whether the child is covered by | ||
| Medicaid or the child health plan program. | ||
| (d) A parent is not required to provide the information | ||
| described by Subsection (c) as a condition of enrollment, and the | ||
| enrollment form must clearly indicate that a parent may elect to | ||
| provide or withhold the information. | ||
| (e) The commission may develop a procedure under which a | ||
| school district may apply to participate in the program. | ||
| (f) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules to | ||
| implement the program established under this section, including | ||
| rules that ensure the confidentiality and appropriate use of | ||
| recipient or enrollee information shared with a school district. | ||
| 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. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
| of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human | ||
| Services Commission shall adopt the rules necessary to implement | ||
| the changes in law made by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
